The Wingham Times, 1906-04-19, Page 2•
2 VIM WINGRAR TIMES APRIL 19, 1406,
A How many women 10: jail n ,plan echo prepazoe a will or
R ( ► 1 there are that get no re-
`IREE freshment from sleep.
They wake in the mor-.
WOMEN ing and feel tireder than
when they went to bed.
Whey have a dizzy sensation in the head,
the heart palpitates; they are irritable
and nervous, weak andiworn out, and
the lightest household duties during the
day seem to be a drag and a burden,4
MILBURN'S HEARJ,
AND NERVE PILLS
axe the very remedy that weak, nervous,
tired out, sickly women need to restore
thele the blessings of good health.
They give sound, restful sleep, tone up
the nerves, strengthen the heart, and
make rich blood. Mrs. C. McDonald,
Portage la Prairie, Man., writes: " I was
troubled with shortness of breath, palpi-
tation of the heart and weak epells. I
gotfour boxes of Milburn's Heart and
Nerve Pills, and after taking them I was
completely cured.
Price 50 cents per boat or three boxes
for $7.25, all dealers or the The T. Mil-
burn Co„ Limited, Toronto, Out,
TO ADVERTISERS
lease or any legal deonrnent without
galling in a lawyer, the Downey bill to
prevent oompaniea from selling drugs in
their store* union every direotor is a
licensed druggist, and a half dersnother
clique and guild measures.—Hamilton
Times.
The Minister of Eiuoation for the
Province has under consideration the
cineetion of obeaper, more modern and
uniform textbooks, and will PRO-
BABLY make a report to the House be.
fore the close of the session. Just mete
that PROBABLY. Do you remember
the yell the members of the present Gov-
ernmei t were rai9tng oyer the text-
books, and how they were telling all
and sundry how soon they would after
the existing condition of things, whiob
was a disgrace and a shame, etc.? --
Chatham News.
Notice of changes must be left at this
office not later than Saturday noon.
The copy for changes must be left
not later than Monday evening.
Casnai"advertisements accepted np
to noon Wednesday of each week.
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ESTABLISHED 1872
' WINfIAM TIMES.
H. R. annioTT, PnBLISHER AND PROPRIETOP
THURSDAY. APRIL. 12, t906.
PULSE OF THE PRESS.
Something might be done if we would
abolish"the American bar." There is
not likely to be so much rapid-fire treat-
ing where men have to sit at a table and
are presumed to sip their drinks in more
leisurely fashion. Still this would not
prevent mast of that "round game" sort
of treating where a company of good
fellows spend an evening in generously
befuddling each other. —Montreal Star.
John Hartnell, hotel man, Windsor,
the President of the Provincial Hotel-
men's Associatiop, is to increase the
rates at his hotel; and abolish the com-
mercial rate given to travellers. Others,
he says, will follow Itis example. The
lineation of rates for hotel accommoda-
tion and meals Should be settled upon its
merits, and not upon what is taken in
over the bar. A man should bo willing
to pay for his bed and board without
getting a rake o8 from the bar. It is
just possible that if the "bed and board"
was made a paying investment for the
hotel -man, he would not be so anxious
about the permiesion to sell liquor. Tem-
perance people, at any rate, should be
Averse to having the profits on the sale
of liquor go to help to give him a square
meal for less than a living price. --Ham-
ilton Times.
If anything could be worse than the
barefaced looting of the York Loan
Company to which the evidence given in
the Phillips case undoubtedly points, it
is the flippant and defiant manner in
which the implicated witnesses give
their evidence, It is quite in keeping
with the heartlessness whicb has been
the means of robbing hundreds of
widows and orphans of their little sav-
iings.—Ottawa Citizen.
On Friday of last week the township
of Mountain, in the constituency repre-
sented by Pion. Mr. Whitney, carried a
local option bylaw by a majority, of 139.
The figures were: For bylaw, 434;
against by-law, 295; majority for bylaw,
139. Yet ander the 60 per centprovision
of the new license bill, now before the
Legislature, the by-law would be count-
ed beaten by four votes.—Stratford Bea-
con.
OUR ROSEATE FINANCE.
