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‘- i ‘5)va .,..~, NEW GOODS. New Fall Mantles, . New Dress Goods, New Underwear, New Hosiery, FARMERS WANTING A GOOD Ensilag: Cu er lion Pulper WOULD DO WELL TO New caps and Furs, Inspect Robson'sStock. The best assorted stock of Fall Goods in town, and our prices are the lowest. Give us a call. W. BURGOYNE. THE RED STORE. ' SEASONABLE GOODS. Muzzle and breech loading shot guns. Marlin and Winchester rifles. Loaded Shells and Ammunition, all kinds. One hundred Cook and Parlor Stoves from the best manufacturers, bought before the rise in price and will be sold accordingly. Belting, Lace Leather, Babbit Metal and best XXX Lardine Machine Oil. GREAT CHANCE. Barn and house eavetroughing, 7 e. and 6e. per feet. We use the one piece round elbow only. -v 3:3?! Estimates given for hot air Furnaces. Prices the lowest in the trade. Cash paid for hides and sheepskins. JOSEPH H EARD. Fancy Dress Goods in the latest designs. Blouses in the newest styles. Millinery in styles and prices to suit. New Spring Capes. Lace Goods and Tri1nmings---a very large assortment. Inspection invited. WM. CAMPBELL. . -‘_,_..â€"< ("â€"- rojiJliég it? La Tax gidgldfidéldib§3 f cfifigggéééégé; “in black and white.” lift};- No salesman's say so, but a gum ., rantee of quality, workmanship and l ‘l 4 ‘1 material straight from the makers, is _ \ ' the “Slater Shoe" way. Their name , .3“. and stamped 0:1 the Goody??? iirl welth sole with t_h_ei_55elfdes- 3., ‘~ ;' crihing tag, telling about the ~ leather, is your protection. \l“ $3.01, $4.00 and $5.00. J. L. Arnold, Sole Agent for Fenelon Falls. For quality and price can’t ' be beat. Dealer in coal and iron. Highest price for scrap iron, brass and copper. rites. innser. The Fcnelon Falls Gazette. Friday, September 23rd, 1898. Canada’s Finances. The completed statement for the fin- ‘nncia year ending June 30th has been made public, and, in ample fulfilment of the preliminary indications, the net result of Canada’s business for the year is a surplus ot'over one and a half mil- lion dollars. The comparison with the practical result of the past two years with that of the previous administration is instructive and interesting. The de- ficit of the previous four years had am- ounted to considerably over 86,000.000, and the last of this deficit, in 1897, amounting to $500,000, was due to the expenditures necessitated by the extrav- agance of the past. This is the first year in which a fair opportunity has been given to test the working of the Liberal policy, and the result is such that the Government and the country may feel entirely satisfied to continue along the same lines. Not only has the ledger been balanced, and the new year opened with a substantial amount to its credit, but the condition of every de- partment of industry is such that the improvement will continue yet more rapidly for many years; indeed, for as long as the same policy is pursued. The expenditure under the Liberal admin- istration has been heavy, but every dol- lar of it is there, and doing splendid service for the people. The milliops that are being devoted to the deepening of the St. Lawrence Canals is but one instance of the practical application of business principles, a score of others might be enumerated; and so long as the people see that their resources are being husbanded and developed, that best results possible may .be made out of our magnificent heritage, so long as they are satisfied that the money is be- ing used for legitimate purposes and not squandered in Langeviu blocks, Curran bridges, Caron manipulations and Hag- gart railway deals, so long will they be content to leave the management of the country in the hands of her present ad- ministrators. The Plebiscite Vote. On Thursday next, the 20th inst., the people of the whole Dominion of Canada will have an opportunity of vot- ing for or against the centinuancc of the traffic in intoxicating liquors; and it is to be sincerely hoped that there will be so overwhelming a majority in favor of prohibition that the Government dare notâ€"even if inclined toâ€"dctcr legisla- tion on the subject. The evils of drink, ofwhich everybody is well aware, are thus expressed in a few sentences by the Royal Tamplur .ldrgetztc .