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. v 7 mnunnuu \UU Auu ': a I'Ih' S . : “"33: ’3‘” “W”: what “5 ‘Z‘W'mm “mm W' scmc the Kl‘k‘2lte\‘tl SO;;J”:: 31:: :v’cr xiii“: ‘ cd ihi< mrth was our Lord. and if thev hat 33" ‘95 Hank‘fi’fi h”! ”‘0 “3"" "f 94»;qu M more of the socialism 11¢ taught .them 1!».- l~‘c".cr:\1 Hovermnont, hut it could up would be less of the Socialism 0! nitro mvre ilir ‘ct the Government -|S to its dc- f fllé’k‘i‘rinc-l' cisi-m. than own} the 13. C. direct the ’ There. Isn't that very much to the Cum”), (“,1"- It was entirely optional ;‘p«)iut ? Thi: journal pats that dear littie wkh the flux-.‘nimeut to decide in favor of CUUllteSS on the hack. If it should ever the Prozince, or of'rthe Minority. F or.' meet the Countess alone. quite alone, it. pong“: part-uses. and at the demand of I will say something very pretty tn her, and Archimhup Lungevin and the church, they i pat her on the back with approving fond. chose the lath-r. To atzevngt to throwsncss. What has the esteemed coutempom the “mm. upon the Privy Council, is an ,' ry who sneered at this journal’s Socislism admission that 'ihey consider the masses a ’ to say now that it finds it has a real Count~ hojy of ignorant fooh. ‘ 953 by its side ? Shouldn't be a hit any. , . _ . , . . The I‘rxvv Cavxmmi kii’Cllit'd that 2.1;‘1H‘XAHI‘! 3H a - ,5 4.411;: my ( ‘79-!â€" .H“ ncr be: h" :5 11¢ rLgnt to ‘. J. 3132' H “J “‘1 m art or not. I, but the i i 25:231. . 7.74., 1 ‘2'...” ‘HT'IAWA C- ,_ “(7." ALL 0): CS [he Q. C. says mum»: in- ti any wuv Iiuw l A lb“ TIN and The Ontario Legislature in '91. passed what is known nu this ‘\\':)<,xinnin": Lit-n for “1.133 Act. which was applied to the Al- junrmil Is g-Illm, Tunflci' Bnynml R-tiny River dis- ,\.. z 5‘ .g.-.ix\.ft-. Slum,- of its :;:'ticlcs :u'e conit-d ""0”" In 94 ”“5 A“ ““5 ”End"?! “"3“? ‘ ‘ ‘ Muskolm. Parry Sound, and hipismng dis- tricts. The Act nmkt-s the ungvs of men engaged by lnmhermen. a first, lit‘ll upon ‘ {nlnnni‘a animal-g {WV-WINK the Church ;i,. tut. y «licmll‘nl. 11:7,. in: Yus, (lent- lul; l twining-«i c~2xtli‘ii\[:<>1':il"\'.tnls . in tho out: .~')l;-‘ Socialistic m‘wvspupers: L i: hm. :1 law: lix‘t of F xt-iulist snhscrilwrfi ; l “_ iu'nl til-‘3 Sncinlixm Of “'illcil it is tilc: [ht-10g“. orforcst pl'UdllCO, “flu" the PM“ " . . _ ‘ . . . . ' ‘ ,3 {\‘nczatgmul “WM,” IS "“i‘l‘liy Spl'cml- l m. nt of (ronn‘dncs and slide tolls. The "l ,‘ t l , , ~' ~.~ ,; 0,) [I iq : act is one that IS pl‘npt-I'ly Just to tho lahor " '4 ' "i '19": t.‘ . .. "R. . ,. I “’- i n ”TIM“ ‘ ‘ l‘ l i n I" l l t‘l‘. who at. host gets but :1 small share of l the prmluct of his labor. Under this Act, 3 a laborer, or in the event of the failure ofa 1 3mg l‘fltxt m whim-u “new It» might lcnst I fill“, nnumth‘ “f laborers can “mic “"1 ; ~ ' ‘ . i .. ya“. 1‘ v w t‘ ink l some thologstnt' tho wages due to them. : n; t \l'bcll'l in > A0“... , 1...,1 ’. \II, :1. l“.})}' tht‘ AC? is f‘flfllit‘li l!) 5101‘)?an district ‘ Flax“; (,mmtesz. preaczimg ! and not, to the whole Provimeit is difficult ,_ . l) P'i. 153-. I‘waulivzn .’ No: :i sham Connt- l tn utnlg’rctnul’l. It is not, easy to see the b - . ' . F ' v' n ' I ‘ y ' t or on: of tin:- ”cw-fallgini-JLlhl‘Cl'L‘nl’Cd l r-lllnlnale m_ gal-lg “3' act, of Jui'sticc to_ the: “ . . . , . h - , \voot <17}: n in 4 lllISSlllg. :mu (enymg it to , l n i r} DIV-it'll. lump. hot :1 gimme old the wontlwnmn of other PM“ of the Pm- ;' 9 i‘zw’uunwl L'|'l=112x‘~<*. "1 [”0 hundreds "f! \‘lnCL‘. Mr. Iinycock M. P. P. as leader of' . . “a“; m.” l'<‘~"""“- and with :1 rml old i n. labor-party. might give this nmtt'cr his at h YM. \ii'. the (f'onntcs‘s of Warwick, tentmn.’nnd hnvc flit-{Act intently} at the V_ H . . . . ; - sossmn o t in icois attire Its ’ '-~ ‘: -‘ \'.;-wicl' n lineal “1’1“.” .nng . h ‘ ‘ “ "L 0‘ L“ 1‘ m "f i I “ ‘ application to the Province should not he i (lulnycd, for the likelihood ‘of its being of] wrvice to Ihe men 18 stealer at the prox‘ent (1.. m: :‘zink of that 3 She was mnkinga time than it over was hmore. A cousiden l * I pill-ili'llfci is «linincfly :nall emphatically hE-‘W'iiliotic. The PUB. IND. Socialism is " ‘ '. l.‘\ 1-1 :1 ton l:.-: :.x.~ o l iL'l‘ i y i v o ‘- tIt-<,-;ilul:::it of “are. ck the king Maker, cut-e. in t-sr lion. lxn. Socialism! What -ilillL‘ spot-ch :it thi- npcnin: of .1 Sunday “M“ P”m”n “f ti-fi- limits 05 the Prounce ‘ nrehcld t0~(l:ly by men who have pmd _ Schm .1 Bum-hm near \‘. urn-wk, in England, enormous sums for Jim rights "f theoriginal . 1 ,- nncl rllk‘ suirl ;â€" lesfiees. It is n manor of common know- . l i "it .M‘l‘u‘nt‘d to her that the idea which the 19520 Eh?“ lumbering Operations are carried 1 (“mix-lies of lnrzn towns should set before . . . _ ‘ ' v‘r‘m was that of endeavouring to secure "In-“0d ”f dcpressmn m the lumber mark- I i f-r.‘ the children of tho poorcat the sgtme ad- 0‘3 that has 1"“?th for some time and may t ‘ , ‘ ‘ x, _ ‘, _. , , - ., 1 'the richestâ€" yet continua. it is more important thnn ; ‘ ‘ “WV-3‘“ “* ”‘0“ ””9“” ’3 . , ! cvar that the laborers should be secured in ' l:ippl;m.~clâ€"tlmt the child “ho lived in the the stipulated rewzml “f their toil. ‘ nilcv of :1 hack street should have tho same I Should Mr. Haycock take up this mat- . advantage» m the children of her hearers or; tcr, I”, might- well have added to the Act II ,lwrwll‘. li.L)i‘ul upplmisml Thu; mightlnn mmctmbntsimilnr to Section 10 of the? 5 win”: like Socialism ; well. itwns Christian ; “Commusntion to Workmon Act” which l i SX‘ixllislll. (Continued applause.) In a? “'01!“ he *0 the efli'Ct that. no Agreementi I acnw the groatmt Socialist who ever \\'a.li;~ i made by the men should liar them Of their 5 ii : oil this earth was our Lord. and if they had ,! rights under the A“' Th1“ section ‘3 Just; 1 more of the socialism He taught them . :m necessary x” the one A“ as the other, i ‘ would be less of the Socialism 0! nitro- torrithvrwxsext whuuld he left open f‘v“ any l on largely by the aid of the Banksmnd with E a .1 l I . . .. j hrm of unprincipled shat-pets, to cheat the : (til 53 “um“ i men hy having them Ivu- their rights, I I There. Isn't that very much to the i through want of knowledge of the true im-j h' noiut ? Thi< journal pats that dear little : port 05 their agreement. Not tint any firm I as Countess on the hack. If it should ever I has yet been so morally dehased as to at- : ri; . . tem tsuchavile in'ustice u n men I) meet the Countess alone. quite alone, 15,: D J 90 y . ‘ means of their ignorance or need, but will say something very pretty to her, and ; corporations are proverhinlly soulless, and K pat her on the back with approving fond. i there is nothing to prevent men entering: th . . th ncss. What has the esteemed contempom I hustiiczzc who ’1” voxd of all sense of honor. l .. . v. ‘ uv um... unr nuuiunnz ; mm. ”was k mistuu) , “Cmmmm flux: to Workmon Act” which 5"‘idlixnl. ((‘ontizmcd applause.) In a? “Wild be to the efi-ct *hat no Agreement :~c2.