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HOUSEKEEPING I: light «on ll: your Hours are well painted: A carpet can be thoroughly cleaned, but once or twice a. year; a. painted floor keeps a. room clean at all times; the dirt can’t get into the boards. THE Dealer in A. , SHERWIN-WILLIAMS . IRON and GOAL, ; .. 7. SPECIAL From? PAINT. IRON PIPEl and PIPE FITTINGS. has. Rabat, Fenelon Falls. The Fenelcn Falls Gazette. A Plow until you See Robson’s stock. He can give you a choice of the best makes at fair prices. Is made for nothing else. 905. HEARD. SEdSQM After looking around for a considerable time to find out the best Separator, I have succeeded in obtalnmg the agency for the AMERICAN CREAM SEPARATOR as Without dcubt the best machine on the market for the following reasons : - 1. It is all in one. 2. There are no loose parts whatever. 3. It can be easily cleaned, as the hand can be inserted in the bowl. In no case during the past year was its superiority more manifested than by its being awarded, amidst strong competition at the St. Louis exhibition, the first premium and diploma for best separator for farm use. Game in and see it. ~‘;*3V.v," Friday, Sept. 28th, 1900. Independent Men are Satisfied. It is decidedly puzzling to the aver- age elector to understand the line of reason by which any man calling him- selfan “ Independent Liberal ” can offer opposition to the present Government. Take, for example, the member for Kis- gar, Man., who was elected in 1896 as a straight supporter of the Liberal Gov- ernment under Sir Wilfrid Laurier. That party had laid down a clean-cut, straight-forward platform, which includ- ed tariff reform, purity of administra- tion, franchise reform, economy in the public expenditure, holding of public lands for the bona fide settler, etc. The tariff has been reformed to such an ex- tent that the customs charges on imports this year have actually been less than 16 per cent; a reduction, moreover, under which the trade of the Dominion has increased from $238,000,000 to $380,000,000 in 4 years. Public affairs have been so honestly administered that 14>. . That’s where we shine. No better can offered in the country than the make we sell. Can undersell any other maker, having . , .. _ h 1 ‘ a. 1 b f ‘ t1 0” t d, A the most rigid Opposmon scrutiny has boug t tie mateua e 01e .ie giea a Vance. failed to find a dollar misappropriated. $1? The franchise has been reformed by the repeal of the costly and unworkable franchise act, and a return to the pro- vincial franchise, which was found per- fectly satisfactory when previously in operation. The public monies have been so wisely expended that, while $1,000,- 000 has been spent in governing the Yukon, $2,000,000 in sending aid to the Empire in South Afiiica, nearly $16.000,000 of liabilities left by the Tories wiped out, other millions spent in completing canals and in rushing for- ward puhlie works for the development of the country, all in excess of what was spent by their predecessorsâ€"in spite of all this the taxes have been reduced $13,000,000 in the four years, and sur~ pluSes accumulated to a total of $14,- 000,000 in the same period. As to public lands, they are no longer being handed over unconditionally and in vast areas to railway corporations, but are - ' «Jos.wsasr ~ ...r,-..c. -...‘ l AGENT FOR I I I [I I U lvlclurmlck Right Hand llpen lilllllfll Verncal llll Mater. 5 All Steel lake, and fern Harvester. COULTHARD SCOTT CD ~ held for sale to actual settlers in home- ., ' S d d C H' t stead lots, with thcresult that thousands OSHAWA, ll Bil cfhomestearls have been taken up since 1896 in comparison with hundreds prior ‘ l to the change of Gmernment. Ad- ditional planks have been added since the present Government assumed office, notably that embodying its railway pol- ; icy. The West, particularly, groaued i . under an oppressive railway monopoly _ which handicapped its development more than anything else; besides, the L U 9 Tories had given the C. P. R. privileges A as. which had been used to burden the farmer and aggravate his difliculties in s. reaching a market for his products. The Laurier Government took the first opportunity to regain at least a portion of the lost control; it compelled a sub- stantial reduction ofratcs, securing run- ning concessions for competing lines ovor important sections of the system, so that to-day the West is in a. better position in the matter of transportation than it has ever been. The defeat of this Government would mean a return to the old state of afi'airs, for erery step forward has been most strenuously op- posed by the Tories in Parliament and out. The very fact that the Indepen~ dent members in the House have, with a solitary exception, given a consistent support to the Government, and that the old Patron party have found