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LARGE ASSORTMENT OF EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. ' The Colonial and Indian Exhibition . SOU1'H AUSTRALIA. 80 BOOKS for rPrizes, b rarleS · Ll S S '"!'/" -AND· · OO~cocK's:P. The Best Selection at Lowest Prl South Anstralia is tha second largest of the Australian Colonies, but its name does notaptlyexpress its geogrnphic~ 1 position 0 ' for i t enetches right across ibc great Is· land, being bounded on the north by the JUST ARRIVED. Indian, and on the South by t.he Southern Ocean. Its land fron1.ier ·ouches all tho TO RONTO D ISC OUNTS GIVEN oth er Australian C .. l ..ni· s. ' South Australia is l ~ss dependent upon mineral than upon agricnltur"'l 11"d pastnral resources; the only mint>ral ind 11R· try of any great importrnce to the Colony i:; copper mining-the mines of Kapunda, Burra Burra, and Wollaroo, being BUYfamed all the world o ver. The priactpH .l expoct of this Colony is wo'>I. Gre'l.t attenti on ha.a for some time past been paid to the cultivation of tbe vine, many of the most impoxtant varieties of Anstralian - - A T ·- .. ... ' ,wines an' made in this Colony. 'l'ho decorations of this Court were on ,~grand scalA, the walls being tastefolly adorned 1fJh paintings of the mttive flowers and fruit, while the west end was filled in with a large scene painting representing Australian landscape, On c,ne .CeS. side were cases containing models of fruit from tho Colony, varions ornaments and appli:\nces 'l!ade of e mu eggs aad silver, and aleo furs and suddlery. Une scene ~ht ~nttnUfal\ ~tatt~mllU.. at tbe end ot the Court is very rem1>rkab!e and is most effecti vely arranged. The BO}VMANVILLE, FR.IDAY, Nov. 12. backuround represents a hilly aud wooded landscape of a type very common in Son th Australia. The sides aud r oof are Hon. E. Blake will address meetings j covered with represen tations of -trees archat Bell·wille and Trentou next 'rhursday i11g over head. On the ground in front and Deserouto 011 Frid~.y night. · 11re three .natives modeld from '.ife; one standing 111 a rough canoe, 8pear111g fish, a1·d a. .other crouc!iiug down m front of a The World says we shall not hani the htn engaged in making a tirB by friction. general elections this yoar, the Globe Among the rocks in the foreground are <:iays they ure near at hand. Which is m»nV apt>cimens of kangaroos ot various size~, 1\1,d in differen t attitudes, and an the knowingist 1 air of 1cality is given to the whole. 8cene by bird;, on the wing in mid-air, oue being Mr. James Stevenson, Mayor of Peter- an eaglti fiyiug away with a young ka.ngaboro', and Mr. Carnegie, M. P. P., have roo in its claws, while close by is ite nest been liomiirnted by the Liberal Consena- or ··yrie 0 11 the top of a r ock. 'l'o t he t ives of W eMt Peterboro' as their candi- rig hr. is I\ pelican flying to its no>st, with it~ t.1u llet, full of small fish for tlrn female dates f6r the C<:.>mmons and Local L ~g1 sla a 1· d ' young birds. . ture. 'L'h e rt!mainCler of the South Australian coll"'ctinn is in the West Central gallHy J.\-lr. Climie takes pains t o explain in where wo ~aw a backwoodsm ...n's rough his last issue that h e w1is an official of the hnt, made of timber and thatched with bark, specimens of carriages adapt,.d tc; recent Reform Convention, and also of the needs of the co,nntry, l\Dd the great exall simihr mee ings It is well that .he hibifinn of South Aoatralian wool. In has called attention to the fact., or it all 125 fl eeces are exhibited, of which 121 might not have been known. He might are merinos and 4 Lincolllll. In pens as well have state l that the Editor of the were stuffed specimeus of mmfoo · sheep and rams. The Colonists have l.