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AN INDEPENDENT 1 advance 75 cents; a .â€"-THE WATCHMAN-‘VARDER ading distanca of the town. '5 Circulati: I the Academy, be 53.10 instead of a Reformer to luatcau UL .- 9â€"..., It toria only made a mistake. was pretty general throughout t' and the prospects are that next extensive still. * - - 7 7.- -t ‘M CXLCUDHL. 9...... The fact is, the return of Mr. Fox w: ' but of a conviction in 1 '~ 'ding that by voting for support a stronger man and a better gov voting for Dr. McKay. The merits of ti need not be discussed here ; they are wel correctly estimated bv the electorate ; bu ,_ - "Invert"; nprppn‘ extensive still. » The fact is, the return of Mr. Fox was not the result) of any mistake, but of a conviction in the minds of the voters of this riding that by voting for him they would support a stronger man and a better government than by voting for Dr. McKay. The merits of the two candidates need not be discussed here ; they are well understood and correctly estimated bv the electorate ; but that the people of West Victoria have a shrewd perception of the merits ' ’ 'es, at election time, is shown by the fact that they voted to turn out a party that came within an ace of receiving the popular condemnation of the province. Election trisls since that time, make it clear that they were not saved from that condemnation by so much as an ace, but that if the corruption of the Reform party had not plundered the Conservative party of its rights, and defeated by foul means the expressed will of the pe0ple, the govern- ment then in power and still holding on. would have been hurled from office. The error of that election was in declaring the government sustained. It was in reality defeated ; is yet discredited before the peOple, and only exists to-day by the most strenuous and questionable efi'orts known to party politics. - ”an _,..:,.+m-m-1 mac prased bv efibrts known to pan)! puuuw. The defeat that was then registered, was erased by the manipulation of ballots and the shifty ways of political crooks, but by these it was nor erased from the minds of ‘ the electors ; by them it was rather intensified, and at next 1 polling day will be recorded with an emphasis that no: trickery will be able to defeat. A party with a tolerably clean election record was condemned on its general policy last time; how much greater will that condemnation be when, to that record unimproved, there is added the unparalleled corruption by which it held on to office in spite of the people’s will. The record has not been improved. Leaders have been changed, but the old policy has been maintained. That policy sacrificed our pine lands under Mowat and Hardy; now it is doing the same thing with the pulpwood under Ross. The Spanish River deal during last session is an example, and with that party in power the same thing will go on until pulp and pine alike have gone from the people to the speculator. Our minerals are following suit. Even education is being legislated toward the few. While the higher departments are being pampered, the common school is being brought down, until now, although 97 per cent. of the pe ople never get beyond it, its teaching is not at all adequate for the ordinary pursuits of life. ,-_-.1 .Uu» n; nnnrlomn H19 people to we: bycuuvasvn V..- -_____-, _ Even education is being legislated toward the few. While the higher departments are being pampered, the common school is being brought down. until now, although 97 per; cent. of the pc ople never get beyond it, its teaching is not at all adequate for the ordinary pursuits of life. These instances are mentioned, not to condemn the particular legislation by which they are controlled, but to show that one guiding principle underlies all that legislation. There is one principle and that principle is wrong. It is for the few and against the many 3 it tends to monoply and oligarchy that the people must see clearly and condemn vigorously. Mr. Gibson’s “mistake” will be the most popular sort of an err )r in this