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e - .~.,~.‘ “i. 1‘ u-» ' “‘1 Paint? 3 Paint?? \M, Paint? ? ? _... That is the iiuestlon? Whether it is better in the end to sufi'er the sorrows and disappoint. ments that poor paint will bring,‘ or at the start provide the best that can be bought and end it there. ' w ‘ There is but one best, and that is THE SHERWIIl-WILLIAMS PAINT- With Paint you will need Brushes and perhaps Varnishes. 9 These . and all Painters: Supplies are‘to be found at f ' "m J as. Heard’s, The 016. Hardware Store. FOR STYLE AND ECONOMY COMBINED Go to Wm. Campbell, who has the largest, best assorted, most stylish and cheapest stock of MILLINERY in town. Come early and SEE THE PLUMS. Our Opening takes place every day. tiflh'fil STAR R The undersigned beg to announce to their numerousI use um- enstomers and the public generally that. their new Roller Flour Mill is now completed, and grinding night cocoa beans to give a lime of the rm] The. inaclnnerv throughout is of the n and day. lost flavor to the mixture. To THE FARMERS Of the surrounding vicinâ€" ity. If your Machines should need repairing, or if you should want any repairs, or new mould boards or steel land sides on your ploughs, COME EARLY, and don’t put ofi‘ till wanted. If you think of purchasing a good Pea Harvester, Hay Fork, or any other imple- ment, give ROBSON a call, and you will get them at prices to meet the times. THUS. BOBSN, FENELON FALLS. The Fenelon Falls Gazette. Friday, may 14th. 1897. Liberal Victory in Quebec. The elections in Quebec on Tuesday last resulted in the greatest Liberal vicâ€" . tory ever WOD in that Province, the late Givernment, which went before the people with a majority of 20, having been left in a minority of 36. Collegiate Institutes. The article under the above heading on our first page does us good to read, as it is in exact accord with the doc- trine we have preached for yearsâ€"the doctrine that. “it is criminally foolish to encourage every youngster to toil up to the point of defeat, humiliation and despair," which is too often the point to which a miscalled first class education leads. Such an education may make-â€" as Mr. Inspector Hughes says it fre- quently doesâ€"a “pragmatical ass ” of the recipient; but without the necessary natural qualifications it will never make him a success in either of the profes sions, though it will fill him with the idea that any other way of earning a living is beneath him. .We have always been of the opinion that all educational institutions higher than the common : the same line of procedure was {wowed schools of the country should be sup- ported by the pupils attending them; in other words, that the entire cost of the education obtained therein should be paid for by those obtaining it, except that the holders of scholarships obtained in the public schools should be admitted without the payment of any fees what- ever. Thc existing school system is oppressive and pernicious ', it forces children of average, or even inferior, abilities to waste time on, to them, use- less studies; it takes public money to pay for the fancy education of a few ; and it overloads the professions and swells the tide of emigration by coaxing and bribing thousands of commonplace lads to remain at school until they are grown men, under the mistaken im pression that passing examinations will enable them to make a good living without soiling their hands. How it is Done. There is reason to believe that depart- mental stores are beginning to lose some of their popularity; and, if this be so, it is no doubt owing in a great measure to the efforts made by a section of the Press to open the eyes of the public to the methods adopted by these stores to secure custom. It is a significant fact that no attempt has been made to deny the charges of deception and unfair dculing brought against the big concerns by the Toronto Star, and every two or three days that journal publishes some fresh imposture. One of the latest is with regard to cocoa, which to the great umjority of people is a luxury, as it cannot be sold under about eighty cents a pound; but the departmental stores sell for ten cents a pound an article they call “pure soluble cocoa," but which is made ofstarch. coarse brown sugar, and just enough of the commonest kind of From the time 0nd l departmental stores were established We i is now Governor of Michigan, and whose opnu on social and trade questions old-fashioned, short in measure, of poor quality or adulteratcd. to impose a special tax on departmental 1 stores is objected to by their apologists l on the ground that it would be unfair; l but there would be no unfairness in pro. l teeting the public by preventing these l stores from