(iven S TATESMAN was- not a member of the con- mnch Httention to the improvement of this vent'on, nor is ho ». member of any breed, which is so valuable on account of similar meetings, and was entirely ignored th excellent quality of its wool. There by the Cor1ve·.tion, th ,,refore he had n o efforts have been r ewarded wi th every s:icce·s. Some of the st uffed rams exhib· busint!SB at that meeting nor will he be ited were extremely tine specimens. A allow.,d to take part in any similar meet- torpedo of Colonial mau nfacture was ings. Thia expla.nation is necessary, shnwo which shows tho c,.pacity of our sis =because the question was raised whether t <> r colnny for taking care ,_,f itself. It is on>J of some hundreds m~de lar.t yen.r when one lifelong R eformer, an Editor, had a t here wa.s a prob,.bility of a ll uesi1m . wa.r right to 1-ie present at the Convention. t nking place, The Colo nists had no preReform Edit-Ors that are uot " officials " vi· ·us experi'3nce of this kind o'f manufacdon't amount to much in \Vest Durlnm, tnr<·, hut· they obtained rnode!H from Eng· l~nd and soon turned 0 1H 11. sufficient numanyway. They are of no benefit to the bei· of torpedoes to protect all their harParty. Why rocot.Cnil':e thctXl? h11r·. It will be a surprize to many penple to Last week two pages of copy of t!111 learn that camels are used in Australi" 1>s report .o f the Reform Convenlion were by be ~ st.~ of burden. Yet a<> it is, and there some ina<h·ertancy overlooked, hence no were i. wo ~pecimen~ of South Australian ci11n,.ls exhibited. Camels were tirgt im· m ention was made of the ' nominatiom. port· -·cl in 1866 from India. 'l'hey have A ft-er the bu.·iu as of the annual meetiug vr ov ~ d to be extremely lt~eful in the tr .. nwa~ over, the Oorn·eution 11'ltij called to ait o[ !!oods in the interior, where sever e order by l\i r Sunpson, the President. d roo<>hts are not uncommon. They have bei-n"known to travel twenty-five miles a After it h:~d b.:en stated that the ohje.c t d;iv for nine :rnccessive days, without a of th e meeting wa~ to nomimtte Candi· drmk of water, und with only such food dates ·n theR,.foru1 intercstfor the ensu- as was furnisl1ed by the ecanty bushes, ing ele tio . , Dr. Mit,,hell, of Enniskillen, Th···Y now thrive ancl breed remarkably we li in the Colony. A s tand c<,ntain"d arose and in i. capital speech nominated p hor.ographs in natural size of the edible Hon . Edward Blake for the Commons, fruits of South Austr.~lia, all of them havMr. W 'f. Lockhart, of Newcastle, i r' " been taken from epecimens exhibited seco11rled the nomiuation. The nomina- at" the Agricultural shows in Adeliiide, AmongBt them we noticed I\ bunch of tion was confiru1ed by the whole Conven- g· ape· grown in the open air which weightion sta.udiug . ' s oue 1111111, followed by ed 16·~ lbs. Close by were several cases enthusiastic cheering. ·~fr. G. M. Long, containing samples of olive oil~ and cordof Orono, n·>minatod Dr. McLaughlin, for i~ ls In this Comt wa.s t.he great wiae trophy from South Australia. Wine the Outario Legi ~latnre, 11>nd Mr. S. T , growing