province at the next elec- tion. A despatch of yesterday says that Col. Sam. Hughes has been removed from the command of the African Light Horse. The removal is said to have been ordered by Lord Roberts, because of strictures upon officers, that had appeared in the colonel’s correspondence. The information comes from authority that should be reliable, and is likely correct. ’ 1"-“ TT..LL-.. ©5111»va Since the news came by cablegram from Gen. Hutton to Lord Minto, it seems that the late commander of the Canadian forces and inveterate enemy of Col. Hughcs, became aware of the change with great promptness. From that some infer that his intrigues are to some extent re- sponsible for the degradation of Victoria county’s soldier. His course toward C01. Hughes in Canada and at Cape Town,indicates that he is a man of the proper spirit to busy season. If the splendid showers are at ail umveraal suzdy the wheat crop (f Manitoba must: have looked up ere this. LETTERS 0F FENELON FALLS Mr. W. Keith of Essex is visiting friends ah the Falls. From Correspondents All Over the County Oh! how it does rain. For nearly two weeks every day has been visiLed wish one or two showers. And wind is certainly a summer accessory this Miss Robertson of Lindsay is the guest. of her friend Miss McArthur. .. Miss A. Dickson returned last week from visiting friends in the States, accompanied by little Miss McTavish of Toronto, and is at present rusticat- ing with her mother at Rosedale. A much visited spot last Saturday and Sunday was the north bank of the canal, the aftraction being the crib of the Rathbun Lumber 00. Many were the meals served of different parties snxious to taste “shanty fare,” and one and all speak highly of the fare angl those who served it. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Newaon, left: lash Wednesday to reside in Colorado Sprirngsi Mrs. Church, who has been visiting her daughter Mrs. M. D Cew, lefc for Essex on Tuesday Her son Mr. W. Church left on Siturday for Detroit. .Mrg. Borland 1er on the same day on a visit to her daughter in Mil- wankee, Wis. A ballast train is running from the pit near Ellis’ mill to points south-west of the station. When Hon. COL. HUGHE C‘ v.) HAS BEEN RETIRED. W5 LAR ERROR. .. J. M. Gibson was speaking recently in he said that in electing a Conservative ‘ormer to the provincml house, West Vic- : a mistake. It was a sort of mistake that ral throughout the province at that time, M: are that next time the error will be more INTEREST WARDER' s circulation is 5, he town. The members of L. O. L. No. 996 aCCOmpanied by our village band, and a fair number of citizens, spent J My 12th in Bobcaygeon, going down per S. S. Crandella. The day was a fine one and a. most enjoyable time was spent by all, and all our citizens were particularly proud of our village band, under the able leadership of Mr. M. DeCew. Rev. M McLean, son of Mr. Allan McLem of Brock, is spending a strb vacation at home previous to his departure for South America in the interests of the missionary work. MANILLA Mrs. (Dr.) Gillespie of Lindsay spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Mac- Queen . Mr. C. E. Kelly of Sbohey Creek is spending a few weeks of vacation with his wife at the home of her mother, Mrs. E. McFadyen. p. m. on library days. Abaut one hundred of the latest works by many of the best authors 0n subjects, which are suitable to the taste of all classes ct readers, have been added to the library and 8th there are more to Mr. N. Mintern, Our popular har- ness-maker, spent Sunday and Mon- day with friends in Orillia: ‘r Messrs Rob. and Dan. DeLnry, who for the last five or six years have been living in Minneapolis, have re- turned home for a month’s holidays renewing oid acquaintance, and are receiving a giad Welcome from all their c-ld friends and acquaintance of boyhood’s years. Miss Campbell has accepted the posit-ion of librarian since the removal of Miss White and her mother. Members may procure books between 10 a. m. and 8 p. m. on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday