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The elate to which every subscription is paid is denoted by the number on the address label. No paper discontin- ued until all arrears are paid, except at the option of the proprietor. I W. J. MITCHELL. Editor and Proprietor. THEMINN'S BANK Incorporated by Act of Parliament 1855. CAPITAL REST r^, $2,000,000 $1,500,000 Bead °ince, - MONTREAL. w'M. MOI.SON% MA(-PHERSON, President F. WOLFER TAN '1 HC MAS, Gen. Manager Notes disconnted. Collections made, Drafts Issued, S!erling And American Exchange bought and sold. Interest allowed on Deposits SAVINGS BANK. Interest allowed on sums of Si and up. FARMERS. Money advanced to farmers on their own notes with ono or more endorsers. No mort- gage required as security. 13. C. BREWER, Manager, Clinton. G. D. MoTA,GGA RT, Banker, .ALBERT STREET, - CLINTON .A General Banking Business Transacted, Notes Discounted. Drafts Issued. Interest Allowed on Deposits. alF.®.C10331 T,s.'� S.OR OLINTON - - - - ONT Fire, Accident and Life Insurance Transacted. Represems several of the beet Companies and any information relating to insurance gladly given. General District Agent for the Confederation Life Insur.nce Co. Money to Loan on Reasonable Rates. CONVEYANCING: John Ridout, Conveyancer, Commissioner, Etc. t—� Fire Insurance. - - Real Estate. Money to Lend. Office—HURON STREET, CLINTON MEDICAL. . Dr. W. Gu R: C. P. and L. R. C. S,; Fd nburgh, Office -Ontario Street, Clinton, Night calls at front door of residence on Ratten- bury Street, opp. Presbyterian Church. . Dr. Turnbull, Office in Perrins Block, Rattenbury St. Night calls at Office attended to. CLINTON, ONT. M. C. ➢t„ McGill ; M. C. P. S. 0., 0pt. Late Resident Physician to Royal Viet Oda Hospital, Ivlontrea1. Office—Dr. Dowsley's stand, Rat- tenbury St. Night calls at Clarendon Hotel. Dr. Shaw, Office—Ontario Street, opposite English church„ formerly occupied by Dr. Apple - on. DENTISTRY. Dr. BRUCE, ' Surgeon Dentist. OFFICE—Over Taylor's Shoe Store, Clinton, Ont. Special attention to preser- vation of natural teeth. N.13 —Will visit Blyth every Monday and Bayfield every Thursday afternoon during he summer. DR. AGNEW, DENTIST. Office Hours, - q 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. LEGAL. Scott & McKenzie, BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, ETC, CLINTON AND BAYFIELD. Clinton Office -Elliott Block, Isaac st. Bayfield Office -Open every Thursday -Main street, first door west of Past; Office, Money to loan. James Scott, E. H. McKenzie. E. Campion, Q C., Barrister, - Solicitor, Notary, &c., GODERICH, ONT. , Frtcl -Over Davis' Drug Store. Money to Loan. M. O. Johnston, Barrister, Solicitor, Commissioner, Etc. GODERICH, - ON le Oeetee--Cor. Hamilton and St. Andrew's Streets. W. Brydone, -- Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public, &c Opv`tca t BEAVER BLOCK, - IINTON, 1 x a c nee, Said: over." again mo i Easy to Take asy to Operate Are teatime Retinae to Hood's Pills. Small in tasteless, efmtent, thorough Aa one man ods " You never know you have taken a pill tin It is all pIIIS 25o. C. I• Hood & Go, Proprietors, Lowell, Maes. The only pills to take with Bootee P.tw•saparW GO TO THE Union Shaving Parlor For first-class Hair -Cutting and Shaving. Smith's block, opposite Post Office, Clinton, J. EMERTON, Proprietor. intend will at CENTRAL BUTCHER SHOP. FORD & MURPHY, (Successors to J. W. Langford.) Having bongl.t out the above business, we to conduct it on the Dash principle. and supply our ouetomere with the beet meats the lowest paying prices. Ford & Murphy. Live Hogs Wanted. I I , I Highest Market Price Paid. D. CANTELON. Clinton • GEO. TROIIHILL, Horseshoer and General Blacksmith Albert Street, North, Clinton. JOBBING A SPECIALTY. Woodwork ironed and firat-olase 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 1 manufacture none but the best of stook. Beware of shops that sell cheap, as they have got to live. 0 til and get pricgp. Orders by mail promptly attended to John Bell, Harness Emporium, Blyth, Ont The Farm J3roadfootShannon. Murdie, die, Watt, Alex. Clinton Seafortb sact to addressed Trains Going Going Going Going M. A. lkcKlllop Mutual Fire Insurance Company. and Isolated Town Property Only Insured. OFFICERS : George Watt, President, Harlock P,O., Jas. Sec'y T Vice- eas.'SeaforSerth h P O ; 'Michael Inspector of losses, ieiforth. P.O. , DIRECTORS: James Broadfoot, Seaforth ; Michael Mur - Seatorth: George Dale. Seatorth ; George Har'ock ; Thomas E. Hays, Seatorth; Gardiner, Leadbury : Thomas