\‘c the grcutext Sac-Luist who (‘n-x‘ Walk- I made by the men should lbar them Of their ad lhi“('.’1r:3v was our Lord. and if they had 9 rights under the Act. This section is just ’ :Ls‘ necessary in the one Act as the other, more of the bocialism He taught them ; _ _ would be less. of the Socialism of nitroâ€" 5 ff". othvrmst}xt_whuu1dbe left openfa-r “"y svlvucrinc.“ ! hrm of unprmclpled sharper-s, to cheat the ' {men h' having them Inu- their rights, Thor-c. Isn t that very much to the j' through want of annwledge of the true im- pugn; ? Th2; journal pats that clear littXe ' port of their agreement. Not that any firm Countess on the hack. If it should ever ,1 has yet 5‘3“ so morally deluged as to at" ‘ (in _\‘ “It“ Schr and . . . I ; wry by: In»? to my I-mz'u '1'31c1’agwla‘ ”Am and the nuhlc ‘ “1v “hie-IL "Uimu‘ the man- . - "“urml. \I ills ssurcd 1y lead you to for“: a’ljust Chucv-ptv'nxi of ”NJ! " ."hiu‘hl s 114- :3‘. ea. ny-LM pace that. .c.»;.';.i-,.u 'm a proper in 'm nefnre the ‘A‘i'x‘l-L l‘pnny-m‘ ‘sir. :zt thii juncture. IL“?2*=7!:.;‘1:'\‘0) n-upunuihiiif}: Yuu hold 0 Wurld in tha- huiinw «If yn'Ir hand. It is :sz prayer of Presi- IIL-m ('lrwlnnd that such Pence may be i"'l'il‘ L‘HII' 31H] . . . rm.- IL-t'cc “5 the HI?‘ SOCIALISM AND CHURCH- IANIT'Y. spc‘cch at tho". »1 Samar ncz: w said :â€" ‘ll‘ I 1L xv. ruczuhxm.’ .‘Jn‘r n. sham Count- }: of 3mm? now-fanglcd-jushermtcd (wk-m things. but a genuine old :1 Cunnzcsa of the hundreds of (n [mg-m. and with a real old ch. Sir, the Countess of Warwick, the Earl of “Kn-wick. n lineal at M Wamick the King glakef, fur Bus. Ixn. Socialism! What kink of that 2 She was makings: _ --. ---..., _--. To the Editor. B03. IND. . Er,â€"Your nrticVe on President \"relflnl s Mesmyc to C film-grass, was read t2) grew. ix.tu rest by all the residents in c. Some of its articles are copied Lauri-nut Socialistic newspapers um; liwt of Yucinfist subscribers Sucialix'm of which it is the 4..qu cxpnnvnc is .upidly spread- ;huut chiiix‘xtiun. .1. yes, this n. v- is divine-fly and empkmticnlly I" He Imnnr to he 3 Mr 01 iient scr ‘3 bum °1n--‘yr~ . 3.-va :2 DL‘ .5 "VCE‘ White House, Washington, Dec. 3011), 1.595. 1‘1 um .\ S ill' ‘rmye-l llX‘dtfl‘Ckl to the from, {1, the first shut is about that mnment' President between than, he séizcs (IK',.'1)H1 stun-1y cries in Incl-c word "Stop." Has W1 0mm: right 5’ He stay n; and «mus ; he threw ‘in-Is : he shoute-d “szup’ rwc.‘u:vd in the cou- . Hing man. The snot was not «Cums 1t, myudicums for my public criticism through war juumal. -x'. permifisiue for me to rks on the subject]. - Y1!” mccodenf estabi 1;: a Better to L« ‘ ‘lwguy IX“, m: i vc Clerk MM :1. pigmy » the sw-ne 0 {mud Kilt, permitted ‘, gin he c~£ charm: )rcign city rmcd man, s s‘renntb, {115 about [I .1. Brit- ]! is the h) ‘entlemnn _ 7 .-.,, H..." --.u uicu' "guts, through want of knmvledge of the true im- port of their agreement. Not that any firm has yet been so morally dammed as to at- tempt such a vile injustice upon men by means of their ignorance or need, but corporations are proverhinlly soulless, and there is nothing to prevent men entering business who are void ofall sense of honor, or feelings of common humanity. Mr. Haycock will be performing a. service to the cause of Labor, by giving this mntfpr mg n us {or LI 086: am.” WW”...- c“.. The new Frcnch law places the lowvr dcgrm-s uf kinship :1an stmngz-rs nn .1 h-ss fwuch Incl, fur the pm'pusvs of the tax. than the nuurur of kin. The State (3ch a. larger prupurtinu as the Llnod rvlzninnship attenuates ur disappears. The SJciuYist, who wants 11:» take everything for the State. will refoicc that his method has gt a fouthnid, if it be but sli' ’ ” 1 That: a, man should make provision to f€ pron-ct his wife and children from poverty I J I 4 l I I i ‘ national treasury. Evvn su Conservative : at his death, is wise and proper, but. it is distinctly filming and inimoml,_ (if there is any truth in the doctrines tauightyhy the Fuumler of Christianity.) to do tlufiz more than that. and to collect great Wealth. It is utterly impossible for any man to save. during his lifetime. out of his own carn- ings, so hug-.10 a sum as a humlred thousand d-llurs. If he has accumulated more than that. amount he must have stulcn it. There is nu svrvicc which any man can render to ‘ his fclluws, which is wurth mure than lliS‘ muintenzmct- (ltning life and the sum men- | tiunetl. Therefore he cannot cut-n muted .1111 if llU accumulates nmro, he hasnnt! mrnml it but stolen it. Athisdmth it] slitiuid go hack to lllt‘ State frnm whom it I Ems lim‘ll stolen. Thnt is the theory nfi those who prnpnsc to levy a. progrckmivc} SIXCLtSSlUlt duty, and to tax all (Nantes left by will up to n certain :mmunt, and to ex- prnpriute all above that amount. to the :v. smmsnnn :IS' Sir Olirur Muwat has. I :v. smmsnnn :13' Sir Oii-‘m‘ iIuwat. has miuprml the principle, and his sticcessiun duty is adding a. wry useful amount to the I‘m .vim'inl rcvenuc. It is interesting to note that this subject is hiring itself on the notice uf sn devoted a. friend uf Capitalism as mxr cslv‘emcd enn- tcmpnmry the ”Monetary Times," which umkvs the fullmving rclnm‘ks :â€" “Succcssinn duties are becoming a. favor- ito fvrm «if tax in many cunntrie-s ; and the huts authorizing these dulies are uiuvcinping a fcnrlcnuy t!» discrinrmimtc a: ihxt Marge fm'mnva. uni in f'u'nr «if hinml n-‘uulons. I" 1%”;th :1 1"" SUCLFRSitIlI duty funk vii?!