is one of the m os t promising inFerguson, of Cartwright, seconded the dnstries c f tllfl Colony. No less than 105 motion. This nomination was also ditierent sorts are made. ITIJI confirmed by a standing vote of the whole conv ntion. Dr. McLaughlin made a At the south end of the South Australian 1netty Mpeech in response to a call from Court wns the Fiji exhibition. Fiji is one of the youngest of the Colonies; its tho de ' o~ates. He aocepted the nomina- tot"l trade in the year 1876 was £198,264, tion so unanimously teudered, and spoke in 1884 it was £780,000. The principal of the sacrifice "e was making in so doing. ··xports are sugar, coffee, cocauuts, frait, Public life l' ad no charms for him, but cotton, molassP5, p"anuts, m1dze, curiositiee and fibre The Fijian Archipelago conhaving gained the consent of his professists of two large and of 200 smaller ial3iona.l partner and in obedience to the la·Jda, of which ai>out eighty are inhabitwish of h is supporters 110 heartily and ed. Much of the scenery in the islands enthusiastic11.1ly manifested, he would is extremely beautiful. It was well il!usenter the contest once inore. He expect- trated in the Exhibition by numerous water-color drawin~s hung r C>nnd the walls ed every Reformer to do his duty between of the Court. The Fiji colleiltion consiQtnow and the closo of the polls and he ed chiefly of native pottery utensels, mn.ts, had no tear of the issue. Cheers for Hon. timber, cocanuts and ropes. The walls of Mr. BL1ke, Dr. McLaughlin, Hon. 0 . the Conrt were decorated with trophie3 of native arms. Mowat and the Queen brought the proVICTORIA ceedings of one of the best conventions The flourishing Colony of Victoria, ever held in t 1> is Il·ding to a close. though in point of eize the smallest of the Australian Colonies, possesses the largest Fmrn TEAI>B.-'I'he reduction of in- population of any. lt is estimated that ternal rev., 1111 ~ ""d the taking off of there are one million inhabitants, of whom reven1.e ;,,t ·.1nps from Propriot.ary Medi- Melbourne, the capital, absorbs 283,000. cines, no dnu..t, has lar~ ely benefitted the The Colony owes its gr.,at prosperhy atrd consuoueca as · ell Bs relieving the burden its relatively large population t o the disof hom·' maunfactu·ers. Especially is t his covery of the gold-fields in the year 1851 the cai>~ with G n·en's August Flower and -the year in which t.he Colony was sepBoschee's Q , r .. .an Syrup as the reduction arated from New South Wales. In addiof thir1y-six ct>nts pee dozen, has been ad- tion to the great gold-mining iodnstry, ded t" in.,rease the size of the bottles con- the agricultural and pat1toral intere11ts in taining tti<:ae remedies, thereby giving the Colony are very large. Wool is one one-fit-, h more medicine in the 75 cent size. of the most important exports, and the The Aug us° Flower fnr Dyspepsia and wheat trade is rapidly increasing, the valLiver Comp·aiHt, and the German Syrup ue exported in 1884 having b een £1, 762,for Cough anrl Lmig troubles, have per- 007. Victoria is destined to become one haps, th.- lar·0es t sale of aoy medicines in of the greatest wine·producing countries the world. Th.i advantage of increased of the world. The Victoria exhibit resize of the b<lttles will be greatly appreci- tl -cts all the above mentioned industries. 