- ! -w, TOWN DIRECTORY,
1?1 [1 yo\fis tXt ins from Thee`tfiimes'" fyle%
(Fran Tun WINGUAAt Trues of
Friday, April 10th, 1886,)
Wax IMMIX•
Janes Taylor has rented his farm, just
east of Mrs. McKudy'6, to Robt. Weir
for aterm of three years.
David [laugh has purchased from Mrs.
MoKirdy the north half of lot 13, con, 9,
being part of the farm he resides on, for
the sum of $2,200.
&Toronto Globe.)
The annanncement from Ottawa that
the revenue from customs during the
current fiscal year ending the 30th of
June will be $44,000,000 is a striking
proof of the progress of the country,
Ten years ago it was not quite half that
amount. The attempt is sometimes
made to mislead public opinion into be-
lieving that the increase of revenue from
customs duties is equivalent to increased
taxation. The fact is, however, that
when the revenue from that source
was in the neighborhood of $20,000,000
the rate of taxation was higher than it
is now. The citizen who purchases, say,
$400 worth of dutiable goods pays leas
in taxation to the Government in 1906
than he did in 1896. What has happen-
ed is that owing to the prosperity and
progress of the country a greater quan-
tity of dutiable goods ispurchased. This,
instead of a matter of bewailment, is a
matter of legitimate pride and congratu-
lation.
Another feature of our statistics which
belongs to the same class is the fact that
our total trade for the current year is
likely to amount to half a billion dollars.
Ten years ago it was $220,000,000. From,
Washington it is announced that •the
total trade of the United States for the
same period will be three billion dollare,
United States commerce, then, is six
times greater than that of Canada. But
their population is thirteen times greater,
so that our trade per head is more than
twice as great as that of the United
States. This is a very, notable fact.
A feature of our finance which should
not be lost sight of is that our national
debt has only been increased by about
two million dollars in the last ten years,
while in the preceding decade it had
grown by $35,000,000. In 1896 it would
have required more than seven years'
revenue to equal the national debt. In
190E about three and a baif years' re-
venue will equal it. The financial out-
look of the Dominion is rosy, indeed,and
there can be no doubt that much of its
progress is due to the/fact that it is a
cheap country to live in. To maintain
that position is the simple task to which
statesmen must steadily address them.
selves,
Who would think that the automobile
had anything to do with the falling
birth rate in Ontario! And yet Mr.
Sutherland, the North Oxford logician
proved it up to the hilt, His reasoning
rens this way—good roads stolen by
automobiles—young couples do not go
buggy-riding—horses in such a state of
.nervous alarm that the reins cannot be
held in the teeth, or twisted around the
whip handle—no buggy -riding, no
courtship—no courtship, no marriage—
no marriage, no birth-rate. And there
you arel--H. F, G„ in Potento Star.
This session of the Legislature bids
fair to win the name of tho monoply
session. It has the nurses' combine bill,
the engineer's combine bill, the bill to
kill the proprietary medicines trade, in
the interest of the medical combine; the
bill promoted by Mr. Oarscallen to fine
a> Test for
BELe1RAVE.
John Little, of Morrie, who recently
had his leg broken, is abie to come to the
village.
Richard and Thomas Scaadrett, of
London township, are now farming near
the village, in Morris.
Tyner's saw mill is running full blast
again, as may be seen by the large piles
of lumber about it. Large shipments
are being made each week.
John Croyden and Jas, Watson, of
Wingbam, Mr. Levy, of Blyth, and
George Stein, of Wawauosb, machine
agents for different firms, each put np
a self -binder on Wednesday for exhi-
bition at the spring show on Thursday.
NEIGHno11II00D NEWS
The Presbyterians of Ashfield intend
erecting a brick manse this summer,
J. R. Miller has been appointed li-
cense inspector for East Huron by the
Ontario Government,
A new 200 pound bell has been pur-
chased for S. S. No. 6, Morris, with the
proceeds of the entertainments given by
the literary and debating society.
In consequence of there being more
than 200 voters in the village of Tees -
water, a bylaw dividing it into two
polling subdivisions is being prepared
and will be submitted at the next meet-
ing, of Carried on the 19th inst.
ADVERTISING VALUES
A man named Mitchell, who hails
from Sunshine, was taken to Goderich
jail on Monday, as a dangerous lunatic.