“ in now Fwnou 9-."an m‘if 'z'g-csive 1894-5, and The Ontario Legr'slntnrc in Now that our emcemcd contemporary % finds that the Sociaiism of the Bob. Ind. i is nnuriehed in the bosom 0f a real Enulhh ’. Countcxs, and that the rclSviuus \Iehs of the Bub. Ind. are preached frmn 'lalmage gpulpirs, it will probably go out; into its 5 back yard and kick itself. Thn's the best I thing -.c cm do. When dear little Countesses in England openly adopt BOB. IND. Socialism. and when thundering big parsnus in America in their pulpits publicly paraplnze BOB. Ixu. lea-ling articles, it would be mere afl‘cctntiun to deny that the heart of this great. journal churtles with delight and gratitimzinn. I declare that in" the church of God does not show itself in favor of the great mum; of the peo‘ple as well as in favor of the Lord, the time willcome when the church as an inx‘titution will be extinct. and Christ will gr) down again to the beach and choose I'wclve plain. honest fishermen to come up into apostle-ship of 9. MW rlfvnexzsation of righteousness, manward and god ward.” Then again as to this journal’s attitude fmmn‘xs the Church. That esteemed cun- temlmmry is only making itself ridiculous by insinunxing that this journal is mac. 1:. on the rcIigious question. Has our esteem cl cuntempamry ever heard of Talmage, T. DcWixc 3 Well. Talmage has adopted Lhé BOB. IND. idras and preaches them upmaly fmm his pulpit. In a recent. sen men he pretty well used up one of this‘ journal‘s leading articles. Here is a pas-| 5.12:: : That a man sh‘ prised ta hear of that esteemed contempom ry's suspended publication owing, to a fit of jeahmsy and morb’ficatiom‘ Let the Dead Pay the Taxes Woodman‘s Lién Act JE‘ perxonnmg a service to the ,by nging this matter his at. 0 men IS greater at the préent H'er was lmiox'e. A consider- uf the limits of the Province :1:Ly by men who have paid :ns fur :hc rights of theoriginal Mr. C. M. Hays has taken his position as General Manager of the Grand Trunk. Lime 511110. the German Emperor, has for some time past been attracting a large amount of public attention. He has been . prosecuting the Socialists ; suppressing Radical journals ; insisting upon the divine right of Kings ; and gene 'ally carrying ou\ with the air and nations (If a lunatic. He has own hinted tlmt he intends to claim the British Throne on his distinguished ' gmndnmthers death. The “Clarinn.” an . advanced: radical newspaper published in f London, has the folltming interesting not- ice of the German Emperor 2â€". F I prcuume I shall not he contradicted 1 when I venture the hypothesis that i: has J 5 been given to no man heretnfore to make ‘ sn many different sorts of an ass of himself as are cmuhincd in the illustrious person 0f i Little Billie, the Kaiser of Hoheuznllurn. : Some men have been, maymip, as assily y bumptiouS. some as nssily quarrelsume, 1' others as nsqily rhcdonzuntadiculnus; hit I am not able to recall any in history that has been éuch a really complete all round‘ mm, such a multitttdinons, complicated, right-doxn, regular, imperial ass as Little Kaiser Bill. ‘ He is entitled to the Shaftealmry Carrot. the most noble Order of the Thistle, and the blooming Cake. all on his own : he is the Ass of the century. A member of the Cuuncil says that it will ln: necessary to kill a» iciv cmxducmrs and motnrmen. ‘ “Kill them. if necessary !":;lzouted ewery member of the gathering. At this there was grout appâ€"- Bulletinâ€"It has hucn decided not to at- track the Butl'nlu street-cars. The Reeve remembered that nearly all the conducmrs and mutormeu are Canadians. .. ,V __- ..... .u. u-w ”up D" : bumhard Buffalo because he had 3 little. murc gum left to get rid nf, :md nubody in Fort Erie who had teeth had money. Fms'r Hosmurms. Bulletix.--»'l‘h9 captain of the ferry boat has just I'vfusml tn take an Amuri-mn quar- tcr fur a fare. The unu- spa-it rages high. A Dmmm’rw REASON. Bulletin-â€"T7xe quarter was plugged. A “nan anan.u.'s I’ux. ‘ Bullctihrâ€"I learn «m nuinuJem-hnlrlc au- gmhm'iry that the Common Cnnncii is con- i : sidrriug a plan, prupusud by the Revue, (3f .lmldinu all ems intended fur exam-t tn l . “’5 l . ; Bug-flu uutxl thcv are hm] my] I'lxun mm..." Bulletinâ€"The Reeve has aunt] Hive plan. He suggests that a 521‘ of Canadians steal (Wt-1f to But}: the SLI'cct-f‘ul‘ lines and huld them sum from the inconvenienced Rm who will be compelled to walk work. w, _ admus do that now. Bulletinâ€"Thu egg pYan of assault has been abandoned because «me 01" thv mem- bers of the Council brought it tn the attm tiun nf the Reeve tlmtthac wnuld nut ctfvct Bum-dnnixmszmy. He said that all C3):- _Jf , ‘ ‘ ' I WM: 4.. _:_.~ut. Eric -â€"I have :hem as fresh. Little lelic, the German Emperor, rut! Erio,-â€"'I'hm7é jlm mazm'd M, Erie. The war spirit is raging. The n, , who usvd Ln sell gum at ”w duel: ix: that guide” days hc-fore [he Cnloninl wap'nfh and Twit-phone Company went out. n: bu. i- mm says he has been «Istrncizcd. Hc said last Sunday that he Wuuld nut help ta 1un|11\|-n‘ l2..l)'..l. L , , Whatever the American politicians may consider to their purpose in shouting ahour war, the intelligent Press of cur neighbors (Prat all idea of hostiliticafia ahsmal. 'l‘i‘ufolluwing extracts fmm/an summing column of War Cm‘r~“l"’ndvncu. frum the Swain! of the Buffzr" “E ‘88,". $310” the fw‘lihs: ‘ «hat cit"? i “- _‘ v"many aiupurcsscu an .- l chilled Ly the atmzspherc of hiirh pressurll lsncial'life. Royal women and the queen ‘ of society are born with the sum: impulseg as are possessed by commoner folk of thcifi I sex. but us the paths of the high and th‘ l lowly soon begin to diverge, their mum-l l begin to differ. . Education and the demand . unidi- upon their time alike begin to make‘ I themselves felt. and infancy is scat-Celv left: 3 lk‘fUl‘O those horn to high places are inadd t to recognize that, their lives are to he live-(K [or state and show. Queen Victoria, whosd N l grand-daughter the Czarina is, was remark-f ’ ' able for her womanliuess and has been lovâ€"i - l ed by her Huhjccts and esteemed by the' l world therefore as if she were an exception": , among queens. She has not been singular, ) '1 among women, for not, one of us would ud‘lg‘ ' l mic that she has heen a. better or "’"reil f loving mother than the one who nursed us.» Her crowning glory, then. is that in spite of being: a queen she was a perfect mother, I and as such has been a grand example toi ‘- l the women of the Victorian age. .