11ted by th· ,-. s :ck um1 atliicted, in every 'l'h~ Colony is also rapidly developing a town and vilhtge in civilized countries. considerable manufac1uring power. Victoria, like South Australia showed hamD!e l.01 '.lr1:1 for 10 cents remain the not only fleeces and ballls of wool, but al· aame 11ize. 42 --o-- CHEAT CHANCE -TO mU (?11p@1 stuff.-rl specimens of the celebrated me· rino p) ee p. to the improvcmien t of which breed t i,e greatest att ention is paid . Close hy the wool .exhi bits were specim?m of Colonfol carria.ges and Agnculturnl 1mple. menta. The Tech nological Museum at M elbot1rne had a cnllection of 200 epeci· mens of t he most valtrnble Victorian timb ers, unmed and illustrated by picto1fal spaciu,..ns of the fruit, leaf and fl ower of each . 'l'he Governmen t botanist showed 16G spudes of Aus r.rnlian woods in bookform, a.11d three cases containing 132 articfos ni:inufactmed from them. T here were also rna1111facture<l articles, ~ u ch its pnserrecl mPat~, bhcui ts, and ot her provisions, ha ts, boots, and variOU8 Rrticles - N OW FORof clothing, furni ture and a collection of billiard-tables, made of native woods. The VictorianConsorv;Ltory " aa fille d with be:rntiful s pecimens of palms a'l<l ferM. An interesting t rophy, re presented the ontput in1d other sta·istirs of several of --- o--the gold ·mines oft heC .>lony, ·f.he quantit.y ,,f gold returned by each mine waa Best quality taken in all represented by gilt cube of tho exact size kinds of weather that the gold would occupy. Bullion to the value of a million sterling could be -A1'put into a moderate sized ha.nd satchel. Ou either side of the Uourt were furnished roomP, fi tted up wi th fine samples of M elbourne cabinet-work, uiade out of na· tive woods. These specimens showed BOWll'.TANVILLE. that some :1t leagt of the more artistic manufuctures h!l>Ve been b rottght to a high N. B.-Cheap Fancy Goods dt>gree of perfection in the Colony. A large paiutiug on canvas of a fio11rishing in great variety. va.lley was shown with a river flo1vmg e,. long the bottom, both its banks being covered w1t.h vinE"yards, the mansion of the proprietor beiug just over the brow of a hill in the middle distance. A mar vellous fo rest scene was one of the most popular scones in the Exhibition. The scone fa made of rock work, studded with palms and ferns ; over 1he rocks tum· bles a cascade, which flow~ 1~ way a~ a stream, crossed by a small brid>(t>, giving access to the Courc from the gardens. There are many wilcl animal~ aud birds pictnrt>dquely grouped . On th11 l·ft· ha n<l side is a family of aborigma.l natives in their hou&e, which is of the most, elemen· tary simplicity, a merfl lean-to of planks, which can be turned aayw:iy against the wind, open on the B ides and fro nt· This was a real native hnt, which had acfually been used by a family of aborigines. The plauks which form ed the lean -to were decoru.ted wi th rou gh but spirited mcised ' carvings, representirig .a emu purs·ted hy a huntsman, and a fight btitween two warrion. _ l!nder t h e hut was sho_wn the fathe r skrnnmg an oppossnm, while the Sam Jones' Sermons Rave b e en all the rage during the p~st, few daJ·r3, but n o w we want you to listen to a short one from us. Our tiu!:.j e ct will be Family and Pocket Bibles wi1h an 1". CABINET PHOTOS n. and P. S. 011 Albums. (1) D o y ou want a Family Bible ? If you do d on 't buy from agent s when you can g et a s good value fro m us $ 2. 