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“People have grown tired of the atom talk of attempts to make pure '1’.» political atmosphere in our prov- ivté‘- This talk becomes hateful when is is found in the lips of those whose yore:- is based on sud: corruption- those ads cause itâ€"and whose power, 11 properly exemiwdghoufd have ended 35: {org since. “’e have had no dismis- sals, no prosecuticm no determined amen-pt to end this reign of debase‘ axes“; and the punk, treated as tools. "We have had a surfeit of govern- men: of 'caroet bags: ‘lobbies.’ ‘com- Mons: ‘oonoesaions' and *reteren- tum: We “amt true and wise men at the helm who will, with the p051- ma. accept the accompany-mg respon- sibility and. like statesmen. give hon- est legisla-ticn and just administration; or cite give place to those who are wiflingtocarryontbemvementot our country on these lines . “I believe there are many toâ€"day whomelookingbmtoadd Inex- minmg from our midst this demon 9! corruption which is poisoning our fungal life; They hopefully expect January no a. day when 111 an unmistakable utter- b1. dommod'ifiy, m it otor themtodes'rade W‘ bytheirreadmurtobuythm mabnMudmowwhw who atmhwhmmm My, without Which thin de- couidnotbomiedonutnd. thonowlodgoflmtkisthmbe- ma [readily mom! 8-11 the ““9 flnt nowrmm WWW (Mm M17 110"" 10M mmocmmhu rooentlymdfigmflm mm macaw mam comma» maxim $3; um Mmhmmhctw whtotfloyumhunble mama-comm“ .maumm mmnmourmmnw. . 0“.“ WW nu bun dun Mu this method or seams to pom. But no em has boon me. No :1 has been nwd lllod. No view won than this b.totmml Ml that has 1mmu 0. ed by 34?- without 1011 Whuwer “We“ m A “min! of aft-ug- a flat mmkés om blush u t «911.com. _ ,..., We regretfully 101!!! back upon an old Ontario tar greater than! the pre~ sent. because of the nighttime, just and honest government of Sir Oliver Nowat. We are quite prepared to ac- cept an Ontario smaller in area. but Gar greater than the Ontario as it finds to-day, because of the political actuality whiuh was then our just pride and strength. If we weigh that which some are pleased to call create-r Ontarlo in the true balance. as against the lesser Ontario, we should find that right. justlce and “truth being in the one balance, the lesser Ontario as it stood then is far mic: in the true sense of the word than it stands at present. are asked to be satisfied with tank-a} magmas and empty talk. “fin mm m wary of m Baron Mm ”one! of what our rul- cnm they haw dam in Greater On- hflo: magma-mm gamma- um of the madam wrought by grants. madam. subsidies at our own pro- y. (or a mbstamtm qutd pro quo retain tn power the Duke do Braa'Q'w “on or the Conn/ca de. Rodomontades who“ never wont trumpets ostenta: tiouuy minim their mighty works, low level or! holdhs' themselves unmmyto'bebmwhtintho m by the highest bidder. It is ml: more to be metted that there no then uocupyim apparently hon- posfuons as barristers, solicit- mchmu and constables who 7"]:umuchtobédnploudtmt'tbere up those who have been mug to ‘30-. and J, J: Fay, K.C., open the m in North Grey today. M; 1b matings they will address the flowing otartling letter from Hon. !. E. Blake. K.C., to_J. J, Fay, K. W,27hhnocombc.1902. ”.1.” Kc..Toronto: ”Dacronâ€"Immmm Q“ mo yesterday. It mm mo If you feel run down, are easily tired, it your nerves are week andyour blood 1: thin, then begin to take the goodold stand- ard family medicine, Ayer’s Smyaparllla. It’s a regular nerve lifter, a perfect blood ”'0 In.“ shutdown,“ dust the Poop]. an» m Jam .1ch “MM” m 0-. rdmAt‘hl-pt to I‘ll Chimney.- to: W flan. Sam Blake Tells of Oldand New Ontario's Greatut Need. “WanedA awn. hlhehnotla . Sinathenl have «ten it W n u a {loot-pptilylg 34" ‘11:":- Half MM WISE MEI WED on tho [ix-mt political 'situgtion PAGE, Tm 3:51:13“ m. laud. .. ”I“. A.” ! F, m .1: 0.