practising imposition, and that is chiefly what is asked for by the small dealers who have been, or are be- l ing, crushed out of business. The late j mayor of Detroit. H. S. Pingrec, who = has great weight, says that departmental stores are a curse to any town, and that it is the duty of every man. woman and child to deal elsewhere. The depart- mental stores sell, (apparently,) cheaper than smaller concerns, and the writer who is conducting the war through the columns of the Star thus explains how it is done : “ Now, coming down to particulars, what is the process by which the depart- mental store does the grinding? I will give an instance. A bedroom set, made in various woods. sold well at the regu- lar stores for $70. This set became popular and was largely manufactured. Ono of the departmental stores gave a large order to a firm at Guelph for this this particular set, but on condition that ‘there was to be a big cut in the price. The terms were finally arranged, and the set was made a “leader” in the store, and offered at the big reduction of $22, making the price at which it was sold 848. Remonstrances were made to the who wanted to know why the depart- mental stores could so completely under- sell the trade. The manufacturer re- plied by pointing out wherein the bed- room set, though made from the same designs, was in reality inferior in sev- eral particulars, very apparent when pointed out. But, of course, several of the dealers endeavored to keep in line, and were supplied with the same inferior article, which they sold at $48, hoping to make up in some way on articles which usu- ally go with the set, such as bedding and other articles. But the regular nally, by dint of reducing the piece work prices at the factory, and scamp- ing the work in every possible way, un- til the original good qualities of the article were completely lost, the price was eventually cut down to 338 on the over which a law suit had to be threat- ened in order to make the departmental store take the whole of the lot of rubbish which it had contracted for. Exactly in the case of" a sideboard, which had a longer run of popularity, increased for a time by the successively low prices at which it was offered in the departmental store as a ‘ leader.’ " Village Council Proceedings. Fenclon Falls, May 10th, 1897. the members present. Minutes of last meeting read and, with the exception of motion rescinding byâ€"law No. 300, approved. Mr. Robson gives notice of the intro- duction of a by-law at this meeting to extend the time for the collection of taxes. By-law read and passed in the usual manner, Mr. Deyman in the chair. Mr. Robson gives notice of the intro- duction of a by-law at this meeting to rescind by-law No. 300, granting exemp- ‘ tions to manufacturing establishments. By-law read and passed in the usual. manner, Mr. Martin in the chair. Mr. McKendry waited on the council re charity for Mr. Aulbrook. Referred to the charity committee. Mr. Thos. H. Robson waited on the council re sidewalk on the north side of Queen street. Referred to street and bridge committee. Mr. Noble Dundas waited on the council re a refusal by Mr. Northey, caretaker of the cemetery, to allow him to enter the cemetery with a load. Moved by Mr. McKcown, seconded by Mr. Martin, That the following ac- counts be paid and the reevc give his orders for the same : Mr. Wessels, work on street, 82; Wm. Fountain, work on drain, $9 45; H. Stoddard, work on street and drain, $2 70; W. L. Itobson, goods for Mr. Aulbrook, 810; L. B. Quigg, work on drain, 3?. 90; John Alexander, work on drain, 89; R. Mc- Kay, work on drain, 88; W. McColl, manufacturer from the regular dealers, , retailer was to be forced out, and grad- ~ strength of' receiving a very large order, ' Conncil met at regular meeting, all ‘ as court of revision on June 7th at I. The proposal o'clock p. m.â€"-Csrried. Moved by Mr. )IcKoown, seconded by Mr. Robson, That the council go in- to committee of the whole to discuss the building ofa sidewalk on Oak street, Mr. Dcymau in the chainâ€"Carried. The committee rose and reported that their decision was that the council should build a four foot sidewalk on each side of Oak street from May street to the lane at the west end. Report adopted on motion of Messrs. Martin and Rob- son. The clerk was instructed to ask for tenders for building the sidewalk on Oak street. The council then adjourned. Accidents. On the night of the 4th inst. Mr. .