it un- necessary to longer maintain a distinct organization, is the best evidence pos- sible that the Liberal Government has met all the requirements of reasonable men. The persistent antagonism of one man, who is admittedly disappointed in the gratification ct personal ambition, cannot but be looked upon with suspic- ' . ion by those who recognize the undoubt FENELON FA LLS. â€"_--w w ed fact that the present Administration has done more in four years than its predecessors did from the start to de- vclop the West. If his opposition were successful, he would defeat the best friends his section of the country ever had, and return to power the very men who retarded its progress for two de- cades, and have shown no indication of repentance for the misdeeds of the past. More Like-Hisbadm-IAEâ€"very' Day. It is becoming more apparent daily that the great national issue to be em- phasized by Hon. Hugh John’s entry into Federal politics is his facial resem- blance to his father. While the Liberals have more than half suspected from the first that this was about as strong a claim to public confidence as he possess- ed, it was hardly to be expected that. the poor man’s own journals would make it so prominenta feature of their re- ports. Bul the Tory papers are repeat- edly telling how, when Hugh John steps forward to speak, souwbody places a bust of Sir John A. upon the table be- side him (the bust is being carried around in his trunk for the purpose). and everybody cheers, while the ladies in the front row exclaim. “ My, but isn’t he like his father?” 'l‘his identical in- cident has been reported as having oc- curred already in three or four places. and it is evidently permanently included in the “ business” of the performance, along with the nigger songs and banjo solos. It’s all very well for Hugh John to objegt to the rude Liberals saying things about his nose, but it’s the Tories themselves who are making it a promi- nent feature of the campaign. The Canadians Have Done Splendidly. The Globe tells us that Lieut-Ccl. Pouton of Belleville has received the following letter from Col Stanley. pri- vate secretary to Lord Roberts :â€"-“ I am desired by Lord Roberts to acknowledge with many thanks the receipt of your letter on the 2nd July, enclosing a news- paper cutti‘ng containing two interesting letters, for which he is very much oblig- ed. His Lordship feels that he cannot write any letter to Canada without again reiterating the great pleasure it has given him to have Canadian contingents under his command. One and all have done splendidly, and Canada may well be proud of them. He is glad to note in the letter from Walter Mills that he had no complaint whatever to make with regard to the medical arrange- ments.” Fenelc‘n” Falls Show. ' The Fenclon Branch Agricultural Society’s annual fall show was held on Tuesday and Wednesday last in the driving park at the Falls and taken as a whole, was, we are sorry to say, great- ly inferior to that cflast year. There was a fair turn-cut of horscs, cattle and sheep, but there were only six pigs, and one of them, a pedigreed black sow, a year old, owned by Mr. Benjamin Burtchacll. who valued her at $18, died on Wednesday afternoon in a waggou in which she and another had been left instead of being transferred to a pen. The weather, though beautifully fine, was very hot, and we noticed that the surviving black pig and a huge white bear in another waggon were gasping as ‘ if terribly distressed, while the pigs in pens, with the earth to lie upon, did not appear to be sufi'cring from the heat. The show of poultry was small, as there were no competitors from a distance; but many of the birds were very good ones, and those to whom the prizes were awarded well deserved the honor. It was in the hall, both up- stairs aud down, that the falling-off from previous years was most noticeable. The small show of fruit may be attribut- ed, to some extent, to the recent wind- storms. which blew almost the entire crop off the trees in many orchards; but the ehibits of vegetables were far be- low the averagc, though we think that the samples of grain were nearly as numerous as usual. Up-stairs the show was very poor in quantity, but not in quality, and Mr} Stanton had a remark- ably fine display of nearly three dozen large photographs, which attracted a great deal of attention, and elicited many expressions of approval. There was not a single implement of any kind upon the ground, but in the hall there were no fewer than five cream separa- tors. three of which were exhibited by Mr. Geo. H. McGee. one by Mr. G. R. Johnson of Brockville, and one by Mr. A. B. Robb of the same place. Messrs. Johnson and Robb called upon us on Wednesday to know why a cream sepa- rator contest at the fall show had been advertised, without any preparation for the contest being made. We of course referred them to the officers of the ag- ricultural society for an explanation, which we hope they got. All we can-say about it is, that if the cream separating contest was advertised merely to draw people to the show, it was a very wrong -,_...