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ty, or fifty years after Confederation the people of Quebec would contribute to public life a man of such parts that he would naturally become leader of one of the two political parties. Sir Wilfrid Laurier is the man. He is the enthusi- astically admired and loyally followed leader of the Liberal party of the Di- minion. He is the most distinguished man in the whole parliament. He is the first. French-Canadian to become undiSputed leader of one of the two great parties; first French-Canadian to become Premier of the Dominion. He played a large part at the Queen’s diamond jubilee, when all the world looked on. As an orator he is renown- ed at home and abroad. Under his rule the country prospered and develop- ed as never before. All this appealed to the imagination and pride of his compatriots. Need anyone be surprised that it was so? “But unless the other provinces re- sent the solid way in which the people of his province support him, how is he to be defeated? What better could happen to this country than to have we: zaneavon to MAKE :- A11 lines of our jewellery an‘1 watchmaking business RELIABLE. We are particularly careful in the selection of the gold of which i. we make our ’ ENGAGEMENT and , WEDDING RINGS. We appreciate the confidence placed in us, as shown by the very large share of trade we have com- L. manded for so many years, and WE DON’T INTEND to lose it :- now. â€":â€"â€"Iâ€"_’ NEW STOCK CF is: HOLIDAY GOODS, FANCY GOODS, ALBUMS, GAMES, XMAS CARDS, II'OYS, Etc, Etc. n. some. Lytlc’s old stand. to make room for New Fall Goods. Professional Cards. You can always rely on wh you buy from are. n. BEALL, THE JEWELLER, Lindsay. For the next Thii'tprays we willfi Offer every line Of MOLAUGH LIN & MCDIARM ID, ARR-ISTERS, Solicitors, Etc., Lindsay B and Fenelon Falls. Lindsay Oflice: Kent-Sh, opposite Market. Fenelon Falls Office: Over Burgoyne Sr Co’s store. The Fenelon Falls office will be open every thing ' Wednesday afternoon from arrival of train from Lindsay. 5323" Money to loan on real estate at lowest current rates. R. J. MCLAUGHLIN. F. A. MCDIARMID W I L LIA“) ’S'I‘EERS, ARRISTER. Solicitor Dominion Bank William Street, Lindsay. A. r. DEVLIN, ARRISTER, Attorney-at-Law, Solicitor in Chancery, Kent Street.Lindsay . w_-_-______________ G. H. HOPKINS, ARRISTER, 8w. SOLICITOR FOR the Ontario Bank. Money to loan at lowest rates on terms to suit the borrower. Offices : No. 6, William Street South, Lind- say, Ont. ________._._____.-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"~ MOORE & JACKSON, ARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, 83c. Of- fice, William street,Lindsay. F,. D. Moons. A. J acxson .___â€" MEDICAL. # DR. H. H. GRAHAM. â€"M. 1)., c. 11., M. a. c. s. Eng., M. c. P. a s., 0NT., r. 'r. M. s.â€" HYSIGIAN, SURGEON & ACCOUCHâ€" cur. Office. Francis Street, Fenelon Falls. DR. A. WILSON, -â€"it. 3., it. c. r. a 3., Ontario,â€" HYSICIAN, SURGEON & ACCOUCH- eur. Olfice. Colborne Street, Fenelon Falls. _______________.___._._._.â€"â€"â€"â€"- DR. 1). GOULD, Graduate Toronto University, Member College Physicians and Surgeons, Ont. Office at Drug Store. Residence, Francrs street west. E. P. SMITI‘I, ETERINARY SURGEON and Dentist. Graduate ofOntario Veterinary College Live Stock Inspector for North Victoria by This will ice as; Opportunity to get some of the ’ R ‘Ll'l'i'LE hidiiEY. J. L. ARNOLD. Fire Insurance Agent, representing the Northern and Imperial Of England. 553T sees at greatly reduced prices. am 9 __._.-.._..______ - . ___._._.___ PREDESTINED. ' Wherever lands are flowing With honey and with milkâ€" Wherever gold is glowing, Or cotton, corn or silk, We yearn to preach the gospel To every mother’s son, And when the cusses spurn it We preach it with a gun. Let hoary heads in Congress Deplore the lusty strife! Arm-chairs for all the dotards! We want “ the strenuous life.” In vain their parlor precepts The Golden Rule unfold; We’re on it different basisâ€" And that’s the Rule of Gold. The world is to the White Man By right Divine assigned; When Destiny is calling We are not. color-blind. The Black and Brown and Yellow Have served some end, no doubt. But all this “ Man and Brother” Is certainly played out. The milk-andâ€"water preachers Had .best their prattle cease ; . We’ve little use at present For any “ Prince of Peace.” An up-to-date Messiah Is what we want to see; The Gospels are back numbers; This isn’t Galilee. - Yet our assimilation Is most benevolent, And we absorb the alien With kindest of intent. But “ Free and Equal” problems We really can’t discuss, And when we say “benevolent,” Of course we mean to us. We are the chosen peopleâ€"- The long-elected seedâ€" We’re on the track of Glory And grow in grace and greed. In vain the Peace Commission as premier a man enjoying the fullest confidence of both races in Canadaâ€"a man truly Canadian. Ifthe people [of his country are ever to be led 'to join hands in real amity, here is the man capable of bringing it about. Already he has been put to two hard tests. In 1896 the church ranged it- self against him, but the people adhered to him, and he settled the school ques- tion without coercion, settled it ami- cably, as no such vexed questions could have been settled by any other man in sight at the time. The moment came when troops were wanted from Canada to fight abroad, and Conservativessaid : “ Now, this country ought. to send troops; must send troopsâ€"but Quebec won’t stand for it; if Laurier sends troops Quebec will desert him.” He did the right thing, and Quebec did not desert. The admiration of his fellowmen for him is such that it has tided him over the danger he inâ€" curred in the school question, and the second danger in sending troops abroad