5ffP!R_!!oz; for from $2 to $ 5 l ess. (2) If you want a P ocket B ible, we are showing the best and cheapest assortment in the cou n ty. N. B.-Ou r .Album s, for Panels, Cabin e t s and Cards a r e such r emarkable good value that peopl e say how i n the world can y ou s ell a t such low pric es. P. S.-The reason is w e buy expenses are low. for cash, w e sell for cash and ou r is a t Remember the place to buy che ap KENNER & CO.'S VARIETY HALL. In order to reduce OUT enormous stock of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Millinery, Mantles and Boys' Clothi·ng we commence thi·s w aek our Genui·ne Clearing Sale and COD tin uing until this lar~e stock is reduced to a reasonable amount · In t e early 0 0 0 ~~ J~ ~1~~ ;,.~~;~;t:e~~Yt~eu;1~r~ ;,~~ct~ I part of last July we placed very large orders for the operations with gNwinl! appetite. var1"ous lines of &roods, knowing at that t1"me tha. t all On the other side are more natives, of nu ._, :;;,~e;~!Ttt~~~:;i~~,~:i~· !~°aki::1~!n\~~ ~;.~~ classes of merchandise would advance in price before ~~~z:J~~r~:~'. her regard theui the fall trade opened up. we are now .prepared to gr~~;~;,ei~~:t;a't~~1~ev7~~~~~~; 3 ~0f0 ~;~~ci give our patrons and people of W"est Durham the CP}ebritie~,UDdanmni:ierofC~Bf'S COlltaiu· benefit of our bargains, and have piled on our table· s, ing mod.,Js of less than GOO varieties offruit. 'l'heendoftheVictorianConrt COUnterS and shelves enOrfilOUS quant1"t1·es ~as closed in by a J;,rga gilt archway, 00 dS flanked on ei:her side by banks of aur if- to select from ' probably one of the largest an best e"<>US quartz. The Arc!1way reprcae11ted the oxa_ct h1:11k of a1 1 t he gold wh ich had stock of goods -ever shown in one store in Bow · manbeen raised the Cnlony to the end of the year 18S5, the .. ~Jue of which is ' v1·11e and purchased fully twenty oer" cent less tha ~ n 210 milliot\s-aterli ng or more than aquar' ... · teroftheNationa!DebtofGreatBritain. the present market Value ' making in all 0Ver On t he quartz were shown models c:· tu a9 110 Of! l!J tt p of famous ~~~~it ~~oo~: t~:~~\~~:;;, ':~~~s;~~~n;h= fortnight'd work, was £27,000_ M. A. J. bank~ nu~ge ts and retorted cake5 of TW, ENTYeEIGHT ' . THOIJS4;r~D DOLLARS To tboit<i who w ... ut thetr advertising- to P"Y· we co.n offer no b ~tte1· medhrn1 for thorough e.nd otfe ctive work . than the ve.rioua seci;ions of our Select f,oc11l J;b1.· Gll:O. F. BOlVELL.t; c:o., Nowspa]ler Adverti~ ing H11resu. U Spruce i::ltreet, Naw York. 1 }$28 ri:8~, ti~!!!:t!~i~~:~~ ~~~·"'"'°" wiH Oo " ' ' ' " " "" ' ' " " - 000 ) w 0R TH 0F ($28' ODO~ ~ c :a: o I c E I GOODS AFirstOlassBlacksmith W-hich must be reduced to ten thousand by the first e Stand for Sale at a of January, and in order to accomplish this we h ave marked everything Bargain. down to the very lowest margin that goods can possib ly be sold at, which 'J'h1'rcarolrnlfanacreor15wLtnd. goodfrn.me means a discount to every purchaser of o ur goods of fully thirty per cent. houeo and kitchen, good blacksmith shop. } h th t k t va1ue. wood-shop and ~table; e.l~o a good w ell and ess t an presen mar e cistern. It is on tho Marn Road hetween L ittle Ul'itain and Lindsay, about 6 miles from L 00k OUt J.Or .P th t t th d .P 11 th d t 0 our t ore, d 0 Lindeay . ... nd 4 mill's fro m J,ittle BeiLain. ·r11e e nex WO mon s an J.0 ow e crow s th d · d } · · t 1. f Post Office is kept b y tha lllacksmit h which brings lU a salary of $75 "'year. A decide as ey are 01ng an ay In your w in er supp Ies r om bargain. J!'or further particulan, apply to , s J<~.POOUE,]'mgerboatd,P.O., Out. 4 i0- w ~ ROBERTSON & BOND'S GIGANTIC BARGAIN SALE I Study these Facts and Quotations. 