of each week by calaing at the home of the librarian first house north of the library. She will be in the library between 6 and 8 of wh3ch Hutton _________â€"â€"-â€"â€"i himself for just such ends. His treatment r4}- Col. Herch mer, late chief of the N.W.T: mounted ppm”, lends further confirmation to that SUSP‘C10n- , T.ne colonel has just arrived from Africa, and declares that when he reported for duty after a brief illness, Gen. Hutton refused to give him back his command, and to-iay he is prematurely home and separated from his troops through the arbitrary conduct of his domineering SUBcrior. That such a man is supported in his actions b‘j the British authorities does not tend to inspire in Canadians the feelings they would like to have toward the military system of the empire. - But this has little or nothing to do with the present case. If Col. Hughes has been retired, Lord Roberts has retired him. Gen. Hutton could have had little, if any thing, to do with it further than to present charges against him. No matter how industriously he may have done that, upon Lord Roberts alone rested the authority and responsrbility for his retirement. What he has done is no i doubt very wise and properâ€"from the standpoint of the British army system. When Lord Roberts went to Africa he was regarded as a great general; since then he has become distinguished as a critic. There is hardly a prom- inent general in the entire African army, from Gatacre to Kitchener, who has not come under his castigation. If his anger is kindled by such causes as brought: him down on Col. Hughes, nobody will wonder that he has quarrelled with them all, nor that the British army has been made so ridiculous by those Dutch farmers. There is yet one ofiicer whom he has not turned down ; that is the man, to discipline whom, was his chief mission abroadâ€"Gen Louis i' Botha. If less attention to the actions of British and 3 Canadian officers would leave him more freedom to at- ” tend to those of that leader, the nation would be glad ’t to see the change. d However, it seems that Col. Hughes has been disâ€" " missed from the post to which be attained with so much n effort, and which he filled with so great gallantry. Even n so, the record of his service to the empire cannot thus be 3’ erased. The word of a superior ofiicer' may strip him or 'Y the just rewards of his .deeds but it cannot undo deeds, ot e which these very rewards were a lasting acknowledgment. Whatever the colonel’s standing may be on the books of ’Y the British army, the record of his skilful and gallant ser- 3-1 vice in the hour of the empire’s need will always be remem- °_f bered by his fellow Canadians with gratitude and pride. Hdof" 4:901: (Ltd! CHIEF Nravrsox is making a good impression. He appears to be both a capable officer and a gentleman. In his efl'orts to uphold law and preserve order he will have the hearty support of the mass of our citizens. Now THE Chinese are to be brought to the light by heavy guns. Again it is an outlander problem. These outlanders threaten to be a general nuisance and a stand- ing menace to the world’s peace. Likely, however, from lyddite shells the Chinese will get ideas about their treatment, that they have failed to derive from their experience with British and American alien laws. THE OFFER of a judgeship to. Mr. B. Foy M.P.P.’ may have been a very graceful act of courtesy to a deserv- ing opponent, or it may have been a very shrewd move on the premier’s part to get rid of an opponent that has unusual ability. At all events Mr. Foy, in refusing the offer, proved himself different from most politicians. There are barristers in the Reform party to whom such ofl'ers would be welcome but come not. IT rs HARD enough to get good cheese without wil- fully creating conditions that make it more difficult, if not impossible. That is what drawing whey in the milk can does. Protests, many and vigorous, have come from the cheese men year after year, and yet the thing is not remedied. At the recent