Garbett, ; John McLean, lCippen. AGENTS: Thotnae Notions. Hario:k: Robert McMillan, and James Cummings, Egnondville, Parties desirous to effect insurance or tran- other business will be promptly attenled on application to any of the' above officers to their respective post offices. Grand Trunk Railway. arrive and leave Clinton Station as follows : t Buffalo and Goderich District :— West, Mixed 10.i5 a.m, " Express 12.55 p•rn• " " Mixed 7.05 p,m. " " Express 10.27 p.m. Eat art, Express 7.40 a.m 2.55 p.m. " Mixed 4.35 p.m. London, Huron and Bruce :— South, Express 7.47 a.m, ' 4.30 P.m. North, " 10.15 a.m. ,f ,r ,i 6.55 p.m. C. DICItsON, W. E. DAVIS, Dis. Pass. Agent, G. P. & T, A., Toronto. Montreal. O. PATTISON, G.T.R. Agent at Clinton. i 60 YEARS' it : EXPERIENCE ATEN' i :.. t TRADE MARKS DESIGNS i COPYRIGHTS &C. g Anyone sending a sketch and deserlptt n may gnlekly ascertain our Opinlon free wlietoher an Invention is probably patentable.' Communion• Wile strictly confidential. Handbook on Patents t sont free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn dE Co. receive tpedlal aottce, without charge, in the t Scientific American. t A. handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest air. ouiation of any eolentito oarnal, Terms, $3 a a ear: four months, SL Sold by all newedealere. e iUNN & Co.861uroadWey, New York f Web Office. 625 11' St.. Washington. D. 0. 0 A LAND OF MANY THIRSTS. 0 The .Egyptian never travels without ef sir goolah. Tie fills it with filtered a vater, and in the morning can' cod- p nand a pint or more of watercooled by b ivaporation through the unglazed slay. This precious fluid he does not n vaste on unsatisfied thirst. Taking iff the long white wrap and the piece s if cloth that covers his bead during deep, the native pours the water over 0 xis head, neck and bands. The Euro- r lean, with alt his inetinot for clean - !nese, seeks first to relieve his over- nastering thirst. There are in Egypt h s many thirsts as plauges, hut the ° lust thirst is the worst. ,Every pore ° s sealed; the thiroat is a lump of dry ° lay, and ono feels what it must be to P le, a mummy. MENTAL PHONOGRAPHS. ° t He (after Marriage) -- What? You ta�'e no fortune ? You said over and b ver again that you were afraid some le ane would marry you for your money, e She -Yes, and you said over and over t th't you would he halve with if I hadn't a cent, Well, II haven't en a cent. SAN! DEEDS. UF VALUTA), erre BRILLIANT CHARGE OF THE LAN- CERS AT OMDURMAN. Wounded men COM/Weed to Fight—Some Bereft Rescues or inlnred Lancers= Enmir Yakut Fought Bravely to the End. George Stevens, of the London Daily Mail writing more fully on the Brilliant ao�tievement of the British at Omdurman, deolar•es that the charge of the Lancers formed no part of the Sirdar's, plan of battle. Ile did not give the word for it; neither did it have any direct bearing upou the su- preme issue of the day, But it was, the writer says, a superb display of milia ary valoimr'. Out of , a total strength of only 320 men with which the regiment went into the fray, they lost no fewer than forty killed and wounded. Several horses were quick- ly hamstrung, and their riders were being cut to piecea by the ferocious foe. The Lancers attacked the enemy when wheeling to the left, and thus they passed over ground which had not been examined by the scouts, wherein a deep khor• was held by a couple of thousand of the enemy. These the Lan- cers saw for the first time when two hundred yards away; too late to change their minds; and though the dervish- es were placed ten or fifteen deep the regiment dashed into them with a thwack. SOME VALOROUS ACTS On getting through one subaltern cried to his troops to rally, but found only four men behind him. Lieutenant de Montmorency went back among the dervishes to fetch the body of the ser- geant of his troop and found Lieuten- ant Grenfell's body. He hoisted Gren- fell on to his horse, not knowing that he was dead. ellie horse bolted and Lieutenant de Montmorency was left alone before a crowd of the enemy, who were firing heavily fifty yards distant. Captain P. `,A. Kenna and a corporal caught the horse, rode up, and brought Lieutenant de Montmor- ency off in safety. Lieut. Grenfell's body was also recovered. The Lancers who were killed , in this charge had their heads, necks and limbs slashed to ribbons. With one exception, no man who waft once actually unhorsed was again seen alive. The single ex- ception was Surgeon -Major Ginches. His horse was brought down to the ground, and the officer fell among tbe furious