‘ _j The Cmrina is almost altogether Englishi .i‘ for Alix, the daughter of Alice. who died ,| from diphtheria; caught while nursing her children, was educated mostly un-h-r the. I care of her royal grandmother. With such? a mother. who died because she would not. entrust her sick children to the cure of' nurses and a grand-mother who is the. pride of British men and women. itis not strange that the Czurina should startle the stolid and unhappy Russian wives and mothers By being more human than tho race of . queens they have had, of which C'uharino l was perhaps the Worst. type. Poor little 3 royal bahy. it has escaped a foster mother l and nourishment from a breast tl'at ymru- l x t'd for the ploheian lips that had hecn kiss- l l ed goorl-hye. The Cmrina by her firmness I in refusing to he parted from her baby, for it is a part of the etiquette of the must i punutilious court of Europe that the Cmr's ' wife shall not. nurse her own child, has 1 gained the greatest joy of mo'tln-rho-ml, tlief touch of baby lips and baby fingers, and the soft, half sleeping look of contentment on the little cuddling face. Perhaps you laugh and say I am only a man and have no right. to talk of such things. Not a hit of! it, for l_hnve watched those hat-y faces at my own fireside, and have stolen many a glance at the faces Ufg'cllllflJuVlhg motheis who, on trains and in puhlic places. have been forced to nurse their haliys. Did you (‘versee a man who was [it to he herded with anything hub cattle, who was ever rude in action. look or speech to such a mother? Incverdid. It is true that all the world luvcs a. lover, and equally N) that. all the civilized world and most of tho- So- callcd harl-arons sections of it, love and reâ€" t spec: a. mother. I [ Don, in Toronto “Saturday Night" 01)- ‘scwes that the Catrina of Russia, having decided to nurse her own baby, has, Accord ing to a foreign paper just to hand, set the women of her great domain quite wild with love and enthusiasm. We may say in takes little on the part of a royal personage to endear him on her to the simple people who revere royalty as semi-divine, yet. we who lead simple and perchuncu hgppier lives away frmu the glitter of a court, and its temptations must not forget 'tlmt: the maternity, if not the better part 0." human. ity‘ufrn Woman is generallv surmmcm-I -...1 Bufi‘alo Rldicules Hostiliti Victoria’s Grandson all eggs iniendwl'fnr exynrt tn until they are bad and than selling BOBACAYG-EON INDEPENDENT‘ _._â€"~._ ANOTHER PM}: Nor A DVISABLE. was and huld them fur ram- incuuycnicnccd Buflhlnnidns Reeve has another nfi'm- Iggusts that a strong i-udy n1 (Wt-1f to Buflnlo, seize Motherly Ed ucztiou' and the demand! time alike lwgm to make nd infancy IS scarcely luft: L , ‘ ' I V gcuelnlly sup; messed. mug msphere uf high preswr | women and the (”Tang 1 with the. sam: impuls y enmmnncr folk of moi {ha of the high and th to (livcrue, Lhcix unturc' id ucztiou and the (101mm! fluent to walk to their d perchunCc' Egppiei' 'litternfa court, and not forget What: the starth the stolid ives and mothers than thu mce uf vf which Cndmriun ONTARIO ARCHIVES uw IVIVU bu Malay IIIU Uitianders in their contentions agginst the Government of the Boer Repubiig. Mr. Chamberlain has sent imperative instruc- tions to Dr. Jameson to return at once to his own territory At the opening of the Japanese Parlia ment the Emperor announced that order had been restored in Formosa, foreign re Xations were satisfactory and the improve ment of the Empire’s defences would 1‘0 cen‘e attention. There is trouble in South Africa. Dr. Jameson. administrator of the British South Africa. Company, has entered the Transvaal with an armed force to assist. the ‘ 'YZL‘I- ., 5 . A- - The US .fo bolster its depleted gold xes‘yrvc. is a'rain to issue a hundrvd milliun «f bonds. The currency system of the States is becoming one of the hung-st swiu dies on record. Eight hundred Russian fishermen, with then‘ sleighs and horses, were carried out on an ice flow on the sea. of Azov. They Were rescued. Jncmnes Cartier, in Quebec, was another landslide against the Gnvernment. The Liberal got a majority of 574, While in the last electiun the Conservative had a majon ty of 276. M. Pcterkin, has bnen arrested at. Roch ester and brought to Lindsay. by Chief Bell, on charges of house breaking and arson. .A At Montreal the gale of Tuesday attain ed a. velocity 0f 93 miles an hour. Build ings were nnmofed and chimneys blown down at various eastern points. ~â€" '4 u 7 , ,7, 7 ‘. ll.l'\ EVA VI . :ucal politics you did not‘nrge anyde. , l 'mrtttt‘e from the national policy in respect of free trade. I olwserve that Sir F. ank- wood lms represented me as having l-ecn guilty of trifling \‘ith the hopes of those I whoare intercstcd in Agriculture by pro- p. :3; tnising protection for hops in a. speech at Hastings in 1892 and abandoning that, pro- mise the other «lay. I never pmmiscd on I thut occasion, or on any occasion, :tny 1'07 il l t. .4 â€"4 I I lief hy protection, or held out any expecta- tion that there would be a. restoration of protection .in this country. I distinctly disavowcd any advocacy of such a policy. 1 was timing a totally dim-rent. thin-1. and that was that our minciplcs of free trade shonltl not include measures for obtaining: reciprocity. There. is no cotntmriwn het- ween the two ideas of reciprocity and pro- 1 tnction. On the contrary. so for was I i ‘from urging protuctiou for British pro- I duccrs that I was urging that We should take tm‘hisures to prevent our toreign coni- ! petitors from'using protection against us. t I am sensitive upon the sturgt-stion that I ' have ever promised or urged upon any ! audience a belief that protection Would re- turn within any period to which this gcmrr :ttion can look. I have thought it wiseâ€" :ilbhough certainly your Lordship's SpCt‘C'l [did not- furnish ground for any imputation lthntyou were unsound on this point~to ) reiterate those opinions. so that tin-re may he no mistake as to the View We take eon- Cerning the problem which lies before us. i l and conditions under which it must; be solv Thu sx'z’ntence of Shortiss has been com- muted to imprisonment for life. probably in a lunatic asylum. An L‘xplusinn took place in a. coal mine in Prussian Silesia. Twenty-one miners Were killw}, 70 injured, and 17 missing. (‘ul. Prior, of British Columbia, who has just beeri appointed in Clarke Wallace’s place, is quite likely to be defeated. Napoleon Demers has been acquitted of murdering his wnfe in June last, after a second trial of great length. There sh-mld be no mistake made about Salisbury having the sliuhtnsr sympathy with the theory of Pmtcctmn. 1n the Course of a reply to the Bug of \Vinchilsca, can“. 3 (IN .. ‘nn’: 1]. whn :vser’fnr n. duty on “ 1% av 'lov, baiishun'f: ‘3 I 0'“ ghd ' H . v " .