~,-._â€"-.._ ..' . .. Na....._..~._.-.......~-.._. .__....._.._.. _.,. . , thing to do, and reflectsgreau g, upon the Society. The, prize list‘ 1. be published next week:. The Lindsay iCentral. Lindsay’s great antilual exhibition was held on Thursday, liiriday and Sat- urday of last week, and t-ihe Post says that it was a “ record breaker ” as far as attendance was concerned. The “Wild West” show undohbtedly at- tracted a great crowd, and, While some thought it' well worth seeing, others pro- nounced it a “ fake.” Pick-pockets must have been numerous, as a. resident of the Falls tells us that two ‘ friends of his-from Mauilla were relieved of $30 and $14 respectively, and that woman lost $7. When the latter", found that she had been robbed she began to cry, and her distress so affected a' man with a sympathetic disposition that he started a subscription for her benefit and raised $34 on the spot; whereupon one of the victims from Manilla said that. he wished he could cry too. There were the usual complaints on the second day of the exhibition about the exclu- siun of the public from the poultry house until late in the afternoon, and there should be some change in the ar- rangements which would allow of their admission at least two hours earlier. The moment the doors were opened there was a rush into the building, which in a couple of minutes was so full that the ' people could hardly pass each other. There was a good show of poultry of all kinds, but not the slightest attempt had apparently been made to separate the dilferent varieties, which one .of the judges said were, worse mixed than at any exhibition he had previously at- tended. The poultry department at the Central is to many persons the chief attraction, and the managers ought to spend a little money on it. If they cannot, or will not, put up a larger build- ing, they ought, at least, to provide sta- tionery coops, suitable for different ' kinds of poultry, and each variety should be kept by itself, which would make the judges' task much more easy, and would greatly please the public. The show, as a whole, was about up to the average, perhaps a. little better in some respects - and not quite so good in others, but the- non-agricultural features of it were the greatest attractions. ' Personals. Miss Dolly Brown of Midland is at the Falls visiting at Dr. Gould ’s. Miss Annie Fountain returned home: on Monday from Victoria Harbor. .‘lr. Harry Johnson spent Saturday and Sunday with friends at the Falls. Miss Eva Brokcnshire of Woodville- is the guest of Mrs. Job Palm-er at the Falls. Mr. Henry Graham, Jr., of Kinâ€" mount, was at the Falls on thetwo days. of the show. ' Miss Kate Burtchaell, of Toronto, is ,at the Falls visiting her cousin, Mrs. Joseph Heard. Mr. Henry Graham, Sl‘., of Kin- 'mount, wasnat the Falls from Friday last until Monday. Mr. Angus Fountain left last Monday to take the position of cock in a shanty at or near North Bay. Mr. George S. Thompson, of Sud- bury, was at the Falls on Monday, look- ing for men to take to the woods. ‘ Mrs. James Dickson and the Misses- Dickson returned home last week from ltoseda'le, where they have been living since about the middle ol’June. Mr. George Quihell left last Monday for Dcch SI. Son’s shanty on their timber limit near Cobcconk, in which. he is to officiate as cook. Miss Eva Pearce, of Spruccdalc, Parry Sound, was at the Falls from Thursday of last week until Saturday, visiting her uncle, Mr. Henry Pearce. Messrs. Thomas Anderson and John Gerard, of Peterborough, were at the F alls from Saturday afternoon until Monday morning, the guests of Mrs. Hand. ‘ THE ESTURION.â€"Tl1e steamer Estu- rz'on will run single trips for the re- mainder of the season. Sec time-table. LEFT OVER.â€"The correspondence from Powles’s Corner arrived so late that it will have to lie over until next week. * THE BOBCAYGEON SHOW.â€"Tc-mor- row, Saturday, will be the second day of the Bobcavgecn show, and the Manita is to run a trip from choconk to v’Cay- geon, leaving Fcuelon Falls at 8.30 a. m. Return fare from the Falls, 25c. PAINTINc.â€"Mr. T. J. Bell is at; work painting (if he has not already finished) the wood work at the front and rear of Mr. Wm. McArthur’s block on Colborne street. The sash is pure white andtthc other parts a sort of olive green, and the effect of the two colors in contrast is very pleasing. AUCTION SALEâ€"Mr. J. J. Power has received instructions from Annie Wilkinson to sell by public auction on the premises occupied by Mr. Wm. Cal- 9?" 7 'szasmmm' '2'? ‘ «IZW’ 'upmg-s l