dervishes, Sergeant-Major Brennan, who was riding ahead, saw the major's peril, and gallantly re - 'turned to his assistance. After a tough fight, in the course of which Brennan killed several dervishes, he succeeded in getting the officer on to his own horse and back to the regi- ment. WOUNDED M.EN FOUGHT ON Trooper Byrne, fighting with desper- ate valour, was badly wounded first by a dervish sword and then by a rifle bullet. But the madness of battle was upon him, and he continued to fight. His troop officer told him "to get out- side." He replied, "Do let me have one more go at them. sir." Sergt: Major George Veysey got a slash from a dervish sword which severed his nose, and almost simultaneously a spear was thrust into bin chest. Blood streamed from bis wounds, but he still thode firmly in his saddle and I to cheer on his troop till the fight was over. i Sergt. Freeman received a terrible wound from a sword in his face, but, like Veysey, he went on fighting, and only sought the aid of asurgeon after he had carried his men through the action. Before I Lancers could get at the dervishes they had to jump the water -course, and they did it in splendid style. Lieut. Wormaid, of the 7th Hussars, engaged an Emir single-handed, and nearly came to grief. Delivering a ter- rific blow at the mail -clad warrior, he tieulenant's sword, striking against the chain armour, bent double, as though it were lead; but before the Emir could get his own sword home Wormaid hit him across the head with the bent sword and stunned him, and a Lancer -opportunely coming along finished the chieftain. Another offi- cer, while parrying the thrust of a de1•vish spearman, lost his sword, and his life was only .saved by the prompt- ness of a trooper behind him, who ran his lance through the dervish. BRAVE EMIR YAKUB Comparing experiences, many of us I arrived at the conclusion that the finest display of individual heroism vas made by the Khalifa's brother, the famour Emir Yakib. Never did man S bow more supreme contempt of death. Ile rode at the head of a crowd of horsemen, and repeatedly tried to get o close quarters. Over and over again hese horsemen galloped right at our ine, wheeled round, and thundered along our face, raising dense clouds of dust as they went, and leaving a rail of dead and dying men. At one moment a merciless rifle fire poured to their flanks and rear, but they topped, and, scorning to get out of range, gathered in a dense mass round Yakub's standard, and proudly faced he rain of lead. A great body of white -clad footmen screaming hoarsely he name of .Allah and brandishing huge spears, ran at full speed across be open ground, for no other purpose pparently than to die with their lead - r. Rifle and Maxim fire and shell nom field guns swept,,. through the mass and mowed them down, and not lie man out of ten reached Yakub's tandard. Slatin Pasha, who had re- ognized Yakub's flag, rode out and und the Emir still alive. The dying hieftain recognized his old enemy lid erstwhile prisoner, and died in his resence. As Yakub expired several of his ody-guard, who lay near grievously wounded, managed to raise themselves p and fired their rifles at our men, whereupon they were promptly de - etched by some Egyptian soldiers. The Khalifs had already fled, and Yakub's superb effort was the last rganized attempt by the dervishes to etrieve the fortunes of the day. MARCHED INTO OMDURMAN The Sirdar's entry into Omdurman ad touches about it of barbaric tri - mph and impressiveness. Armed men est their arms at the Sirdar's feet and °1 lay, for clemency. The women reased forward, seizing and kissing ho hands of our offieers. The Sirdar ode straight along the main street f the city to the square, where stood be now battered tomb of the Mandi. All the prisoners were found un- armed. The previous night they had sen led out in chains, apparently for xecutiott,. but their jailers changed heir mimic. All the afternoon (Ind evening our thy nlarehed steadily through the atreeta of Omdurtnan to the rivet bank gree miles beyond, where the, Birder had decided that thecamp should be pitched. Without waiting for food, the MOO, after +penching their awful thirst, threw thentselves on the bare ground utterly exhausted, and there and then went to sleep, For all of them there had been but little water or food for twelve or fourteen hours. Of the visit of the Sirdar to Khar- toum, lit&. Stevens says; To -day the Union Jack flies over the grave of General Gordon, Detachments et all the British and Egyptian regiments left Omdurman early in