‘ not rXt-dgc ‘a matter of ‘l The publishing of the replies had a great ‘ elect upon the Americans, and the New York correspondent of the London Times in his connnenzs, said "The Prince of Wales n‘All understand American feeling I when he. authorized Sir Francis Knollys to ,. end a joint measage to the World in his l own and the Duke of York’s name. There s is not, from an American point of View, a .mrd too much or too little. It is a mes- lsage whkh both parties into which this l country is now divided can accept, and one, lwhich is equally gratifying to both. The people. of the United States have cherished la real regard for the Prince of Wales ever since his Visit to this country. where many ; pleasant nicn‘iories still survive. They re- ceivo with pleasure his assurance of friend ship. They will be likely to interpret it as expressing also the sentiments of the ' Queen “no has ever been a venerated figure to Americans and is not less now thim for two generations past. They see nothing irregular or uncom‘ontional in lthc sending of such communications as ithose now published. The eflect of them ihas perhapx‘ been more direct and hem:- ficial than if they should come through the Foreign O:licu or Parliament. Their sim- l plicity and sirccrity are cfl'cctual. Nobody ; here secs any reason why two Princes, I dcstinc(l,e:.cli in his turn,to he a sovereign. should not declare his good will to a sovc- I reign people. If it he unusual, and if their Highnesses have used their prcioga- ‘ tire to dispense with any courtly etiquette .5 or any punctillio of diplomacy. thatonlyi makes their kindly words more welcome to the people to whom the ' are addressed.” TORONTO I congratulate you on the gnud work that your paper appears to be doing in this direction. " u n H V 7 All that IS wanted :3 n, level head and cool common sensn :11 our Government. History wohld ham: to relate that the two mighty nutiuns of the Anglo-Sam": race, at s. time when they appeared to he nhout to overslmdnw the World in best interests of Christianity and civilization, preferred to cut each other’s throats almut ,a frontier squabble in a email South Ameri can) republic. The-proposition only requires to be stat- ed to demonstrntu its ub::llrc!it)'._ A‘I_I‘ Sm nmxun.m.â€".“Sir Francis Knollys is desired ‘hy the~ Primer: of \Vales and the {Duke of York to thank~ Mr. Pulitzer for llxis cablngmm; They earnestly trust and lcaunotlgut, believe. the present crisis will he auruugcd in a manner sntisfactbry tn ‘hbth countries, and will he succeedL-d'hy ’th'samc warm feeling of friendship which has existed between 'them for so many 7) yeajs. The following is the vigorous reply of Rusubery ;â€"-â€" Enmnvnamâ€"“I can only reply that I absolutely disbelicve in the pmsibility of war between the United States and Great Britain (:11 such an issue as this, for it Wuuld be the greatest crime on record. Wales anti his son, and Lord Rosebery. The following was the message from the Prince ;â€" The “World,” of New York, has done nine}: to preserve the sober sense of Am- erica in the unfortunate business over 'Vunezue‘m. Besides admimbly written articles on the question, it cableda great number ot leading men of England asking for their opinions. Two of the most notable repliee came frqm_ the Prince of Should be no Mistake. Power of the Press“ I Everybody knows that the earth makes one complete revolution on its axis once in each 24 hours. But few, however. have any idea of the high rate of speed at which such an immense IlbaJl must turn in order to accomplish ; the feat of making one revolution in a. Eday and night. A graphic idea of the ' terrific pace which the old earth keeps up year after year may be had by 1comparing its speed to that of a. can- noh ball fired from a modern high- pressure gun. The highest velocity ever attained by such a missile has been estimated at 1.626 feet per second. which is equal to a, mile ’in three and two-tenth (3 2-10) seconds. The earth in making one complete revolution in the short space of 2-! hours. must turn with a. velocity almost exactly equal to that of tho cannon bail. In short, the rzztc of speed at thc equator is e‘mctly 1.507 “rot per sevfinr‘. This is (final t3 3 :‘Se 9':er tiircc rad Pix ‘1‘"th mm. ‘ Pa. 17 miles a minut‘.â€"St. Lou's P."- Among the hills of old Berkshire is a. noble birch tree. gigantic in trunk and limb and abundant in foliage. which towers above its neighboring companions. but. grows apparently, out of an Immense granite boulder. Htre. one might think, it would have paused. submitting to the adamantine pnssure, either crushed utterly to the earth or dwarfed and deformed by its unyielding environment. But it had the irresistible evolutionary forces of na- ture behind it. The sunlight above wooed it from its prison house: it wished upwards towards the light. Gxadually the little crevice in the rock was widened_ the great Mulder was split asunder as by the' hammer or Thorâ€"the noble tree was scarcely (lis- tcrted by the struggle. protected from destructive storms by its conquered enemy.â€"Boston Transcript. _ J -4 o” I hope that New Year’s night will not he recorded against me. Those In~ Idians danced until four o’clock in the morning. and they danced to my utter demoraliéation. ”We sat around and watched the “gymnastics" and pretend- ed we cnjoyed them until about one o'clock; then we retired. We all three slept in Galx'dr-cr's office. a tiny apart- ment separated from the main room by a thin board partition. of which a good quarter section in the centre was removed to admit or the two rooms sharing a. single stove. There was a piece of loosened éheet iron tacked to the partition to protect it from the heat. and.my head was against that partition, and our blankets on the same floor upon which those Indians sprint- ed and jumped and shumediâ€"From “On Snow Shoes to the Barren Grounds." by Caspar V‘V. W’hltney, 1n Harper‘s Magazine for December. son Bay Company officers merely “re- ceived" on New Year's day; but as the Indians have a custom between sexes of kissing on mevting. and as it did not boeome an imr-artial officer to dis- tinguish in this respect between old woman and young. unattx‘acllx'e and attractive. the {mast was substituted; so now 1hr women are fed and danced instead of being hissed. \thn- we returned to the house the dance was still on: it was always “on" during the first thirty-six hours of our stay at La Blche. Formerly the Hud- net’s house and eat the Hudson Bay Company’s meat. There was no stab- [ling nor feasting for tlwsc dogs: in a :24 degrees below zero atmosphere they Istrctchcd out in the snow and waited, without