500 yards i500 yards 500 yard s 500 yards 000 y ards 500 yards The. INDEPENDENT·. THE LARGEST, THE ABLEST, THE BEST 1000 yards of Dress Goods cleari ng at . .. · ·. .. lOc. Religious and Literary Newspa- 1000 yards of Dress Goods clearing at ··.. , .·. 12 ~ c. " all Wool Grey F lannel at ···· ..·· k,_2(\c, Extra H eavy Flannel at. ··· ·· ·····.25 c. Heather mixed Winceys a t ...· ·. . · .·. Sc. Heavy Ulster Cloth a t ·..·····.. _. 50c. Fine Man t le Cloth a t .···. · ······ $1.00. Curl Man tle Cloth at ... ... ···. ·· $1.25. per in the World. 1000 yards of Dress Goods clearing a t ······.. 15c. _ _ . . 1000 y ards of Dress Goods clearing at .······. 25c. Ooe of the ablest weeklies m exist- 1000 yards of D ress Goods clcarinO' at .. 3 5c. nnce."-Pall Mall Gazette, London, Eng. . o · · ·· · · · ~ "Tlle mos t· il , . ·. i lOOOyardsofDressGoodsclearmg at .. .·.··· 4Dc. 111 uenLH\1 re1 1g1ous organ11 , · in the States." -The Spectator, J,oudon, 1 England. -'· ·~ Clearly scaucls in the fore-front as a weekly religious m agazine."-- Siinda y 20 dozen Heavy Ribbed Shirtb and Drawers a t 40 cents. School Times, Philadelphia. dozen Ladi es' Shetland Merino It is a RELIGlOUS , LITERARY, EDUCATIONAL, ART, STORY, 12 dozen Men's all wool home made Socks at 25c. 20 d ozen Ladies' heavy a ll wool H ose for 2 5 cents. FlNANCIAL, lNSUH.ANCE, I.adies' Cloaks and Wraps. Ladies' extra heavy T weed Walking Jackets, well made, selling for $4.25 . SCJENTTFIC, CoRSETS.-Crompton's Coraline, Ball's Coiled Wire Elastic S idC1, and the Modjeska H ealth, 4 0c to $ 2 pair. POLITICAL, C h ildren's Garments in great variety, rangi ng from $ 1 up t o $8. Beautiful Braide d all woo l well made AGIUCULTURAL, SUNDAY-SCHOOL Ladies' Jerseys in black .and navy,· 9 0c. 10 S 0 C KS. Vests at 75 cents. H 0 SE. NEWSPAPER. It has more and abler Contributers ' than any three of its contemporaries. It Ladies Astrachan Fur Sacq u e full length lined w ith heavy quilt e d Satin, four e legan t ornaments, regular stands in the front r ank of journalism , price, $35 for $25. aud every person of intelligence shoald read it. Yard wide Sheeting, !:le ; fine bleached Cotton full yard w ide, Sc ; L inen Toweling, 5c ; u nbleac heP, pure TERMS OF fiU BSORI PTlO)I Linen Tablin~, 25c ; Shaker Flannel, Sc ; all wool Cardinal and B lue Flannel, l5c ; Grey home madei.y ard One Month . ... .. ·-$ 30 J One Year ..... . .. $ 3.00 'l'hreeMont h3- .. .. 75 'l'woYears .. .... 5 ·00 wide Flanne( 35c; Bed Comforts, $1; all wool heavy C anadian B l anke t s, $3.50; 1 2~c Winceys, Sc; finge r Four Montlls ...... 1.00 'T'hree Years.. . .. 7.00 Six Montlis ...... -- 1.59 Four Years ... ... 8.50 ing Yarn, Sc. ; Saxony Yarn, 10; Ladies plain Cloth Jackets, $ 1,50; a few Mens Overcoats a t $5.00 ; B oy s Nine Months ...... 2.25 Five Yea.rs ...... 10.110 Ove rcoats for $3 ' ; C h ildrcn s Wool H oods for 25c ; L adi es fur Mufts fo r $1 ; W ool Squ are s, 50c ; Fine Send postnl curd for n free snm11Ie copy. Cashmere G lo ves, 25c. llncl clnhblng lls f, if you .,·111lt to subso;rlbe ASTRACHAN SACQUES. I for any HugBzlne~ or oilier NcwRPllJltll"S at leu tltnn Fuh1lshe1·'· 1·rJceH. THE INDEPENDENT. :eill Brondway, New York, R0BERT S0N & B0ND, BowMANYILLE~