the morning by steamer for Khartoum. Before ten o'clock the troops drew up opposite a dereliot stone building. Its regular rows of windows were once shaded byrsnutters; now they are loosely bricked up. Once it was a two - storeyed building; now it shows only a single storey, half concealed by silt- ed -up rubble. This forlorn ruin was formerly the seat of the Government of the Soudan, and the scene of the death of Gordon. The troops were drawn up in firing lines around three side of a quadrangle opposite the front of the ruin; the Egyptian detach- ment on the right, the British on the left, in the same order that they had taken for Friday's battle. From the battered tower rose two flagstaffs, with halyards ewhichwere in charge of Lieutenant Stairley, R.N., Captain Watson, A,D.C., Major Milford, and the Sirdar's native aide-de-camp, The Sidar, who stood with his staff in- side the quadrangle, suddenly raised his hand; the band of the Grenadiers played "God Save the Queen" and the Khedival hymn, and at that mo- ment the .British and Eyyptian ensigns were run up side by side. The Union Jack shook itself and streamed out strongly on the breeze. The guns of the Melik boomed a salute of twenty- one guns. The rest of the ceremony had refer- ence to General Gordon's death, The British band played the "Dead March in Saul," and the Egyptian hand the march from Handel's "Scipio," in memory of their dead. Tho four chap- lains — Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Anglican and Methodist — advanced and faced the Sirdar, and alternately read the burial service, the gunboat all the while pealing minute guns. The service over, the pipers of the Cam- erons and Seaforths wailed alament, and the band of the Egyptians follow- ed. The burial rites having been con- summated, the troops were dismissed. We wandered afterwards through Gordon's garden. It is still green with palms, and acacia, orange, lemon, pomegranate and fig trees and sugar cane. It was a vivid and refreshing scene after the arid, stinking condition of Omdurman. COSTLY CROWNS. Diadems of Royal lllonarchs That Are Worth 11IItltons. It is no longer the proper thing for great monarchs to adorn their heads on all state occasions with glittering crowns that are heavy as copper ket- tles, and as valuable as precious me- tals and rare jewels can make them. It is said that the only ruler in Europe to -day who wears a Crown is King Os- car of Sweden. But while crowns are not popular, there are a good many specimens of royal extravagance in this direction still in existence. John Bull has been the best buyer in the crown market ever since Wil- liam the Conqueror's time. The height of magnificence in British crowns was reached in the coronation of Queen Victoria. It weighs 39 ounces and six pennyweights, Troy, and is made up almost entirely of rare gems. There are in it one large ruby, a huge, broad - spread sapphire, -and sixteen other sapphires, eleven emeralds, over 2,- 500 fine diamonds and over '275 ex- quisite pearls. Queena Victoria has other crowns, but her coronation crown is the greatest of all. It is lined" with violet velvet, and is said to lbe an excellent fit, but she does not wear it. Tho Popes, since the time of Pope Benedict XII., have worn the highest crown known. It stands. or course, as a sacred relic. It is a lofty, uncleft mitre encircled by three coronets ris- ing one above the other, and surmount- ed by a ball and Cross. It is studded with priceless gems, and there are rib- bons on each side, similar to those on the mitre of an Italian bishop. One of the most interesting crowns in the world is that of the royal housei of Italy, known as the iron crown of the Lombards. It to not an iron crown at all, except tbat a thin hand of iron is placed inside it. This iron, itis said, is a nail that was taken from thecross on which Christ was, crucified. Thir- ty-five of the Lombard kings wore it at their coronations, as did the great Emperor Charles V. of Germany, and Spain, Napoleon I. in 1805, and theAus- trian Emperor Ferdinand in 1838. The Austrians captured it from I he Ii.al- lane in 1859, but had to return it in 1866. The crown is set with precious stones, but it is not a very fancy crown• asarccohs,pared with those of other mon- The crown of the King of Portugal is one of The most valuable ever worn by a king. It is said to he worth more thaii five million dollars. It weighs tbree pounds five ounces, Troy, and there is 'little represented in that weightt except diamonds, rubies, sap- phires, pearls, emeralds, and solid gold. Another