meeting, when the buyers asked l that it be discontinued, some salesmen said it was too late‘ to mention it now, for the milk-drawing contracts had been let. That excuse will never do again, for we now put on record the protest of the buyers and ourselves against this unsanitary and cheese-destroying custom. .There is no use to explain, excuse or defy. The whey ought not to be put into cans. Common sense and decency indicate that ; the cheese men declare it with emphasis and it is to be hoped that no salesman will have the nerve to appear at the board next year and say that his factory still allows it. In the meantime every factory should make it a misde- meanor for a patron to leave the whey standing in the cans W- 4L-L lllyutnv; .v. -. ,---_ for hours after it comes home. An inspector tells us that in this district he has lately seen cans in the hot sun at {our o’clock in the afternoon. This is scandalous. Take pains, empty the whey and carefully wash the cans. EDITORIAL NOTES follow. No one should fail to avail themselves of such a. splendid oppor- tunity of improving their spare time in the company of good books. MCINTYRE. -â€"On July 16th, at 138 Eliza- bebh- at Toronto, Catherine Macdonald, be. loved wife of Thomas McIntyre, late of Fenelon Falls. WHI TE. â€"In Emily township, on Friday, Jul 13th, Annis Parks White. reljcb of Lhe late Benj. White, aged 73 years 7 mos- MIDDLETON.â€"In Lindsay, on Thursday, July 12m, 1900, Thomas A. Middleton, aged (32 years, 7 months. JA(1\~0Nâ€"â€"In Lindsay, on Wednesday. July 11th1900 Marv yJackson, wife of Henry Jackson, aged 76 years. TEMPERATURE. Highest. ................ 80 00 Wednesday Lowest .................. 51.20 Saturday Warmest day, mean of. . ..69.35 Wednesday Coldest “ “ 58 50 Monday The week “ . ..64.34 PRECIPITATIONS IN INCHES. Greatest fall of rain in one day I .27 Wednesday Rain fell on 3 days Total rain fall 1.35 CHAMBERS â€"â€" S'lEVENSâ€"At the Cam- hridg est. Methodist church bgvl Rev. ’1‘. Manning B. A., on Wednesdav,u1yl$th, Esta May eldest daughter of Mr. y.W H. Stevens of Lindsay and W. Chambers, M.D., of Oakwood. Report for week ending Saturday night July 14th 1900.“ SOIL TROTTER â€"LYTLE.â€"Ab the manse, Fenel- on Falls, by the Rev.R.C.H. Sinclair. B.A., on \Vednesdny,er1y_4_b_h, 1909, Mr. 91191193: E v‘1‘~r'ozzg;“t'; ME; Midnie 1;. Lyme. both of Bobcoweon- FOWLER.â€"At Eden, Mariposa, on July 14th, to Mr. and Mrs. \Villiam Fowler, a CAMI’BII LLâ€"HIIL-â€"At Cambray, on Jyul 11th, In the Rev. Mr. McDonald, Mr. Anp; us Campbell of Lindsay to Mis Annie Hill of I: enelon. THE WATCHMmâ€"‘WAHDER: LINDSAY. om [From the Lindsay Observatory] The Weather Marriages Deaths Births THOMAS BEALL. raspberries and celery during this season. Picking will begin on Monday. July 9th. Summer celery is now ready. All orders promptlv filled. Persons bringing their own vessels will be given a liberal reduc- tion. My own wagon will pass through town every dav. My other gardens at Mr. Wesley Deyell's. Mt. Horeb, will supply that part of Ops. I have 20,000 winberr' , 4-.. ~...‘l.. al- An nonra a 1m that part) 0]. UPS. 1- “OVV bu) .......... celerv plants for sale at: 40 cents a 100. I want a. number 9f ickers, apnly at once. ISAAC DEYELL. Lm say, Box 273â€"274. “It is but crossing with abated breath A white set face, a little strip of sea” On Thursday morning last after an ill- ness of some weeks Mr. T. A. Middleton died. He “as born in Fermanagh, Ireland, in the yearâ€"noted in Canadian historyâ€" 1837. Five years later he came, with his parents, to Canada and settled in Clarke township. Receiving an education Mr. Middleton gave his attention to teaching school and was very successful in this calling in Clarke township and later near Goderich and in Emily and Manvers. He never resorted to corporal punishment to maintain order. After a few years he went into business in a general store at Lifl‘ord but gave it up in a year to traverse the provinces as agent for the first map of United Canada. Soon after he was general 1 agent for the Massey farm implements at Newcastle. In 1874 he came to Lindsay with his wife and famili. A grocery and greenhouse near the indsay-st. bridge occupied his attention. While there he became agent for the Ontario Mutual Life Assurance Co. and in 1883 gave up the original business to attend wholly to insurance. Of this he made a pronounced . success. -l LL- L.