â€" Doc; ’1 - Sic/t i110. “r ‘« the chinks of the wall. Once the saw far out at sea a canoe o! Inâ€" dians approaching. But their sav- ago, painted 1am and gleaming tom- ahawks finnedw her with greater ter- ror than the demonsnnd she fled shriekingtohercahin, Thclndim. By day ,ahe roamed in search of game, with her gun over her Ghoul-A der; by night she barricaded her cab- in door to keep out the beats that roamea the island and the demons ehe thought she saw peering through “Yes it Was here that she and her lover, with no priest to consecrate their union, established their home. Their number was soon augmented by the advent of a. child. But after a few months death left Marguerite alone to battle with her fate. She hollowed out with her own hands the graves of husband, child and nurse and then began a struggle for lite.” the sea, saw with agonized hearts the forbidding hulk of the viceroy's ship move of! and leave them to thein iate. On to the shores oi Newfoundâ€" land, the Viceroy, the greet Sieur de Rebel-val pursued his way, there to meet the master pilot of his age. Jae ues Cartier, and with him found a co any which would perpetuate the name of France in the New World." De Robes-vars attempts at settle- ment proved disastrous and the lol- lowing year he returned to France. sailing past the Isle of Demonsâ€"as it came to be calledâ€"regardless of the date 01 the exiles they had lelt them, Marguerite had seen a representa- tion of the island in an old chart which hung on the walls of the Chl- teau in Plcardy, where she had lived with her uncle. “Devils, with horns. wings and tails, stalked about and flow like bats through the air; hor~ rible monsters floated in the waters; even the savages hurried fearfully past. Basque fishermen in search of cod had heard strange sounds thereâ€" wailfng Voices, groans. fiendish shouts and bacchnnalian revels â€" which caused them to cross them- selves and ties in terror. Man'y a time Marguerite had ptood fascinatal belore this picture and had lifted up her heart in thankfulness to the Vir- gin that the great ocean rolled be- tween her and this haunted spot. and tour French harquebuse, was lowered and pushed away. The lov- er jumped overboard, swam dili 1’;- ly in its wake, and reached the: ore of the island at the same timo the occupants of the boat. Then the three exiles, turning their faces to ”One beautiful spring day in the year 1542 a haughty viceroy's ship was pursuing its way across the AT,- lantlc. Suddenly it stopped opposite a lonely island. The Viceroy bad Just been informed of a. guilty in- trigue between his niece, Marguerite de Roberval and a young cavalier 0! his company, abetted by the old nurse, Bastienner. His punishment was swift and terrible. ’A boat con- taining the two women, a. few stores mu Mary Silto‘h Pepfir hee get:- me Into “Mold: end etrone New France," all that can be glean- ed (rem hleto reletlve to these he- role women. w o leit the luxuries o! Frenoe to endure the rlgore o1 Cone- dlen winters men; eevegee Their; eomlng was due to the urn out erlee (or women's help sent back Lo la. belle France by the missionaries, and meet o! these who come were ectueted by, the purest or roll; lone motlvee. The first home fltfln‘ttulflluhed to Gen- eada. lnvolvoe a. tragedy. that clue:- guorlte do Roborval, which haebeen pmsorvod to no in the writinge 0! Andre Thevet, who gives it in these ~Verde: of Quebec. To the infant colony came, from time to time, a few wo- men from the mother country. These heroic souls, the pioneer women oi Canada, had as romantic lives. were ee noble in aims and u fervent in leer-gee ee the nineteen women of the ayflower. The history of many, of the Canadian womn can never be written, for they left no record of their endeavors. The annals of e law have been preserved. but they are little known outside the lend wherein they labored and died. Herd end unlovely ee wee their lot. the ereme 0! romance ee well ee myr tel-y Hagen ebout their names. new ell __but_ forgetting Twelve years baton tho Pilgrim Fathers ‘din‘embarked at Plymouth. in 1620, the lily-strewn banner of France was planted on the headlfnsis of Quebec. To the infant co any Tho rim Home Established in cm In‘yolvod a Trudyâ€"Along op tl_u m. of Demonsâ€"Story o! the Mhhmont of Marguerite d. Bobervsl by tho Vice- roy, Her Undo. in 1543. :.<o<z<0 “.0 202.20% ml... :2. 2(203 PEI; Forâ€"E NIP THE-PIONEER WOMAN Perth, Joseph Downey, Mr. Cough- lin; Ultowel. J an 2. Moon. Hoary Carmella: and W. H. Hoyle. ILP. P. o; «ohms. Whitmy and Fay; Stratimd. Jan. 5. evening. Whit- nay and Fay; Atwood. North Perth. Jan. 5. evening. A. Miacampbdland Thoma Crawford. M,P. P.’ I; Bdt'ton, J an. 5, owning. W. H Hoyle, M. P..;I’ Gowanltown. Jan: 5. evening. T. E. Essery 0! London. - ‘l‘olonto, Doc, 804â€"41120 {allowing 1: tho complete list of Coma“. meeting-~10:- the bye-election can- palgn: Oman Sound. Doc. 80, 31- tarnoon and av ‘ . Whitney and Fay; Stanford, . 80. evening, David Honduran, M.P.; Andrew Nib- cunpboll and J‘ P. Downew,_H.P. P33; Rostock, North Perth, Doc. 80. "wins, George A. Clare. ESE, and Louis Pawn-c. 31, Kinkora. North (Sued) m 001‘.“an m. to which she had been accustorned so wore upon her health, and domestic unhappiness and homwickness upon her spirits that her husband took her back to France. She do- termined never “ to leave her na- tive land again, and soon put into execution hm- daeire to become a nun. She founded a convent and died at the age of 56 "in the halo of saintship." Her husband's heart loomed to hold his colony eomewhgt dearer than his young wife,~ though inhlevoyageehediecoveredenle. landjn the St. Lawrence which he named externa- l'Ilefie St! 8.13 It been theneme to this day. ‘ h e deem mt. tam needed For four years she devoted herself to the instruction of the Indians, who. we are told, would have gladly, worshiped her Instead of the unseen mysterious deity of whom she told them. At last lack of the comfort: Monsieur de Champlain soon die- covered that his young wife pro- fessed the Huguenot faith of her fa- ther. He lost no time in letting about her conversion. Public pray- ers were said at intervals during the day. While the family were at breakfast an attendant read aloud from some sacred book; in the eve- ning there was more “Lives of the Saints." Morning, noon and night the Angelus was rung to admonish the little colony of the duty of silent; prayer. These influences soon had the desired effect. Helene accepted the faith of her husband; more than that, she desired to become a nun. s mi of exile with a huibmd 30 years her senior." ans, who looked at her in etupe ed amazement that anything no beautiful had consented to come among them. Instead of the menop- lel eetntae and gallant cavalla’. in had pictured in imagination In new only the homely cottage of the Be- bert family and the crude, habitation o! Champlain,” and ball in ruins. She took residence in the dilapidated glotta- tlon with the three maid. Ihe brought with her and began to face The name year that the Pilgrim landed at Plymouth Rock a second woman came to New France with the intention of making it her home. This Was Helene, wife 01 Samuel de Cham- plain, who gave his name to the beautiful and historic Lake Cham- plain, She was the daughter or the Sieur de Boulle, secretary to the king’s chamber, and she was be- trothed to Champlain at the age 01 12. Her little dowry of 4,500 trance was turned ova- to her at once, and she remained in France with her per- ente, while with the money um. ob- tained he returned to Quebec to fur- ther the fortunes 0! his colony. When Madame do Champlain arrived. what did she behold. Her historian en- ewere: “A few dirty, half-clad In- lpeeteele m In lever Probably Been Paulo!“ h In manoeâ€" Detetle of the “one. Delhi, India, Dec. 80,â€"The Viceroy, Lord Cumn, of Kedleeton. made bio State entry yeeterdny morning into the capital of the Moguls. This con- etltuted the omclnl openlng of the durbar held to celebrate the neoco- plion of Klng Edward u Emperor 01 [Indian It In. e, eplendld pageant, 1probably unparalleled in lte mgnifiâ€" eence. At the head of the elephant proceedon rodeLox-d and Lady Cur- zon on the State “Grand Tuekcr," twelve feet high, the largest elephant in India. Their howdnh was decked with gold and diver and the eleâ€" phnnt ltecl! we: elmoet hidden be- neath e. gold-worked eeddlecloth. Surrounding them we tootmen in scarlet and gold liverlee and bearing massive silver etnvee. The Duke of Conneught, who represented King Edvard. and the Duchess of- Con- nnught. followed. Their elephant we: equally gorgeouely cepnrleoned. Then. in order at precedence, came the Ntuun of Hydenhnd, the links:- eJeh o! Tumours, and other rul- mmmmw.mmgi The Grand but”, am “Coleman Am 0: m I‘M V11. u Lord Curzon Makes HI: Stat. Entry Into Delhi. CHM“ 0f BRIEIIHUSM Tho henldo, puruuivanta and trumpeter: who followed the escort Immediately preceded the vice- egal proceulon were conspicuous by he splendor of their attire. They were followed by the newly consti- tuted Imperial Cadet Corps. com- prising thirty