beauty is the crown of the Emperor of all the Russias. It is con- structed on a rather ecclesiastical de- sign. The Sultan of Turkey has for a crown a turban that is adorned with jewels enough to purchase all the sla- ves he will ever need in his palaces. The German Emperor has a beauty, buthe has never taken the trouble to put, it on his head, it is said. Austria's crown is simple, shaped like a sol- dier's helmet, but it blazes with gems. GILDED HEELED SLIPPERS. The new gypsy shoe is made of green glace kid, with a low heel, a square toe, and a chased silver buckle, con- necting two straps that cross high on tbe instep. Very often a pretty pat- tern is out or pressed into the leather, and green silk hose, exactly matching the shoe, are worn. Venetian sandals are assumed chief- ly at night for dances and dinners, Their black satin vamps are out low as possible over the toe, which is rounded, and the heel is gilded to har- monize with the delicate geometric lines of gold embroidery thatare fret- ted out over the black background. Occasionally one sees worn with these black silk etookinge heavily interwo- ven with gold threads, SCIENCE ON THE RTJN. Doctor --Troubled with insomnia, eh? Eat something before going to bed. Patient—Why doctor, you once told me never to eat anyting before go - Ing to bed. Doctor (with dignity)—That, madam Wes away bank in 1895, Science has made great strides since then. rwommwomwmwo Agricultural WHY NOT TEST THE MILK it The question of testing milk and pay- ing for it according to its quality is an old one and much discussed. It is one of the things which will not down, and in the end all milk sold for but- ter or cheese making will have to un- dergo this ordeal of quality, and its worth will be based accordingly. Now that it is known, says John Gould, that milk does vary in fat content with different dairies, and that the milk of these herds never grows thin- ner, but grows richer as the period of lactation advances, it is as desirable that the patron should be paid for what bis milk gains in quality as the season advances as that the milk -buy- er should make this betterment of fixe milk a clear gain. It is notorious that the amount of butter and cheese made in the fall does not decrease in the same proportion as does the quality of the milk, and this is a double loss to the man who brings poor milk; and when this man compares his figures with those of the best -yielding herds in milk and fat hei will bee the costly mistake of having cows that fail to pay their keep, and turn these off, feed the others up to the limit of production and recruit his herd with better stock. There is no gainsaying the fact that where milk is sold by the hundred pounds without regard to its quality, the buyer has a double advantage, He is basing his calculations all the time upon the minimum quality of the milk and the supply of the best milk -fat herds above the average percentage of fat is his profit, and in the fall, when the milk is from 1-2 to nearly 1 per cent, richer in fat and at a ,greatly decreased gross weight the hundred - pound rule is still in force, and he has another gain, at the expense of all the patrons. This may not, as a business transaction, be a dishonest thing, but it would be avoided if all the milk was tested for fats and the price of milk based upon it instead of pounds. The testing of milk puts a premium up- on good, rich milk, and the incentive to sell milk low in fatal—either na- turally so or because of coming into close proximity to a skimmer—is avoid- ed, for a pound of fat swimming in one hundred pounds of white fluid counts only one and the one hundred pounds of milk testing five is credited with five times the value of the other, though the gross weight is the same, while by the one -hundred -pound sys- tem each mess would have been river - aged as three, two taken from the five and added to the one. The books of a creamery which pays for one hundred pounds of milk by its fat test is a case and well illustrated what I wish to make clear. The first fifteen patrons were p'hid all the way from 51 cents a hundred pounds, based upon the per- centage of fat, up to 83 cents. In thik seat case there was an actual paying of a premium of over 30 cents a hundred pounds for supplying this high-grade milk, which cost no more to produce than the other In cold, figures the contrast is even greater fo • this 83 -cent dairy gave, in round nrmters, 110,000 pounds of milk in the yea, which, at 32 cents advance, am- ounted to a premium of 5352, Anoth- er thing about it is