» very White i Woven' at reduced [and exceptional | not boenh attainable. The Tomine railway bonds he eine. {FINE CONTRACT TS ap lfc for mal i Balun. How |' " | England. The result dle. total in 1901 is simply astonishing. Nor is this condition of dfiairs pew "It commenced some years ago," says 'the Toronto, News, "antl has continued with unabated | al" The fact 'is' worthy of a spe the early age at which some children | ledve the public schools. Thev appear to go to work sooner than it ik caloulated they should doy and pooner than the Factory Act allows. The ef- bas been made to ascertain the ontage of them, but so far it has There is the statement, however, that the register- ed attendance of the separate school childrén 'has been increased, and why this should be so, while the register od attendance of the public schools shows a decrease, remains a conun- drum. 3 ---- a THE VERY NEWEST CULT, +3. The Toronia World has been at 'pains and expense to depict the aniey banquet in Gore Bay, but it ce hve wilerly failed to ade. quately describe: the great event. The ly pen that 'has been at all equal the becuion is that. of (the Mani oulin Conservator, and it seems to folk Ta weakness as the follow: g word painting illustrates : is a on be market The Ottawa Citiaen 3 is authority for the statement 'that 'the consetvative party is not in the blue ruin business. No ? That is encouraging. The conser- vatives, however, have made 'the most of it in their day; 45% : When a new. shstionytioes take place. in the old what mixed. The on pill he obscured by the Land Purchase Act in Jreland, and the Education Act in will be a mud The Duke of Marlborough is again suggested as the Governor-General of Canada. 'What capacity has he for the office 7 What training ? The fact that he married an American (Miss Vander- bil), | does not concern the average man very mud; 5 The {Toronto street etree Wailway is a veritalile gold. mine. So far this year the ingreased earnings (over those of 1902) "dmount to $195, »108.30, and Toronfo's percentage is" $118,792.67. Think 'what Toronto, is losing by the lease of its lihe to a company ! The Mail comments upon the fact that Cap" Sullivan and his friends have tieen to the Soo arranging about the -bye-elections. What about the Mon- treal man, the consefyative, who mes- merized folks in the last election and unseated Mr, Miseamphbell ¥ Has he re- ported yet ? £ OBSERVATION y S. ---- No Irish Need Apply. Toronte 2 The pope of holds "about "the only big job on_earth to, which an Irishman cannot Jdapire with a chance of success. Wiat He Misses. Hamil sir Ww liam Von Horne says he does what is written about the Grand Trunk Pacific railway bargain. And yet Bir William might get a lot of amusement out of this light litera ture. A Genuine Discovery. Hamilton Times. A new danger threatens automobil- ists--obesity. Devotdes are said to de- velop enormous appetites and to put on' flesh rapidly. There's a hint for meagre girls. Mobe and grow plump. Room For All. Otiawa Free Press. "RA stad oy: Say, toe eo wills amey, tried to sacrifice. ' descr The attempt to elevate Mr. Gamey in the public estimation may prove a dismal failure. The man is absolutely regkless, and the lieutenants of Mr. Whitney - applauded his vulgarity be- | danse it seems they cannot do any: hing' else. Mr. Robinette, K.C., refers to this Gore Bay banquet as the inaugura- vailable | tion of '@ mew cult, whose high priest "ve is RR. Guimey and' whose creed is one | I of seven short paragraphs, embracing seven ideas, thus: (1) All men shall believe in Gamey' and no one else; (2) all 'men shall adjure and detest as ds the judgment and finding of or cominission; (3) all men Trio; 19) att me tne apcerjunacs (4) oil mem are to | 0 disregard the performances of the high, phest: with deposit ships and ledger legves; (5) all members are command pr ed to get used to sulphurous to employ it freely in the oriti- cof those who differ from them; 16) all members are to have fio po- Btical god but Garey, and to destroy the pny. prmyes hooks. and pietures of thar aen..whom: they have ador- of this hould bo a. bieing to the "I he writes to the opposition 'were playing haniis of Ye gavecningst they No one ever thought that the great North-West was a gift to the Cana- dian Pacific Railway. There is room enough in the breadth and depth of that' great country for half a dozen paralleling transcontinental railways. Good Time Assured. Brantford Expositor. With continued pood creps, and something like £100,000,000 to be ex- pended upon another great transcomti- nental railrond, 'the return of hard times, so far a" Canada is concerned, would seem to be a long way off. laa Sales To Meet Cost. a +o ay, eT month just closed, the O.PR. land sales totalled $1, 020,000. That in a single month's sales of Tand given the railway by the government. This will explain