His insanity is said to be the result of
the sensational religious services of the
Salvation Army.
It ie very interesting to note that 'The
Circulation Manager,' a Chicago paper.,
entirely devoted to increasing the circn-
lation of newspapers, sOunde a warning
to certain Classes of newspapers. All is
the Kidneys not gold that glitterrs, nor is all circnla•
tion worthy of the name from the point
j4NYONE who is at all troubled of view of the largest advertisers. The
with backache, urinary this more sensational paper and circulation
orders or any of the symptoms of secured at nominal rates or given away
kidney disease, should make the fol- will not be supported by the advertisers
lowing test to find out if the kidneys in the future to the same extent as in the
are diseased ;—Put some urine in a past. The better class of advertisers
bottle or tumbler and let it stand for have weighed it in the balance and found
twenty-four hours ; if there is sedi- it wanting. It is not worth its price.
tnent like brick dust, or if the urine is The article in question reads:—
discolored, milky, cloudy or stringy, "In chooring newspapers as mediums
your kidneys are out of order. of publicity, the advertising agencies
'hese are certain indications that are now studying the polioy and appear•
you need just such help as is best anoe of papers more closely than ever
upplied by Thr. Chase's Itidney- before. The advertiser is beginning to
Liver Pills, the most reliable and learn that if he wvollld *tette good pity -
most thoroughly tested kidney s11ed- in patrons he rant reach the classes
icinie extant, tubo live within their means and who
Dr, Chase's T idney-Liver Pills, trent attracted byrsalacious or senea-
G rue pill a close, 25 softs a boat, at tient journalism.
all dealers, or Edtnanson, Estes St 'Indiscriminate advertising, like indis-
Co., Toronto. Portrait and Signa- Crilctinate purchasing of any commodity,
Curt of lir. A. W. Chase, the usually is tuneless, The feet that Elver.famous receipt book author, on 9 titling * ente are beginning to formulate
every box. inlet for the data upon the intelligent
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brick resldettoe, on the corner of Alfred
and Minnie streets, is being delivered on
the ground.
13. W. 0. Meyer was uneuccesefnl in
the election of Benchers of the Lew
Society, although he polled a large vote.
All the old Benchers, with brit one ex-
ception, were re-elected.
W. Of Payne, late of Port Hope and
Lindsay, bas opened out a lice lice et
groceries in the store lately 000upied by
E. Bowers.
The farmers iu this neighboruood have
commenced their epri'rg ploughing, thus
beating last year's record by two weeks..
Since the recent rains the fall wheat has
sprung up wonderfully and the pros-
peeta so far paint to wood crop.
On Tuesday morning while Peter Mo -
Ewen, son of John A. MoEwen, of
Morris, was nutting wood the axe slipp•
ed and struck him ou the left foot,
severing the cord of the large toe, and
making au ugly wound.
Last week we made mention of a
relic that had been presented to us in the
shape of the first copy of the first issue
of the Truss, and now Ed. Groves, prin-
cipal of our public school, comes for-
ward and says he "rolled for that identi-
cal paper, he having been employed as
"devil" in the oflLie at the time.
LOCAL NEWS.
The material for Thos. Bell's new
placing of business leads ns to believe
that the days of frivolous and pernicious
journalism are growing short. The
value of a sheet as an advertising
medium is being estimated by the sort
of news printed, which invariably shows
the sort of people the papers cater to.
Little value is placed on street circula-
tion by the majority of advertising
agents. *• • * Remember that it
takes home circulation to bring results."
—The Chicago Circulation Manager.
Ensnaring
Victims
atelier Or * lou-eSabbath services at
11 a m and 7 pIn, Sunday Mohool at
2:80
Wednp m.esday °eeneral venings. payeRerv. mee$.tinR,g
5'ttoh, B.A., pastor. B Y P U. meets
Afouday evenings 8 p m. Abner Omens
S.S. Superintendent.
MnTlamDIST CHURou--Sabbath services
at 11 a m and 7 p m. Sunday Soltool at
2:30 p in. Epworth League every Mon-
day evening. General .prayer meeting
on Wednesday evenings. 1tev. T. R.