to fight for the Empire. In both cases he was strong enough to carry the peo- ple of Quebec with him, although their predilections pulled strongly. the other way. - This is the despair of the Conservaâ€" tive party. Quebec trusts him, even where the appearance of things and the drift of events would ordinarily make the province openly hostile to any Eng- lish-Canadian leader in exactly the same position. Their pride in this man of their own race, who by right of ability is pre- mier, is natural and not alarming. Once they learn that confederatiOn is a real and not a paper union, and that the minority in this country is not one of race (which would be permanent), but one of party (which shifts and changes. appointment of Dominion Government. Office and address â€"- CAMBRAY, ONT. _______â€"â€"â€"â€" DENTAL. and this isjust), they will relax. and it will be found that in Quebec, as else- where under British institutions, peo- ple form into rival parties of almost equal strength. The novelty of having one of themv selves as premier gratifies them, and" properly so. That the other pi-Ovinees concur in the selection of one of them. for this honor will do inuCh to show them that confederation is real. This will be the result, unless a wrong and disastrous use is sought to be mad - ofthe situaliOn by politicians ranting against French domination. This man belonging to the race min- ority and enjoying their enthusiastic admiration, belongs by habit of Iniml and by political education to the race majority, and gains an ever increasing- confidence. He is the link between the races. He is destined to exert the fus- ing, harmonizing influence that is need- cd. How is he to be defeated? It is not necessary to defeat him. The ques- tion interests only the Conservative party. But to the people and to the Empire it is more important that Can- ada should have wise and harmonious government than that it should have a Conservative Government. Would check our spreading girth; We want no New Jeusalem; . We only want the earth. â€"â€"Edward A. Church, in Life. It you ask any particularly wellâ€"dressed _ man in Fenelon Falls or surrounding district, “Who makes your clothes?” invariably he will tell you Dr. NEELAllDS, DENTIST, LINDSAY, Extracts teeth without pain by gas (vital- ized air) administered by him for 27 years. He studied the gas under Dr. Colton, of New York the originator of gas for extract- . ing teeth.) Dr. Colton writes Dr. Neelands c I i I O W N L E j that he has given the gas to 186,417 per- .- sons without an accident from the gas. Other pain obtunders used. A good set of _ r . . , _, d _ 3:22.21;has}.stamaszrtfitssnz Be one of the number. and call and see third Tuesday ot‘evey)v month. Call early for Spring alld Summer. . nd secure an appointment ..._________â€"‘ The Man for the Time. (\From the Toronto Star.) People are being told that this coun- try is facing a great danger because all the sixty-five constituencies of Quebec but eight have elected supporters of Sir Wilfrid Laurier.‘ What is the danger ? 'It is said to be the likelihood of . . . . . French-Canadian domination, the par- HIS prchS are I'lght, COHSIStent “71th firstâ€"Class liameutary men of- that race being al- most exclusively on one side. Another form the danger might take would be that the Conservative party might bluntly undertake to organize the oth- er provinces on race lines to defeat the Premier who has been so generously supported in Quebec. . The good sense of the country Will take care of both these dangers. There will be no French domination in a parlia- ment where the French-Canadians are outnumbered by more than four to one, and no campaign on race lines could succeed against Quebec unless the cause for makingit was very real. The present situation might have ‘0â€" been foreseen. It was bound to come. Eighteen head of cattle, shipped in The confederation of the provinces a closed car. were found smothered on made it inevitable that in due course arrival at Ottawa. of time the French-Canadians of Que- According to The London Daily Mail bee would produce a man who, in the the Duke and Duchess of York have Parliament of the union, would be the definitely decided to visit Canada. most conspicuous figure and the most Manager Shimmon and Director Nel- commanding influence there. It was son of Dumbelle Bank, Isle of Man, Also a large supply Of our celebrated impossible to foretell whether he Would which recently failed, were sentenced T E A S - be a Liberal oraConscrvative, but in to five years' imprisonment, and other “T a free and equal parliament it was officials to lesser terms. for falsifying AT I L. bound to happen that in ten, or twen- tbe books of the institution. ‘ w. H. caoss, neurisr. The beautiful 0”“ 3?. fiidffi Slit}: style and workmanship. He makes no other. practised with success. ‘ anmsthetics for extracting teeth. Without pain. A set of Artificial Teeth, better than the average, for $8 00. Rooms directly opposite Wood’s stove depot,Lindsay. NEW MEN IN THE OLD STAND. The undersigned, having bought Mr. William Golden’s Livery business on Fran- cis street east, have put in New Horses and New Rigs, and will do all in their power to retain Mr. Golden’s patrons and gain many others, 3%“ CHARGES VERY REASONABLE. Calls attended to day or night. MUNCEY tr THOMPSON. Fenelon mus, Jan. 15th, 1900. â€"â€" . NEW RAIsms, new CURRANTS, NEW FIGS. A full stock of the above just received. 49-15'. p“- BATTEN DOORS. _WIRE DOORS J. T. THOMPSON, Jr., CARPENTER. Jobbing attended to. Wall Brackets and Easy Chairs made to order. 'm‘hop on Lindsay Street, Near the I. 1,3. Station, Fenelon Falls. .w » ..,__,,. ,._._.--...;-,.... .. - «LEMMA-.. ...- -u....................... . sump...“- _..._ . . .. - w.“ ... “meaé an-.. i .V ac}.- .. .