how easily Canada will recoup itself the expenditure = of ten to twelve millions. ; conservative government been wise and just loaned the C.P.R. the credit of Sountzy teeing' their bonds and giving them the usual cash wubsidies, the fifty-mil- lion dollars worth of land which the C.PR. still holds would have pro- vided railways for the whole vast ht | he object Jesson in the jut the great July sales of C.P.R. lands is the wis- dom of the present administration in holding our lands for our own profit. The National Transcontinental route railway will make 50,000,000 acres of land now worth ten cents an acre javickly average a worth of $10. an acre, Chicago Preacher X Chicago, Aug. ya ~ Matuioe ig spending his vaca in Nova Sco- tia. During his absence the stewards of the First iscopal church, Evanston, met him from the pastorate for hie liberal views of theology, similar fo those held by Prof. Pearson and Prof. Hors- well, of the North Western University. -------- Thousand Islands and Rochester. y 'and MADE WITH THE GRAND | TRUNK PACIFIC CO. An Authority On Railway Prob- lems and the Country in Nor- thern Ontario and the West Believes: the Government Has Taken Action of Great Benefit, Ottawa, Aug. 7.-Sir Sandford Fiem- ing was seen at his residence on Char- pel street, and asked for his opinion in regard to Canada's second trans- continental railway. "lI am more than favorably. impress- ed," said Sir Sandford, "with the con tract which the Canadian gévern- ment has entered into with the Grand Trunk Pacific railway company for the construction of a section of the trans- continentdl road. When the Grand Trunk first announced its intention to build across the continent 1 expressed myself favorably to a second hine and I: am delighted now to see an agree ment re between the government and the company which will insure the éonstruetion of the road." "Then you look upon the contract as being a good one ?"' ne. frgard aed the eontract to be a good as to all the | 3 I am not details because | have noi gone into Hom 1t 1 did am sure I conld not add anything to what Sir Laurier said in his very able speech in the house." "You heard the premier's :sppech ?" "I did. 1 have taken an inteest in the question since its inception and I was naturally anxious to hear Sir Wil- rid's presentation of the government policy in parlipment. As far back as 1862 1 wrote and talked of a transcon- tinental line. My friends then regard- ed my views as somewhat visionary, but .in the course of time they were realized, and soon Canada will have not ome, but two transcontinental 8 r The ahove endorsation of the con- tract entéred into between the gov- ernment and the Grand Trunk Pacific 4 a gentleman like Sir Sandford lending, who'is well qualified to speak on railway problems and who has a good knowledge of the country through which, the proposed line will run, is partioularly : gratifving. 'When promin- ent men like Sir Sandford say that the road was a necessity and that the contract is a good one it may be taken for granted that the country regards it as an excellent bargain, whatever the political opposition may amount to, PITH OF THE NEWS. \ The Very Latest News Culled From All Over the World. A tug sunk off New Bedford, Mass., and five persons were drowned, The Ontario College of Pharmacy has a balance of assets of $61,959. John Cronk, an aged man, slightly deal, was run over by » train at Col- borne and killed. John PF. MacKay, Woodstock, has heen appointed business manager of thr Toronto Globe. Plympton township was swept by a cvelone on Thursday. Hail fell to a depth of three inches. t is reported that two Servian of ficers have been arrested for conspir- ing. against the minister of war. It is thought that Russia has ob- tained a lease of 200 acres of land near the Yonghampo river, Corea. Robert Atherton, since 1848 promin ently identified with the manufacture of textile machinery, died suddenly at Paterson, N.J. Fifty delegates to the meeting of Chambers of Commerce of the Empire, to be held at Montreal, sailed from Liverpool yesterdav. Toronto's financial statement shows that there is a' cash bal and in banks of $1,107,835. honded debt of the city is $15,343, Lord Brassey, who is to preside at the Montreal conference of the cham- hers of commerce of the empire, is now rn route to Canada on his famous yacht, the Sunbeam. , A furious aiuall of wind struck the boiler house in commection with Fras- er's. lumber mill at Deschene, wrecking the brick building and killing James T. Campbell, 'Ottawa. Several others were hurt. Whitaker Wright, the arrested pro- moter and director of the London and Sioa corporation, limited, the hear- of whose case was adjourned to At 24th, is, to-day, still in Brix. ton jail, some of the proposed sureties for his bail $260,000 not having yet ved. 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