Gundy, D.D,, pastor. W. B. Towler,
M.D., S. S. Superintendent.
PROM:MennzAls Ouu$OR—Sabbath ser-
viees at 11 a m and 7 p m. Sunday
School at 2:30 p m. General prayer
meeting on Wednesday evenings. Rev,
D. Perna, pastor. la. Harold, S S. Su-
perintendent.
ST. PAUL'S OHUROir, E'P'ISCOPAL—Sab-
bath services at 11 a m and 7 p m. Sun-
day School at 2:30 p m, General prayer
meeting on Wodnesdayrevening. Rev.
T. S. Boyle, M. A„ B.'D. Rentor and
S. S. Superintendent. John Taylor and
Ed. Nash, assistant Superintendents.
SALVATION ABz —Service at 7 and 11
a m and 8 and 8 p m on Sunday, and
every evening during the week at 8
o'clock at the barraoks.
POST Ors'zas—In Macdonald Block.
Office hours from 8 .a m to 6:80 p m.
Peter Fisher, postmaster.
Puma° LIBRARY—Library and free
reading room in the Town Hall, will
be open every afternoon from 2 to
5:80 o'clock, and every evening from 7
to 9:80 o'clock, Miss Mand Robertson,
librarian.
PERSONAL PARAlr(iAPirs. Towle OOUNOIL—Thos. Bell, Mayor;
Geo. Roe, is hgomy from college on a S. Bennett, David Boll, Thos. Forbes,
Geo. 0. Hanna, D. E. McDonald and
visit. Wm. Nicholson, Coanoillors; J. B. Fer-
Mr. S. Merrifield left town ou Tees- guson,' Clerk and Treasurer; Anson
day, for Minnesota, where she will visit Dalmage, ea. Bardets t
Monday evenAesingoorill eaoch mmoneth at8
Bra
with friends all summer. o'clock.
James Henutng, reeve of Tarnberry, SagooL BOARD. ---Dr. A. J. Irwin
who has been a Sufferer of diabetes for a (chairman), Thos. Abraham, J. D. Long,
long time is very low and his recovery J. J. Homuth, H. Kerr, Wm. Moore, A.
is doubtful. E. Lloyd, 0. N. Griffin. Secretary, John
We aro pleased to announce that Mrs- F. Groves; Treasurer, J. B. Fergnson.
Roe, Mrs. Croydon and Mr. Hamlyn, Meetings second Tuesday evening in each
month.
who have been seriously ill during the
past week, are stowing recovering. POBLzo SOnOOL TsAOHSRs.--A. H.
Martin Richardson, of Rand Eau, an Musgrove, Principal, Miss Brock,
Miss Reynolds, Miss Fargnheraon, Mise
old residenter of Wingham, was in town Oornyn, Mies Matheson, Miss Wilson,
this week pnrchasiug horses. Miss Cummings and Mies De La Mater.
Mrs, Smith, who went to Loa Angeles, BOARD of Hs LTK—Thos. Bell,
California, several months ago with Mr, (chairman), R. Porter, Thomas Greg -
and Mrs, Sovereign, returned home on cry, John Wilson, V.S., J. B. Ferguson,
Wednesday morning. Mr. Sovereign Secretary; Dr, J. R. Macdonald,
has been gradually sinking of late and is Medical Health Officer,
now too weak to undertake the journey
back, and it is feared he cannot survive
long.
Steps should be taken at onee to pre-
vent further Trouble.
Here in Wingham as in other cities
and towns, dyspepsia or stomach - trou•
Wes are ensnaring victims in a most in.
sidnons way.
Nearly every mother's son of us and
daughter, too, expects the stomach to
accustom itself to all manner ofill-treat-
ment, but the time comes when we can-
not abuse it with impunity. How tnnoh
better it would be to take steps at once
to strengthen the stomach and prevent
further trouble.
Use Mi -o -no, now and soothe the irri-
tated walls of the stomach, and stren-
gthen the gastric folholes so that they
will pour oat their daily supply of diges-
tive materials with regularity. Then
the headaobes, sleeplessness, specks be,
fore the eyes, poor appetite, tired feel,
ings and nervonsness will disappear and
you can eat what you want at any time
you like,
Mi•o-na is a combination of remedies,
some of whieh are but little known in
this country and it is a positive guaran-
teed cure for all diseases of the etomach
excepting cancer.