CoverinK, and in many cases .without food. The Indians with their lblankct coats or capotes. and the dogs ‘and sledges and "jumpers," made a ; picturesque whole against the unbroken {background of snow, but, like all In- dian pictures. its attractiveness faded away on the close inspection that dis- covered the dirt of the man and the scraggy. half-starved condition of the ibeast. These people had never before seen a camera. and many of my plate shot-v them scurrying away or turning their backs. It was only after the most elaborate descriptions to Gaird~ nor. who instructed the interpreter, who explained’to the Indians. that we induced one or two "types" to sit in our pifsence while Homing sketched them. j‘hey thought we were making “medicine" agains: them. but were won over by Heming drawing the moose and caribu. while thcy watched the animals they knew so well develop un~ dcr his pencil. In front of the (art‘s Stockade were gossiping groups that grew wsth each fresh arrival, while scattered all about the enclosure. Just where their drivers had left them. were the dog trains of the Indians who had L‘Ouh. to fill G alrd- After what I had set-n on the night lbefore of the preliminaries to the an- inual feast day. I did not expect on ’New Years to be able to make any ,preparations for our further progress. Long before we had turned out or our blankets the houSe was literally pack- ed with Indians. and by noon time the ,flddle was golng and the dancers had lentlre possession o! the floor. I doubt ill? I eVer saw, outside or some of the lChinese dens in San Francisco. so .many crowded into the same space. I [lacked the heart to talk business with {Galrdnety who. I divined from some of Ibis remarks. had not accomplished. in the way ot~making ready our dog- brigade. all I had expected of him. I simply pitind him for the unpleasant and malodurous fulness of his home. and I pltied his halt-breed wli‘e and her daughters. who were kept cooking for and feeding halt-starved Indians from early morn until late into the night. Heming tool: hls pencil and scratch pad and I my camera, and we went out to see the New Year's day arrivals and the dogs and the Indians. Halt-breeds â€" French and Cree- iconstitute the longer share of popula- 3tlon at La. Btcnc. if I may class as glzs population muse scattered ower the :lmmediate surrounding country. and "vhore the settlement consists of Just :three cabins besides the Hudson Bay ‘Compa ny's. But, actor all, the French fbiood reveals ltsclf chiefly tn 8. few Christian names and In the more ranci- tul coloring and use of some articles 1-: wear. for there is little French spo- ls'm, the children of mix’ed parentage tongue. Cree. There are not more than one hundred Crees who come into La Biche, which is the most northerly post where treaty money is_ given. and they are not thriving to‘ any very great extent, nor increasing: The annuity at about five dollars a head ls not sum- clent to support and just enough to in- terrupt keen hunting: they plant a. few potatoes. which grow here fairly well. but are making no progress towards self-support. as are those of. the same nation more to the south. A Dane. '11:“: mm thirty-SI: nounâ€" Tho Hudson 31y Company’s Annual Reception to tho Indlunl It Ls Bleho- mm in the Grant Bun-on Grounds cum Northwest. .MZSOZ. OZ< mnwmmmuJ<I >m ”Pun. WI... no zOF<mmeuu A NEW YEAR’S DANCE The Earth ’n Revolution. 'r-é‘ a guitar. l ‘ i The municipal nominations on Monday‘ ’ were very interesting. Dr. Giles was elect- l f ed Reeve without opposition. A telegram ! u was read from Mr. Niven stating that. he . fwould not this year. he a candidate for’ municipal honors. The following nomina- tions were made for the Council. Mr. H. W'alling, Mr. Gould. Mr. D. McIntyre, Mr. Southbv, Mr. John Read. Mr. R. Thompson Mr. J. E. Holmes, Mr. Moon, and the three 1 old Councillor: Mr. Erskine. Mr. Dutton, ' land Mr. Dumn. Several of these nominees I l withdrew subsequently. After the nomin- .ntion a. meeting was held at which Mr. (Dumn made an efficient and impartial j chairman, and the treasurers statement was zdiscussed. It seemed that the Treasurer f had about $1,400 on hand, but this balance on hand was what was left of the Town ! Hall insurance money, and that on the 3lst ‘. December he had to pay to Mr. McNab the sum of $852. This would leave only 80 of the Town Hall insurance on hand, and Mr. Burnham's law bill had to be met. There was ho“ ever a considerable sum of taxes to Icollect, and if the Compan did not with- . i hold payment there would $2003 from the 1 y Company, but of this the County would take 181" .â€"A discussion then took place in which Mr. Moon, stated that the Council pulled down McNabs mill by the advice of their lawyer, Mr. Buruham.~A mtepayer 1 contradicted Mr. Moon in this assertion, and suited that Mr. Bumham could never - “vvru-J y- contra’l'lcted Mr. Moon in this assertion, and stated that Mr. Bumham could never have advised so illeged and stupid an action A reference was made to Mr. Bnmham's letter, when the ratepayers statement was found to be correct. Mr. Burnharn having ‘ven it as his 0 inion that the mill could be gnawed..“ff onpthe road allowanm " n" -n w..- . ....-. v.»- :a thorough cmnhing down over the {blunder-lug in the School money matter. He had filled every office in the Municipal- ity but Collector and Clerk ; he had drawn up a. system of hool-fi keeping for the late Treasurer. and had supposed that it had been carricl nn lny :he present Treasurer. Thix‘ blunder in the 801100“! money had been Inokf‘d at for the last. four years by Mr. Morgan Johns. The Auditors report had shounit in blank, and yet none of them had seen it. The clerk had discovered it, but he should have noticed it before. He strongly objected to the election of Mr.1 John Lewis. James Junkin was of opinion that m: Sir John Macdonald, Mr. Gladstone, and Six Oliver Mownt were :le in harness when much older than hinwclf, he s‘mv no reason why he should not. again direct tbn destin- ies of the Township of \‘ex-ulam.. He gave the Qouncil, Auditurs,Trunsuror and Clerk I'm” my qucscmn, way were an more or 108:: to blame, the auditors and councillors wm‘c pet-ham a lime too careless. Thv. dug tax ‘ was lcvivd lay statute, though its enforce- ment can he :woirhzd on the puritiul; of twenty ratepayers. He Hart-ed with Mr. Akistcr :us' n'gnrds whatever mmqu was to come from the View in R3" dohcnturcc, being due to the section that had paid the tax. Some of his friends had urge-d him to stand again, as they wished to scc him bring tn the tuwnshfp the honnr oi the Wardmship. If they were satisfied with his conduct in the past, he hoped to again roc'eive their support. Jas. Lithgow was not in good health. and spoke briefly. With regard to the Schnn! money question, they were all mum or 103:: The meeting then came to a dose. John Keily. touched on the dog taxing and the grant of nmney in the Agricultural Sm-icty. The nmncy that should have. been paid to Bohcuygum had bet-n spent on the rnads. and the people were having the benefit of it, sooner than they otherwise would. _, _ . auu wuunueu uu dark, at very large gather- Wm. Mann, Thus. J unkm, and James ing of sports havinga splendid time. ' Aki';tcr, all of the Council. spoke briefly g..