- “ Drink tends to waste and destroy evrcy good thing. It makes men idle, dissipated, vicious, criminal. It makes women wretched, cmeworn and some- times depraved. It makes children hungry, nakc-l. starved. homeless. It destroys all God's best gifts, intellectual, moral, physical and substantial. It mis- directs energy, paralyzts effort, wastes time, hinders religicu~ work. corrupts government, extinguishes friendship, stultifics education, injures health, de- stroys prospects, engenders hatred, stim- ulntes resentment, spills blood. On the ether hand it serves no good purpose. either as a medicine or beverage. It is simply a curse, an individual sin, an abomination in the sight of God." The arraignment is nterrible one, but it is true, and the trafiic in intoxicants would have been abolished long ago but engaged in it. There is not an argu- been refuted, both in the press and on the platform, over and over again; and it is, perhaps, not going too far to as- sert that ninety-nine out of every hun. dred who oppose the abolition of drink either have a craving for it or indirect- ly make money out of the traffic. Of all evils that exist in the world it is the worst; and he who, liking. and able to restrict himself to, an occasional glass, will not, for the benefit of humanity. put it out of his power to obtain that trifling gratification of an acquired ap- petite, is, in our opinion. a very poor man indeed. Happening to ask one of our villagers. a few days ago, how he intended to vote on prohibition, his ans- wer was: “ I don’t see how I can vote against it, as I have a lot of boys grow- ing up;” and it is to be hoped that the same consideration for the welfare of his children will, on Thursday next, in. fluence every father of daughters as Well as of sons; for though womenâ€"ex- cept of the most degraded or miserable classâ€"very rarely'becomc addicted to drink, thousands, nay millions, who have had no personal experiences of its evils during their childhood or youth, have had their after lives made almost unendurably wretched by the drunken- ness of their husbands or sons. We have never said much, editorially, against the liquor trafiic, though strong denunciations of it from ablcr pens than ours have from time to time appeared in the columns of the Gazette; but it has no more earnest opponent than we are, and we would vote against it on the 29th, even if certain that no one else in the village would vote the same way. A powerful and convincing address in favor of prohibition was delivered by the Rev. J. W. McMillan, of Lind- say, on Wednesday evening in Dickson’s hall, which was crowded as full as it could hold. Mr. C. J. Thornton ollini- atcd as chairman, and Rev. Mr. Mc- Kinnon spoke briefly on behalf of the good cause. Mr. Dryden‘s Position. According to the Mail and Empire the Hon. John Dryden, Provincial Min- ister of Agriculture, is in an infinitely worse plight now that he has demon- strated in the courts that he was done out of his seat by the most uublushinz bribery and corruption, than he was be- fore the trial took place. It is also de- clared that the election of Mr. Calder. “ a. strong friend of popular liberty and an essentially honorable man,” helped to raise Ontario politics to a plane above the nepotism anti olfice grabbing to which it has descended. If the eleva- tion of Ontario politics is to be secured by such extensive debauchery of the electorate'as was so abundantly proved in South Ontario, it is more than likely that the honest majority will conclude that the remedy is “infinitely worse ” than the disease. And ifthc candidate defeated by such means is in “ an infin~ itely worse plight” after the rascality is exposed than before, it is likely that not a few defeated supporters of the present Provincial Government will find themselves in that “ infinitely worse plight” by the time that the balance of the election trials have been disposed of. Our Water Power. The Warrior of Friday last says : “ Councillor Graham, on Wednesday evening in council, moved that the police and lighting committee be re- quested to report as to what steps had been taken towards lighting the town this winter, a motion that is of more practical benefit than nine out of every ten made at every meeting of the coun- oil, that are worth no more than the paper they are written on. The council is taking things easily in regard to street lighting, waiting for the powur company to organize, that were to have commenced work by lst August, at which date not one cent of stock in the proposed company had been subscribed. The time of COUlsC was extended again and again, and probably 0n next .llon- day evening a further extension of time for commencing operations will be asked for. Now such action fair to the citiz-ns 0r fztir to the local company who have had tllv.’ contract for years? Complaints are made against the Light, lien and Power Company, that the street lamps are not always lighted, but it shoull be borne in mind that a do- duction is always made from the rut-:3 in such cases. Suppose the new com- pany does not materialize, what arrange. ments are to he made with the present company." From what we have heard from resiâ€" dents of Lindsay, there is not much danger of Messrs. Culvcrwcll d: White- Fraser's project ever being carried