‘_ â€"n wuuv w r"â€"' .fia - On account of a dislocation of the hip,re- ceived- in early life Mr. Middleton suffered a great deal in later years. So infirm did he “become last spring that the doctor ordered him to give up business. He did so and took an extended trip, visiting friends in the States. On his return he was better but not sufficiently to hope for recovery. Since then he has been out of the house but little and for the past two months has been sinking slowly tothe end. : Besides his widow a family of four mourn him. They are Herbert who had been a partner with his father in the in- surance business for some years; Charles of the Hudson Bay 00. at Calgary; and two daughters. Meta and Myra, at home. "2- A-_â€"_‘-. “â€"â€"câ€""__ V Deceased was a clever man. His conver- sation showed him well informed and liberal. He was an avowed agnostic and was buried under the auspices of that body. By his going the town has lost one of its most upright and capable business â€"Miss Mabel Oskes is visiting at Bethany. â€"A1d'. Crandell was sick for a day or two last week but is about again. â€"-Dr. and Mrs. Grant. were the guests or Mrs. Arch. Campbell on Saturday last. â€"Miss Alice Bradshaw of Toronto i ppending her holidays in town. lâ€"Mr.'Geo. Bateson of New York city is spending his holida‘ys at home. â€"Mr. Will. Goodwin of New York is home for a few months’ vacation. â€"Misa Maude Rowantree of Toronto is the guest of Mrs. S. Laidlaw, Russell-st. -â€"Mlss‘Woollard, teacher at Bmcebridge, is home for the holidays. â€"Mr. Sam. Ferguson and Mr. Semney of Ida, Gavan, were in town Wednesday on business . -â€"Mr. Robert Hunter, north ward, left this week to visit friends at Sault Ste. Marie and points on Georgian Bay. â€"Mr. Aiex. Fisher and daughter left Tuesday to visit friends at: Ninga, Man. They will be absent several weeks. â€"Mr. D. M. W. Somerville, formerly of Dr. Grose' office, spent a short time in town last week with friends. â€"Misaes Annie, "and \ellie McCabe of Peterboro are visiting their aunt, Miss Shanahan of Ops. â€"Messrs. G. VS . and Arthur Irwin of St Catharines are spending a couple of weeks with friends in town. â€"Miss Lizzie Stephenson of Sutclifl‘e Sons is spending part of her holidays with friends near Whitby. â€"â€"Mr. E. Jacobs who has been ill for some time is able to be on the street, but is feeble yet. â€"Ja.mes S. Laidley of West Ops returned this week from a. week's visit with rela- tives at Smith‘ 3 Falls and Montreal. â€"â€"Mr. Bruce Adair, examiner with S. King dz Co, merchant tailors, Toronto, is spending his vacation with Mr. and Mrs. S. Parsons, north ward. --Mr. C. E. Linstrum of Simpson 6: Co‘s, Toronto, spent Sunday with Mrs. Lin- strum and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. \V. Parkin. agent. Lsâ€"The annual excursion to St. Anne, below Quebec, will run on July, 24: Tickets good for aweek. Fare $5.90 only. Buy your tickets at the Express oifice, G. Wilder, â€"Miss E. M. Penin, B.A., who has spent the past two years teaching at Red Dear, Alberta, is with her parents at the Point. -â€"-Mr. John Williams left for Brandon on Tuesday. He will keep books in Svlvest- er' 8 offices at that: point. We wish him success. ° â€"Mr. w. J. Vale, of the Insurance De. partment, Torontoxmade his annual visit L0 the Farmers’ Union Mutual Ins. 00. this week. He was much pleased with the progress of the company, and the manner in which the books are kept by the ener- getic secretary, Mr. R. G. Corneil. "â€"M; A. C. Graham. the energetic secre- tary of the North Victoria Agricultural Society, was in town Saturday. Mr. Graham is looking up new features for the fair, which he says will be greater and grander than ever. 117 T 17‘_\- At LL- T_._-__A____- '1“- â€"-Mr. W. Passmore, the popular janitor of the Institute, was down street on Friday looking quite hearty afcer his recent ill- â€"-M1‘s. (Rem) Bryce Innes of Bobcaygeon and infant, daughter left yesterday for a. two month's visxt. with her father. Mr. E. M. McTavisb, at; Morris, Man. Mr. Mc- Tavish was engaged in business in Lind sav aboutflfifbeeq‘yeara agg.