Just one little tablet out of a 50 cent
box before meals, for a few days, and
yon will soon regain perfect health and
strength, and have no fear of indigestion
and stomach troubles.
If you cannot obtain Mi-o•na of your
drnggiste, it will be sent by mailh post-
paid,
ostpaid, on receipt of price. 'Write ns for
advice on year case from a leading oto.
mach specialist whieh will be sent free.
The to T. Booth Company, Ithaca, N.
Y.
HEALTH ANO BEAUTY
Rhubarb should not be eaten by
"gouty" or rheumatic people.
A gargle dealt and water is a remedy
for an ordinary bore throat,
Avoid iced drink" at meal time, par.
titularly at tba beginning of the meal,
Avoid overeating. Of the two evils,
it is better _to eat too little than too
much.
Lettuce hes iii soothing otteot on the
zon.Busian 1872
THE WINE AW, TIMES.
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EVERY THURSDAY MORNING
Tile Times Office, Beaver Block
WHWEAM, QleT,all:1Q,
Tstata or 8 m8ORIPTI0N—$1.00 per annum in
advance 81.6e if not se paid. No paper discon-
tinued till all arrears are veld, except at the
option of the publisher.
l and other
cassuualadvertieem Bents 100 per Noupartelline for
first insertion, 8o per line for each subeegsent
insertion.
Advert4eements in local oolumne are oharged
10 Jots. per line for firat insertion,and 4 gents
$er line for each subsequent, insertion,
Advertisements of Strayed, Farms for Salo
or to Rent and similar,,, 81.00 for first three
weeks, and 70 Dente for each subsequent in-
sertion.
CONTRAOT RATOs—Theoliowingtable shows
our rates for the inaertien or advertisements
for epooifted periods:—
IMAGE!. 1 ra. 6 AO. 8 Aro. lam
011e0011min $70,00 840.00 822.50 $800
Halt Column 40,00 25.00 16,00 0.00
One Inch01 20.0000 8.000 2.000 122
Advertisements without specific directions
will be inserted till forbid and charged accord-
ingly. Transient advertisements utast be paid
for in advance.
Tun Jos DerARTM8NT is etooked with an
extensive assortment of all requisiteafor print-
ing, affording faoilitiod not equalled in the
county for turning out Bret glass work. Large
type and appropriate oats for allstyles of Post.
ere, and Hills, etc., and the latest styles of
choice fancy type for the finer classes of print
ing.
WANTED; by Chicago wholesale bowie,
special representative (man or woman) for
each province in Canada. Salary $20.0 and
expenses paid weekly. Expense money ad-
vanced. Business successful; position per-
manent. No investment required. Previous
experience not essential to engaging.
Address General Manager, 181 Lake Street,
Chicago, Ili., U. S. A.
nerves, and is excellent for sufferers from
insomnia.
There is nothing more soothing in
eases ot nervous restlessness than a hot
salt bath just before retiring.
Lotion for softening the bathing
water: Four ounces of alcohol, one-
half ounce of ammonia, one dram of oil
of lavender.
Garters hinder the circulation of the
blood, They retard due development of
the leg, and frequently are responsible
for too prominent knee caps.
The person who wishes to gain flesh
can never do so if she worries, is har-
assed or permits her nerves to get the
bettet of her. If possible, a nap during
the day is also very beneficial.
A very simple method ot reducing
superfions flesh is to rub the affeoted
parts with alcohol several times a day.
By exercise and dieting you should re-
duce your weight greatly in a month.
For an itching, irritated scalp try ap-
plications of a solation of boric acid,
Purchase an ounce of pure boric acid
crystals and place in a quart jar of hot
water. Apply to the scalp every night
and in a short time there will be no
more trouble.
Let the arrangement of the hair de-
pend on the shape o#yonr face and don't
dress your hair in the prevailing style
jnst because it is the prevailing style.
If it is becoming adopt it, bnt if not
don't make a earioatnre of yourself for
the sake of being in the fashion.
Always put On your .boots before
breakfast—if you have to go out imme-
diately after it. Bending down to Igoe
or draw ou boots after a good meal may
produce faintness or snycope, Canoed by.
the pressure a full stomach, on the heart.