-" .__ and said they would serve if ck cred. Mr. Akister referred to the Railway dcbeu- MINDEK. -f ' -l :l b n uid b ' the north- . . . , cures, “I“. l h 1!! 60. P ' ) - . h ‘ m our "um dunngthe past Week. 31:11] cast caper. If any {Microbt ““5 m Y5 c of them are home for the Cbris’mas holly. lmnk it should be given to the sectxon davq and others . ; .- ‘ a . . . .. _ In Spendmg cm “chum llltercblck, and nouo the general fund 01 vnth trends hen. th» tpuu ‘ in ). The Presbyterian Sqiree, held in the Town Mum-v nhns referred to the S'flmrfl HR“ 9n Tu'es .‘gyevcnxn33m3' wash nix'uflé . v -- . n.u:‘...:-u ~ ' 5. 1 n f.“ ‘. ul ‘4' . . questlon. He had Hammer; bl); :2cc-wtn_:{s ' me ma’ffifnjf’mm‘cfiéflm indeed. . ll‘l‘x’c and had always fmmd flu-m C({rrect It It ' Hall Wis mmfonamy filled. and Lb: P“) cnuli lu, arranged fur :m eleczmn by accla- I gramme, furniwhed untirely by local talent, malimx he would witlnlmw, but if there was fan? of: the most gnmrtaming ever rend- was to he a enutest he would stand. I ered "1 this place. 1he following mm thn VVV-V~J. ‘ Ruhr. M. That-stain, had ho particular objection to raise to the Council, though he thought the south side might have a strt»nger_r.epresex_ljation: Mr. Hetllrington intended to run inde- pendent. he'wuuld not. promise anything as he objected to election promises. He would like to hear about the schonl monies that had to be paid to Bolmygeon. If it had harms cnt. where had it gone. He was oppos to the tax on dogs. the dog being necessary on the farm. He would like to know the reusnn of the Councii giving $199 t4; the Agricultural Society. Afthe meeiing that followed the nomi- nations ;â€"-Mr. John Lewis spoke briefly on the gym-of the t_uwns_hig_) generally. , The Nominfifious fur Verulam held in the Town Hall, Bobcaygeon, passed 05 quietly, and but for Mr. James Junkin would scarcely have drawn a comment. For vae, Messrs Litllguw and James J unkin, were nominated ; Messrs John Kelly‘and Morgan Johns, for Deputy-Reeve; and fur Councillors, Messrs Jmnes Akister, \Villiam Mann. Tlxos. Junkin, William: Davidson, Wm. Hebhringtuu. Ruhr, M,‘ Thurston and John Lewis. The latter; gentleman withdrew, and all the others will go tuthcgoll. _ Long: \Vagon Brldza in Taxas. The longest wagon bridge in the world Is situated at Gaiveslon, Tex. It is more than three miles long and spans the Galveston Bay from north to south. Nlno Milli-m Stop: - Your. A Swiss statistician. a man of lots. ure. has oaken the trouble to count the number of steps he took in walking during the whole year. The number he finds to have been 9.760.900. or an average of 26.“.0 steps a. day. Going still further into details, he declawa that ow‘er 600.000 of these steps were taken In going up and down stairs. Welt”, 0!! Caps and W9 Chock. m of 1!. Although aluminium has disappoint- ed some of. the brilliant expectations unused by the discovery 0! cheaper methods of producing the metal. yet many new and important uses are be- mg found {or it. One of the most re- ccntis the employment of this exeeed~ his]? light metal for the powder cham- ber of cartridges. thus enabling a. sol- dier to carry 25 per cent more ammuni- tion without increase of weight. An- (uher comparatively new use for alum- inium is in the making or oil-cups for the crank-pins of high speed locomo- tives. Formerly these oil-cups. made of copper, were frequently broken by the tremendous centrifugal force deâ€" vclnpcd as they were whirled around. The aluminium cups weigh two-thirds less than those of copper. and conse- quently having leSS momentum, can stand the strain. Baggage checks,shoe- pegs. cooking utensils and other an- ticles in which lightness is desirable. are now made in large numbers of aluminium. Since aluminium gives 01'! no sparks when struck. its employ- ment for the metal work in powder mills has proved a source of greater DISTRICT Verulam Nommations EA LIB URTON. NEW USES OF ALUMINUM. -__--. WW‘ hall"- lm Luzérmh thie old guncil were re e acted am on. is is compased as followsy: W . Hmle, EaéoReeve ; and Messrs Wm. Steinkmuss. . Lyle. Geo. and John Gillespie, Councillors. V n-.- .v. e...p-u,menr. elsewhere and thus, withouta. penn ' in their pocket they have set out to ma. e their way back it their homes. Mr. Garrett kindly gave them itheir so. per and, at their own request lodged I: 1cm in the jail for the night, an the next moraine they set out on foot, four of them for Mi ‘ , and the other two for their home in the Gist Miss Edith Fielding. who Ins been teach- [ inz at Orono. is at home for the holidays. Her many friends here will be pleased to meet her again. To-day (Monday) is Nomination day. The Minden Council composed as follows : Mr. Kauai-licks. Reeve; and Messm H. Hob. den, ward Minaker, Samuel Gilbert and Marl: Morrison. Anson Nominations resulted as follows : Jns. Mortimer. Reeve; Councillors, Andrew Mortimer. Walter Smith, Those Bradley. Fred Burt. Robert 3 es, Charles W ‘ a and gen Raina-mount“:h "Rh ....u .m- interior or me church looked beautl ful indeed in its Christmas decorations , which werepven more elaborate than on I former occasxons. : Mom: Howar Max. On Fridav afternoon last five men. from the Howry Lumber Camps, Were up before Police Magistrate Fielding, on a charge or havingon Christmas Day. broken into the reeidence of Mr. Hamilton Harrison, of Snowdon Township, and stolen therefrom a quantity of provisions. The charge was not proven and the men were released from custody. The men were allowed to testify in their own defence and each swore posi- tively that they were not guilty. The house in question is situated within a. few rods of the Victoria. Railway track and was passed» I by these men on their way down 1mm Hali- I hurton to Kinmount. Several other men however had passed down the same day , and as none were seen to enter the house it was impossible to determine who were the guilty parties. Considerable sympathy was felt for these men as they appeared quite respectable but were without a cent. of money. Four of them were from Michi- gan and two of them from the eastern part; of Canudn. They had been engaged by the fl- _. v:- the wife of A. _.