‘L J. Wilson, eldest son of Mr. J. J. Wil- son of Fonelon, met with a serious acci- dent that we did not hear of until after last week's Gazelle was printed. About half-past 11 o’clock Mrs. Wilson was seized with an internal cramp, to which she is somewhat subject, and her son left his room to go downstairs for a remedy that his mother takes to relieve her pain. During the evening the baby of the family, a little fellow about tva years old, had dragged a child's rocking chair to the top of the stairs and thcrb‘ left it; and the young man, not having a light, fell over the chair and went head10ug down the stairway, striking. the bottom» stair but one with such violence that his left shoulder was dis- located, and Dr. Wilson had to be sent for to set it. Matthew John appears to: have quite a tendency towards acci- dents, this being the fifth he has met with in less than a year. He was out with his arm» in a sling very men after , his last mishap, and told‘ us on Tuesday that he was getting along nicely and. quite free from pain. On Tuesday forenoon a plank laid- across a drain which is being dug along Bond street broke while Mr. James J. Power was crossing it, and he had 9.‘ fall of about three feet, but fortunath the soil at the bottom of the. drain m"... much softer at that particular spot than at a few feet from it- [Tad- it bccn~ otherwise, Mr. l’owcr might have sus- tained serious injuries, as he is one of the heaviest men in the village and past the age when a fall of a few feet is zv thing to he laughed at. Personals. Mr. Harry Robson came home from Toronto on Thursday of last week. t' Mr. Peter Deyman of Little Britain was at the Falls visiting his relatives from Saturday last until. Tuesday. Mr. J. H. McNally and family, who left on the 12th of April for a trip to- the States, returned on Wednesday. Mrs. Robert I’bdger of Lindsay came to the Falls on Wednesday for a few days’ visitto Mrs. Nie and other friends. Mr. Robert McKeown of Garden Hill has been at the Falls since Wed- nesday visiting his brother, Mr. “Fm. McKeown. Mr. A. 11. Carl, of Coboconk, was on granting exemption to John Thomson. fia vrsrt to his brother-in-huv, Mr..Naa. man Everson of Verulam, from Friday last until Monday. Messrs. Christy and John lirandon returned home last Friday from Sud'u bury, where they have been employed since the beginning of December. Mr. John D. Smith of Port Hope and Mr. G. H’. G. McVity of Toronto were at the Falls on Thursday and F ri- day of last week, and went up to Grand Island before they left for home. Mr. James McCabe of Peterborough was at the Falls from Friday last until Monday, visiting his sister-in-law, M rs. Stephen Bellingham, who is in so criti- cal a condition that her recovery is scarcely hoped for. Kinmount. (Correspondence of the Guzcltc.) The train on the Irondulc, Ottawa &~ Bancroft Railway did not make its usual trips on Tuesday, as the train men refused to work until they wro paid. The Kinmount Baptist Church peo- ple intend having a garden party at Mr. A. Morrison's on May 2313!. If the weather is favorable they will try hard to have a “big time.” It is reported that Mr. John Morri- son has accepted an offer for the mining right of his mine. M... -.- W, a... W. Munâ€".- - any... .. To; model-n patter-n. and the quality of the output sec ,cnmcndcd that it was impossible for, drawing m, loads of cedarnnd bark rm, ' . n -‘ . , , n - n o ' ’ loz to none 111 Ontario. Special attention given to gristing , them ,0 sellfl..°,,m,,mngs bciwequaln drain, 32 50, “UL Sanderson, work 0,, , Fowleg 3 Corner, drain, 86 05; S. Nevison, meals for: ' :zud chopping. coarse grains, of which we want an unlimited quantity. and sold. Parties hnving Flour or Feed in quantities would do well to write us for quotations before purchasing. McDougalL Brandon & lasting “'0. pay Lindsay prices for wheat and: 4 l l I â€"â€"murh cheaper than the small estab- lishments they are trying to crush out p lmlllps. - . . . . o - r) , , . -. . . . . . ; .- m.“ _ l mg. 8.. Gil-solar llules and skins. Furs. Cattle, Sheep, l’igs, etc. bought . “f “Mum! "‘d “"3 5”” “‘P re“ Y Agents for the Canada Carriage Company. clearly prove that our contentiOn wasi correct. Except on "bargain" days; when a few articles are sacrificed as : baits, every person who patronizea a dc- partmeutal store pays the full value for what he or she buys, everything that appears exceedingly cheap being either - and stationery used in assessing, 81 44 ")0c â€"-stationery used in collect- to date, 828; M. (Correspondence of the Gazelle.) The farmers around here are very McKay, work on creek, 81 ; R. McKay, buff “i Prebfâ€"‘lll will": the Seed in the work on creek, 81; T. Johnston, postage l gmund. "Nd the Weather is all that â€"-bslsncc of salary as assessor, 827.â€" Carried. Moved by Mr. Robson, seconded by ~ Mr. MeKeown, That this council mecti could be desired. The many friends and neighbors of Mrs. James Marshall will regret to learn that she is soon to take her departure from amongst us for Michigan, where