Brain fag is produood by tog ciao ap•
plication to a subject, and leads to nett•
rasthemia and insomnia, There is only
one cure—rest and change, or if that is
unattainable, relaxation from work, with
open-air exercise and nut-door,games.
A bnni7n is nearly always caused by
badly fitting footwear and pointed -toed
shoes. fiGear boots especially made, and
remove all pressure from the bunion.
When pain and inflammation subside,
some apparatus may be applied to
straighten the toe into normal position,..
Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy
Is UNNrtQUAt E0 riot)
Congo, Colds and Co pr.
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TIMES_J,
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e Ontario.
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iVANSTONE,
BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETO.
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gages, town and farm roper$* bought and
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nter ettiatoteylDetal College aSurgery Licentiate of Royal
College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario. Office
over Post O91ce, Wingham.
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DENTIST.
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Surgeons.
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Ont.
Wingham,
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FARMERS
articles theynwishh to adiispose of stook
adver-
tise the same for sale in the Teaams. Our large
aire.nlation tett, and it will be strange indeed if
you do not get aonstomer. We oan't guarantee
that you will sell bents „e you may ask more
for the article or stock thein it is worth. Send
your
advertisement rtisot o the Tiitrs and try this
plan of disposing your stock and other
hrtic
RAILWAY TIME 'TABLES.
GRAND TRUNII RAILWAY SYSTEM.
[7TRAINS LEAVE don
London 0.40 am..., 8.30p.m.
Toronto &East 10.40 a.m0.48 Lm.... 2,40p.m.
Kincardine..11.15 am... 2.08 Pen •••• 0•15p.m,
ARRIvn snot(
Kincardine ..,,.0.40 aim -10.40 a.m.... 2.40 p.m.
London ......... 11.10 a.m..... 7.86 p.m.
Palmerston....., 9.35 a.m,
Toronto & East 2,08 p.m.... e.15 p.m.
L. HAROLD, Agent, Wingham.
CANADIAN PACI1f1O RAILWAY.
Termite and
TRAINS LEA55 a m.... 8;30 p -m.
Teeswater . 1.33 p.m... -10,59 p.m.
ARRIVs ram
0,56 a.m 8.80 p.m.
Toronto and East ......1,33 np m10.33; p.nt.
•T: H. B1fEMEI, Agent,Wingham,
50 YEARS'
EXPERIENCE
TtnAnE MARK$
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COIPYRIGHTS &C.
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invention 1i'rpr Dabyl'ataencntab:A Commu nt
terns
strictly
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1'atanto taken agency
for c ret,
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HAS ITS HUMORS.
Chareoteristice of English Politica--o
Some Ways of Treetinp Chronic
Hecklers --Speakers Prompt.
The best way to treat a heckler at
a political meeting is undoubtedly to
humor him, not in the sense of tempt,
ing hair* to continue ilia pursuit,
but In that of reducing hint to silence
by a witty sally, a course that rarely
fails to find favor with the other mem-
bers of the audience, says London Tit-
Bite,
There are occasions, of Course, on
which the candidate finds himself in . -
hopeless difficulties when seeking for
a retort. Per instance spine years age
Mr. Willis was orating at the top of
his voice in a most strenuous manner,
and he happened to use the wellworn
phrase from "David Copperfield," "Bare
kis is willln'," when a man at the back
of the hall bawled out, "No, Willis is
barkin ," the laugh being against the
politician,
One is bound to admit, however,
that a ready -witted candidate has
frequently extricated himself from a
desperate situation In the most tri-
umphant manner when other lawn
would have been covered with con
fusion.
When Charles Burleigh, the Abolf
tionist, 'vas called upon to answer a
cowardly and despicable "rotten egg"
heckler, he did so by calmly remark-,
ing as he wiped his Pace: "This is Et
striking 'evidence of what I have al-
ways maintained, that pro -slavery ar-
guments are unsound." The late Sir
Henry Havelock -Allan got over the
difficulty by fixing his eyes on the spot
whence the almost winged messenger
had been projected into space, and re-
marking, with just the slightest indi-
oation of disgust, "I say, my friend,
the hen that laid that egg had a very
bad breath."