-...-. u unuy HAL Essay on Irish Humor. Rev. A. La\ Song and Chorus, . . . A Capita Christmas was a quiet; day with owing to the absence of snow few were nstir. The services in Sc. church were very interesting. The I Lawrence preached an appropriate ~ to a large and appreciative congre and the interior of the church looked ful indeed in its Christmas deco: which were'even more elabombe tl former occasxous. i Instrumental Duet, Cornet and Oman, Mbs J. and Mr. Archie McIntosh. (End-ore.) Recitation, . Mr. Munro. (gum-acne, .. The Midnight Fire Alarm. Address and Reading; Rev. 5. M‘rbonald. Instrumental ‘ . Mia: Juliet McIntosh. v 1mm“ A“ r_:A.L "uh, PART n. Instrumental Duet, Come A-ddn -ss, Instrumental, Enchore. ) Doll Drill and Lullaby -- ‘1‘“ and" 31 meg)“ ”Wevfor {he Christmas hon!- ayq a 0: an spendin the vmziun ; with friends here. g The Presbyterian Soiree, held in the Town ‘ Hall on Tu'esdafi' evening he» was. nsmitk n.u::.2{'- v a)“ ~4‘Auvfiv Zut - ~ the r--.a.Ԥ;:, mgr: unmet-3m! indeed. ' [he Hall “'15 mmfortalxly fined. and the Pro gramme, furnix‘hed entirely by loc‘al talent, was one of the most warez-raining ever rend- ered in this place. The following was the programme : PART I. Chairman's address, . Mr. Alex. McIntosh. Chm-us. .. Hark the Herald Angels Sing. Instrumenfal, .. Mi“ Gainer. Reading, Selected: . . . Mr. E. C. Yonno, Jilluum ;, u! ’ The biggest afternoon sport we have had for a. long timexame off on New Year‘s day. Wm. Lyle had a shooting match {or seven geese and four turkeys. Twelve persmli as So each hnd'a shot for a goose. The target. was a foot square. and the distance 100 yds. The shot nearest the bull's eye took the goose. The sport commenced a: om- o‘clock and continued till dark, at very large gather- ing of sports having a splendid time. ' ,, ,v- H..." --...-n r. unoxmul, Ahur‘.-luu Hales, McConnell, McCrea,Maguire,Parke1-, Presley and Stevens. , ”,7 7-.-: ... â€"..vv4u.,. u h'lv‘l \,uu.u'.l. The Galway Council is 3L1linnxficldJiv-‘Ve and Councillors Jas. Allen. John Gilmore, Michael Collins and George McKee. Monmouth elected C. A. Roberts. Reeve, and nonlinated,_§illiptg. Graham. “45”“an III ..,-. Mr. H. Graham and family are going to Coboconk tofurnish {he music part of tin; gem-amine in connection with the Baptist ission there. Mr. Harper, our esteemed station agent, has been a. little under the \\'eatl.«.;. ‘ -:t we are glad to say he is able to be about gain. Nominations were on to-day. Uniuu)‘ re‘ turned the old council. Luttcrmirth did the same thing. Somervillo didu r, Lu; placod‘twelve men in the field. A. Morri- son, J. Howie, J. Poll and J. Wilson an- the Reeves. Mr. Morrison should make a good Reeve and should be well supported. he has been tried and always did his Work well. \Ve do not know of a. man who could make a. better Reeve. Mr. Craig should make a good Deputy, he has good business qualities and has had some experience in Municipal affairs. There are a number of good men nominated for Councillom and than: nhmlld be no difficultynin choosing a good mu: El. 'I‘L-1\_I__A__ -- -A Mr. Peuchcn.of Toronto, was here last week in the intenest of the ('hvnflml Factory. Mr. F. DuLLman i: now touring the countrv. making an cstimnn- of how much wood can be taken out this “inter. Mr. Kinzsboro. who has been acting as Secretary. had a. Ina-r from Mr. l’e'uvhen on Saturdav. and he thinks the prmpect that the Company will lo’ffltc hen- are brightening. The members of the (‘umpany will be here earl); in January to look over thg_dit_Tgrgnt :sig. ts. ____.... . .. uncrl. The Mansfield block is com k-ted and a good stock of fresh goods in. m as w: the counters have not; arrived, uevcrihflcs.‘ thgy 81:9 do§ng a gogd business. ' We hadalively time last Friday a: the School meeting. A.Y. Hopkins the retiring Trustee was nominated aymin also H. 621;. ham and F.Duttmnn, Jr. But owing to what appeared to be 'what was railed a ring Mr. Duttman mtgned, a poll being demanded we had the liveliest. lime in Kinmount for a long while. The rain did not interfere with the canvass-cm and in the afternoon the II Clerk was kept husv, At one time it 100 ed as though 5.1 r.(.r;xhn'm was having a. walk over the course. hm 33,; Hopkins :ulled up on him, and at 4 p. m., the poll c osed with Mr: Graham} 1 a head. In, , ‘l__._n_vj LIAAL . Mr. bfiven is still detained in Toronto by sefire Illness. ere was very numerous and agree- able surprise party at; Mr. Southbys on Monday evening. The Wednesday and Saturday freight specual trains have been cancelled for the prisetnfi rt f t' f u mp0 0 a. mee mzo ratepaver- held on Friday, in Prust's Hall i : ‘ T ably crowded out. ' s um‘wd his advice was that the should obtain a certified map from the own Lands and be sure about the road allowance before they touched the mill.-.â€";.'l§r.Moon said there must be mother letter. but'x he 'other lectu- m not be ionndeâ€"Mr. Mchbh was and made some remarks on the subject 0! the desrructlon of his mm.â€"The publication ol Mr. Gordon's letter stdting his Intention to take legal proceeding against Mr. Prague and the oouncillom who acted with him in the nmt ler,c:msed much interest to be taken in the nomination meeting. and Mr ngc made some verypoiubed addresses to tho electors. , fielding. who bus been beach- “home for the holidays nds here win lhe pleasedys to day)‘ Is Nomination day. The Mde _~ ' NORTH VERBLAI Dec. 24th, in E. Kennedy, 305mm ofa son. penn ' in their pocket. they 3 ma. e their way back to r. Gal-mu kindly gave them Id, at their own request the jail for the night, an int: they set out on foot, n- Michigan, and the other “A In o1... A Capital Ship. .1 quiot_day wx_th us and 0! r‘enelon J Bobcaygeon, KINMOUNT- “-1.. Mr. E. C. Young. re. ) 8 I. ittle Girls. V _“ .1. Banner. Miss '- é~ Isa‘i'rénce- l0 cling". n' flnmiw ‘- kcrchief finnlh' My! to h.â€" kerchief. The {1 Prea. Battium' he hr “I ”N B. Swwaxt «I re nfu .urli LADIES - 0 HARDWA? fiastheBest )0 I“ n‘oc'nnt. De Anlmmeme 1m Bra Show! at PI! OF