out; but if Fenclon Falls escapes the loss of its water power we needn't thank Reeve Mason and his ccadjutors for it. There is a rumor, which we believe is not without some foundation, that the limb for its exceeding profitableuess to those bun Company would rent or purchase the mill property but for the existence mcnt against prohibition that has not of the bubble which we expect will soon burst. As the Lindsay contract with Messrs. Culvcrwell 8‘. White Fraser was to have commenced on the is: of Aug“ ust, we infer that the contract. with the Light, Heat and Power Company ex~ pired on or before that date ; and, if so. that company should retusc to light the streets until a new contract he undo. which would quickly bring ati'airs ti a crisis. The talked of company of To~ ronto capitalists may “ materialize " if Lindsay and the L. H. and P. Co. kindly wait long enough, but we don’t think it ever will. A Letter From Oregon. The following interesting letter was recently received by Mr. Thomas Gra- ham, Sr., of Feuclon, who kindly hand- cd it to us for publication : Mt. Tabor. Portland, Oregon, Sep- tember 4th, 1898. My Dear Parents, I feel sure that I owe you an apology for not having written sooner, but I have been very busy, since re- ceiving your last letter. preparing a place adjoining my store for my family to live in. Both our children are well again from the whooping; cough, but would not have been had I not sent them and my wife down to the sea- shore for a few Weeks. You would be surprised to notice the change it has made in their health. I stayed at home and attended to business, and I am pleased to say that patience and perseverance are having their reward, as business is improving. I was de- lighted to learn that. your and mother's health was improving, and sincerely hope it may Continue to improve until you are both Well. The Alaska gold excitement is nearly over. My brother-in-law, Dr. A. W. Botkin, arrived home last month a sad- der and a wiser man, after having spent a. year in that region. Ho and his party faced the hardships attendith the journey, and succeeded in getting in before the Yukon river was frozen. They werkcd a mine on shares, and had he not had considerable practice outside of his mining. would have made a very poor showingIr indeed. They paid as high as 860 for a sack of flour, and other provisions were as high propor- tiountely. Then two of the party were stricken with scurvy, and had to be removed to the hospital. where the charges were 815 per day,” and had to remain there for three months. This past June they all started home down the Yukon river to St. Michael's, a dis- tance of 1,700 miles, in an open boat, intending to take steamer on arrival at the above named place. But misfortune was on their track. Twelve miles below Circle City, at nine o'clock at night, while two of the party had gone to bed and the other two were manning the boat for the night, they were suddenly swept by a swift current into deep water, where the river narrowed, and dashed on a tree lying upwards in that part of the river. Their boat capsized suddenly, leaving them all under it in the water. They all in some way managed to crawl up on the bottom of the boat, where they had to stay for hours battling with the mos- quitoes for their lives. The fight for life with the mosquitoes was probably what saved them, as it kept up circula- tion. Their gold dust, with all of their other effects, being in their valises, went to the bottom of the Yukon, where they now lie. So they lost all they had and only escaped with their lives. Dr. Botkin lost Something over 81,200, and he feels his loss keenly. Had he not been a physician and managed to get some practice, he would have had great difficultyin reaching home. Tell Willie and John about this, and tell them for me that there is no place like home. The war with Spain, as you know, is practically over, and We hope that its effect on the western States will be for good. Thith are brightening up al- ready. Now I wish you would both write me a letter. and be sure and Send me some good good news, for l 101ng to hear of something good hamu-niu; to you pvophn Dr. Kincaid's son livencth, who used to live at l’cterlmro'tgh, Iftll‘ftl on me a for; days ago. lle bull'fl‘ln to the rogu- lvu' army and is sturvaril in the hmpital icorps at Vancouver, Wadiinplon, nil- joinin: thi~ State. Kenny is a su-ndy, intelligent, your): man. and is u gv-nvral favorite with Uni-h- S-un’s army. I remain, your affectionate son, THOMAS (luau/in. Glimpses of Life in Russia. Mr. Maurice J. (.ioodhcart,a ltus-inn Jew by birth, but now converted to Christianity, and preparing for the ministry in the Church of England, with a view to becoming a missionary to his own people, will preach at St. their {2‘