It is a strange circumstance that,,
whereas candidates can perpetrate
veritable herds of "bulls" without ex-
citing t"O retort uncourteous from the
heckler, the same individual regards
a quotation delivered in a language
Other than his own with feelings slin'-
alar to those entertained by another
species of bull when a red rag conies
within his range of vision,
When at the general election of 1900
the chairman of an overflow meeting
at Burnley remarked that many of
our brave soldiers were sent to the
front "without a pair of trousers to
their backs," his remark failed to bring
forth a. comment from the heckler,
while the statement of a platform
Speaker at Chipping Norton, about
the same time, to the effect that
the Unionist candidate had "laid down
his life for his country, and expected
to be returned by a iarge majority;''
was received with tumultuous ap-
planes.
"Why such remarks as these should
not be commented upon, when so many
others, far less provocative of inter-
polation, should be seized upon, it Is
difficult to say; but there are occasions).
such at that upon which Sir Lewis
Molesworth informed the electorate of
Bodmin that "Home Rule is only dead
so long as we keep it alive," when the
nature of the remark temporarily dee
prives the heckler Of his breathing ca-'
sadly.
With regard to the foreign quotatton
interpolation, probably no more effece
tive way of dealing with it could be de-
vised than that resorted to recently at
a trans-Atlantic political meeting, when 1+
Mr. J. H. Hawthornthwalte, a Lansaw
shire -born man, though a member of
the British Columbian Legislature, in-
nocently let drop a Latin quotation,
with the usual result that he was ad-
monished to "talk to us in ft language
we can understand," whereupon, with-
out a momeht's hesitation, he turned
to the heckler and made the hall flair
sound to a- stentorian cry of "Hee-haws
Hee-haw'." 'when the convulsion of
laughter had subsided, the speaker
completed his adversary's discomfiture
by quietly adding, "I regard it as d
duty to oblige my friends to the best
of my ability."
Although the sledgehammer retort le
very effective in quelling the contu-
macious heckler, it can scarcely be ex.
peeted to earn the vote of the victim,
where as the gentle answer that turn-
eth away wrath undoubtedly has that
pleasing effect at times. The Right
Hon, John Morley is one of the few
political speakers who can quell a
heckler with a smiling retort as effec-
tively as the famous Campbell, of Mon-
zie, who, when he asked an Edinburgh
burgess to vote for him and received
the angry answer, "Vote for you! I'd
sooner vote for Satan himseY" sweetly
replied, "Yes, but, if your friend doesn't
stand, may I depend upon your sup-
port?" a remark that earned hires
staunch adltereitt.
A short time ago, when Mr, Morley
was speaking at Montrose, a heckler
demanded permission to put an import,
alit question to the right honorable
gentleman, that turned out to be, "WAY
doesn't he play golf?" in answer to
Which the sitting member promptly re-
torted, "I don't think I'm old enough
to begin yet," a statement that excited
much hilarity and put the audience off
excellent terms with the speaker.
That success, however, does not al-
ways rest With the candidate Was
clearly indicated When Mr. J. Balfour
Browne, X. C., was recently speaking
in Dumfriesshire and an elector re*
marked: "Had we not better Utilize our
own resources to the full by allowing
labor and capital free i ccess to the
land of our own country instead of ate
tempting to bolster np certain Indus-
tries at the ekpense of others?"
Said the candidate, with emphasis:
"t do not follow the question. It sounds
like a question taken from a book on
political econoy, the author of which
did not know mmuch."
Then did the heckler lift up his voice
* second tine and remark: "It is taken
frnln your own valuable book, Mr.
Browne, on fiscal reform."
The situation In which Mr. 3rowne
found himself was not, perhaps; pert,
cnlarly desirable, but it might i,ave
been worse. Candidates will remail with
a shudder, for Instance, that terrible
moment whrn a speaker, ri•lshing to
emphasize his, strict regard for the
truth, remarked in is ub
had been thrashed
ilial for tellIsingyoit, wthhen0
from the back of the hall Was wafted
through the atmosphere the cutting*
comment, "I guess leo cured yet', guvo,
icor:"
When straw is wed for bedding it
should be clanged at least once is.
Week.
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