‘ “ a- . n n _.Rev. Canon Nexvton, Ph. D., father of Messrs. L. and S. Newton of this town, is now on a. visut to England. the infirmibiea of age precluding his further prosecution of his labors as a missionary in the diocese of Calgary A A D888, vuvâ€"â€"â€"â€"r â€"Among the many freshman added to McGill College, Montreal, at the recent exams. were Messrs. C. L. and C. R. A. Gladman, sons of Postmaater Gladman, -â€"Mrs. E. Perry. Melbourn - little daughter Miss Lila, 15:ng £313? evening for a. two weeks‘ visit with friendDS at Manilla. â€"\'Ir. J. M. Cummings and family of Tiny township, S‘mcoe county, are visiting friends and relatives in Lindsay and Fenc- lon. "ZMr. C.S Blackwell and wif ° Lindsay on Saturday and took th: gixfitlln boat. for Bobcaytzeon, on their way 12% Peterboro. ,_ ...Mr. D. McMillan of Port Hope. G.T.R. mail clerk, gave his old friends in Lindsay and Haliburton a friendly call on Friday and Saturday last. town. Wanted Obituary Personals These are the days when price tumblin gs OCCUr in the most unexpected quarters at this store. EVBI'y effort is being made by departments to redUCe stocks by end of. the *month. That means, a careful “weeding out of surplus stocks‘ broken assortments, odd lots, or any lines of! which we have too many or too few goods, â€"48 Ladies’ White P.K. Skirts in this lot, the newest cut and well tailored. deep 9-inch hem. cloth shrunk before made, fit and finish guaranteed, regular $1.40 quality, overstocked 1.00 â€"I I only, Fancy Colored Silk Panels, this season’s style, vexy handsome bondles and the latest silk coverings. regular prices $2.50. $2.75. $3. your 1.75 -L ‘2‘- _-â€" 233mb About 375 yards in this lot of Washing Cotton Goods, including English, French and American Muslins, Zephyrs and Ginghams in nearly all the latest colors, regular prices 15c, 25c and 15 3 5c, bargain prices 100 and. . . . Special purchase of Ladies’ Dress Skirts in ' Figured Black Goods. Black Silesia lined. Velvet faced. latest New York cut, all sizes, regular $2.50 2 00 quality, bargain price ...... ' dozen Children’s White and Colored Fancy Straw Sailors, satin ribbon trimmed, regular 2 5c, 35c and 4°C qualities, now all one lot and you: choice ‘ 15 o for..... only in this lot, Ladies’ Fancy Moreen Underskirts, Colored Metalic Sateen, double flounce trimmed, all sizes and colors, regular price 95c, 75 bargain price. ............... ' éhoice now"... ............ THE BARGAIN GIVER, DAR TER hath? _3pecial in Men’s Summer Underwear . 5 dozen Shirts and 6 dozen Dram;c 52,1 mcluding all sizes, the qualiwicg‘m fine mercerized cotton in combingfive’y blue and white, pearl button “doggy sateen trimmed, regular price 3; mm per suit, bargain price 75c pt, suit, or each.. ....... . I """""" ~Attractive Colored Shirt Offer. -! . . _ ' I ' 6-12." m thrs lot. ‘ncludlng all the Imtkace‘m' and eolonngs ot Cambzic Sh in: 2g Cloiefi front, turn- down separate “11%ch attached, sizes r2‘/ to 17 ,, 2.3qu and by Tooke Bros. which is a guarantee as to fit and finish 50 regular 7 5c quality,bargain price ' Mmyof these Suits are fmm 5m 1551, rages. No doubt there are mmywhg hue waited for just such an mama. meat. Well here it is. No mm: m gument you select or how low {15¢be you pey you will eaxry may the Guns Bugains of your hfe. Boys’ Summer Coats, special, we have s 18 left i 1 this lot, including all sizes, gm; washers, regular 75c kind, our special ofi'ex to clear the lot is an Great Consolidated Suit gm ch have taken all the Suits zha are by; in sizes and consolidated them me "2: lot and give you choice of any suizg ‘ LINDSAY, ONT. $7.85 'NIFORML‘ Table [e and onlyT: $775, 'rint