that the herd giv- ing over 6.2 per cent fat milk was one of the„Iargest producing herds of the lot, but under the old plan their milk would have been averaged with a herd that gave 3.80 per cent fat—an injustice that should not be tolerated by any live farmer. It is a matter of com- merce, not unlike that of our farmers who would place four bunches of steers on the market ranging from light scrubs to prime Christmas beef, with as wide prices, and, who, on returning home, should insist that all the mon- ey must be put into a common fund and then divided by the number of steers. Has not the time come that dairy patrons everywhere should de- mand that they have the Lull value of their milk, and not share in acom- mon pool? There is a great chance for an exhibition of increased dairy know- ledge and getting nut of the rut of general all-round average. WATERING TREES AT TRANS- PLANTING. A correspondent says: "I have plant- ed, perhaps, a million of trees in my lifetime. I have met with but few fail- ures,and cannot remember having wat- ered anyd of these trees. If the soil is made thoroughly fine before plant- ing; if the soil about the roots is pressed in very firm, as firm as a fence post, if the soil is left loose on the top, and kept continuously loose by cultivation, the trees will live even 011QhI$ That 11111 are not distinguished by any mark or sign from coughs that fail to tie fatal. Any cough, neglected, may sap the strength and undermine the health until recovery is impossible. All coughs lead to lung trouble, if not stopped. Ager's Cherrg Pectoral Cares Coughs "My wife was Buffering from a dreadfnl cough. We did not expect that she would long survive, but Mr. R. V. Royal, deputy surveyor, happened to be stopping with no over night, and having a bottle of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral with him, induced my wife to try this remedy. The result was so beneficial that she kept on taking it till she was cured.* R. S. HUMPHRIES, Saussy, Ga. "My little daughter was taken with a dis- tressing cough, which for three yearm defied all the remedies I tried. At length, on the urgent recommendation of a friend I began to give her Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. After using one bottle I found to my great sur- prise that she was improving. Three bottle* completely oared her." J. A. GRA'', Tray. Salesmen Wrought Iron Mange Co. St. Louis, Me. Avers berm cciotai AAvI(iti tine by 4inlneltt phyqo�lelati. Lettere private. Addreea litedfoal Deperttneut, J. C. AYER CO., Lowell !Masa. theigfh the season may be (117." In col - unction with this, it ilia' be net" that, on .One000aston within the experience Of the writer, a large nu11}belr of trees that had been planted in the spring, and had grown tolerably well, showed signs during the following very dry summer of wilting their leaves for want of water. An examination seera- ed to show' that though the trees had been well planted in the common ac- ceptation of the term, yet the earth in many cases was not packed closely around the roots. It 'was not conven- ient to water them. The owner was recommended to pound the earth ar- ound the trees with a heavy paving rammer. This was done. It is almost impossible to convey an idea of the foroe used on this occasion. A force was exerted fully equal to that em- ployed by the regular rammers in pav- ing the streets. The earth being very dry was reduced to fine powder by this process, and moisture drawn up- ward by capillary attraction. In a couple of days afterward, there was not the slightest sign of wilting, al- though no water had been applied, and they continued to grow without any evidence of suffering for want of wat- er until the next rain came. Had the soil not been heavily beaten in this way, their death would have been abso- lutely certain:" THE USE 01? LIME. A large party of agricultural stud- ents recently held a "Field Day" at the country seat of .Lord Roseberry, Dal- meny Castle, near Edinburgh, Scot- land. During their meeting Profes- sor Hunter, agricultural chemist, Ed- ingburgh, delivered an interesting ad- dress in which he made statements re- garding the use of lime and other fer- tilizers. During his remarks, he said: We are now working on bacteriological lines. The old idea was that when you ap- plied much it fed the plant. That theory is now entirely knocked on the bead, because unless your soil was germ occupied you could not grow' anything. The growth of plants was entirely dependent upon soil organisms. The different member's of the leguminosae had little