Mnharcjahs, headed by Sir Portal: Sing‘h, looking suâ€" perb in their white coats, blue tur- bans and decorations. Oriental Gorgeouunou Outdouo. Excitemaut was at {over heat as. the am elephants, with gold and Illvcr howdalu, of the stall Omar” came in View, and commenced to {circlo around the mosque. The finest elephant! in A513, passed in trout o! the great Junmn undid. the steps of whats were thronged with dia- tlngulshed pal-com, Including um' Vw;y:m' Aunts-icon teand British gun w a from tho colonies and tram other parts of the Emptce. The 'cnomona animals “In“ “0"! by. my of thema- ankles, gold and have:- n 6e11- WM1£M m to, gun: thundered out s roysl so- uto u the Viceroy passed with tho heralds, and trumpets-s sounding “r intervsls ”triad humus. 'l‘hs cor-I iege passed in iron: at s angina-at line of 150 elephants. which re tbs brilliantly-dressed mum of tho ‘ ruling chick. 'l‘hs bouts all ssJutsd by trumpeting and throwing thOir trunks in the air, presuming o truly imposing sight, and Mud id! in line behind the oflicial womdon ll ths avalcodo traversed the broad road leading to the Jams Husjid Mosque, with its whits domes and gilded minmis gleaming in its sunlight. Huge crowds of onlookers witnessed the spectacle, which, it is claimed, am has been surpassed in magnum even in this country of I oriental splaldor. rm WAY. JANUARY m, 1903 onexr mm were punter: one GQCOr- otod in every conceivable color. The mohouto '(olophant drivers) were clad in tho brightest attire, .1 wow the attendant openmen, who marched by tho olophonts’ sides. In the rear of tho procession rode General Lord Kitchener, the COW-Ohio! in 1nd“, out-rounded by o brilliaxf owl, ad followed by the heads of the Provinceo, with escorts of Indian cavalry. and tribal leodero from be- yond the border line. A Honoring Volcano. Down the main street moved the cor-toga, through line. of saluting ooldlera, and excited, our-mg, sa- lanming throngs o! natives; through the ancient city, with the balconies and hountopo teeming with life, and through the Home gate, into the open park beyond. Theme, alter a ourvmfle march, the elephant. o! the icoroy and the Duke 0! Connuught ted “do by side. and the pageant was concluded with the great Prince." filing by, their elephant. trumpeting o. salute. The Viceroy ,wes‘ in State uniform. Lady Curmn was dressed in guy, the Duke of Comught had on ,o Field Kendall's unitorm, and the macho“ of Connaught was attired in blue. They received a, flattering welâ€" come at all points. The Viceroy and the Duko of Connought oubaoqnently drove to {be main camp. The roads, otter the palace of the place-don, preoentodooeeno otchaoa, u the camel W, mule carts, landeus. Hayde- oni bullock cute pressed Word In m‘confuolonq There are my bmkflom. and many hours elapsed betore the people were obi. to. m to. titanium. p ;, Harkâ€"Smitt’m" :72, of C. N. Silver and 11 municipal drain be "that Surveyor Yarnol‘ to make an examin port to couricil. no A mt. I'"' ‘v Cameronâ€"Suggitb-That lowing amount be paid gallon for extra, time looki fihe W of the towns fleKinnon, 8 days. $16: W “it! 2 days, $4; James '1‘ Mm. 83; P. 8. Mark. 2 d4 Mr. Ellwood Rogers asked to open the culvert across 1 road, lot 15. con. 6. ‘ Messrs. Moore and J acksol citors for Mr. Wm. Heatliq damages for injury to Mr. B threshing machine, while 1: the bridge at lot 18, con. 7. MOTIONS CARRIE 0n the advice of the townslj citor, the following mono; passed :_ Moved by Mr. Cameron, 1 by Mr. lurk, that owing lateness of the neason there 1 be sufiiCient time this year f1 ing the assessment by-law” OakWOod drain and giving 1 eatery notices for the court « sion, all further action I poned b0 the next regular ‘ 1 of the council. M Taylorâ€"Suggittâ€"That Lh of the “9688mm. of the drain and debentures be and the rate of interest, cent. and that all motions h passed to the contrary be Taylorâ€"Markâ€"That the a Mr. McSweyn, solicitor { township, amounting to 3 paid. â€" ... ad, 4 A‘- 'J.- Cameron. 1 day, $2- suggitoâ€"Taflorâ€"That ‘08 amounts on the 001] (or. 1.902 be charged m on the south rc you-(er, N part 101: 24. 0 Alex. lchonald. 57- PMt .2731 Eâ€"vaitithat the'touowi be abated: John Jacksw at; W. little Britain, $11}: Wt. “can“ 8003 AND sum: ‘, 31.27. council met on OAKWOOD w. at... w. do! all ’11 . lot