warts on the roots, without which you could not grow these plants; however, you must have other organ- islns which are co-workers, and with- out which it is absolutely useless to proceed. In a word, what they were driving atwas not to weaken the plants, but to supply those organisms which they devoured. They must have lime com- pounds in the, soil, If you do not real- ize that depend upon it, you will fail. You have noticed in going ar- ound the plots to -day, that the nitrate were looking better than the sul- phate plots. That is extremely simple. It was because after undergoing the first change the soda was worth noth- ing. They were mixing nitrate and lime and the lime was bound to nurture 1 their plants; but with sulphate they got better feeding powers. Nitrate of soda gave rise to a disease in horses not yet well understood, and potatoes and turnips fed on it will not keep. Great slaves are the micro-organisms If you feed them you will get crops ianngd make omfonthye wghreeae yon nwseretoloroes- member is, that lime is fast disappear- ing from the surface soil, more ra- pidly than anything else; and it is as essential to put on lime as much as guano or anything else, These micro- organisms must have, and you must maintain, those minute quantities of lime compounds in order to get their work. To add two tons of lime to the acre is the work of a lunatic; it, is in- deed perfectly inexcusable to Use a dressing of ten hundred -weight per acre—five hundred -weight is quite suf- ficient. u 1 'ow a person can gain a pound a day by taking an °ince Aa Scott's Emulsiom is hard to explain, but it certainly happens. It seems to start the diges- tive machinery working properly. You obtain a greater benefit from your food. The oil being predigested, and combined with the hy- pophosp,hites, makes a food tonic of wonderful flesh - forming power. All physicians know this to to be a fact. All druggists; 5oc, and $1.00. SCOTT' & BOWNE, Chemists. Toronto ITEMS OF INTEREST. A Few Paragraphs Which Will be Found Worth Heading. Over 600,000 persons are employed in Italy in rearing silkworms. The Japanese never swear. Their lan- guage contains no blasphemous words. It is said that the first weeping; wil- low in England was planted by Al- exander Pope, the poet. Wild oxen and swine are plentiful in the forests of the Ladrone Islands. The meat of the latter Le said to be as toothsome as the best Westphalia hams. Two towns in Kansas, Lost Springs, and Romana, have not an idle man or boy, or an unoccupied house, or a dog. Each town has a population of about 200. Bismarck fought twenty-eight duels and in all these conflicts received but one wound, which was caused by the accidental breaking of his antagonist's "sword. Last year the United States Govern- ment's profits on money orders am- ounted to 5800,000. When the system first went into force in 1865, the Gov- ernment lost 57,000. Nine families in Burton, Kansas, have their cooking done on the co-opera- tive plan, and thus ensure a greater variety of food at less cost, and avoid the worry of directing and paying ser- • vent girls. The system of vaccination is so per- fect in the German army that small- pox has been reduced to six or seven cases annually: All recruits are re- vaccinated, and there must" be at least ten punctures in each arm. Among the twenty-two competitors in a sixty-four mile walking match in Bergin, eight of them were vegetar- ians. The distance had to be covered in eighteen hours. Six of them accom- plished the feat and they were all veg- etarians. Do you think he loves you my child? Not passionately, mamma. When I told him I was to be Uncle Abner's heiress, he said he guessed we'd better wait about getting married until uncle died. He said he didn't want to pre- judice the ease. A mean rogue in Kentland, Ind., is warned by a farmer, who has inserted this advertisement in the local paper, " I am watching for the man that milks my 'cow. If I tatch him, I intend to Shut my eyes and shoot at the cow.— John ow—John Keefe." A Mexican jury consists of nine per- sons, and the decision of the majority rules. If the decision is unanimous, there can be no appeal. The Clinton News-lleeord Eas a staff of experinced news reporters, who cover the ground well, and give "All the News xl,at's Fit to Print." The News -Record is the largest newspaper published in West Huron, and has special features not possessed by a number of them. Every 'Conservative Should be a Subscriber. Clinton News -record. ONE GIVES RELIEF. 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