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For all, except the busy farmer, is tsually {he mouth for recreation and recuperation Many of our citizens have been flying out of town to the varions resoris, and we almost envy them this indulgence. Lo us their soems to be no let up. We have undertaken serve the people, and our great ambition ir to do so cifectively and satisfactorily. We have been looking forward to the time when we could fudulge ourselves by taking a respite from business, but it must not be this season. We scarcely get nicely into oue season before the requirements of the next are pressing upon us, Here we arc piling up on the Rlrst Day 0 from Berlin, ¢ We have bought direct from the manufacturers this season, and shall be enabled to show values in thie line of goods that were impossible so long as we got out supplies through the ordinary wholesale channels, In view of the enormous stock we have coming forward and for which we must have ninple room, we have decided that the month of Fructus #'iall be essentially a bargain month. This is the month whep we get desperate, the mouth when we cat and close out Summer 8 ock and make ready for Fall Trade. It ie toe month of bargains. We never expect to make a cent this month and run business simply for your convenience, This year it will be particularly so with us. = We have large expectations for the Fall and to realize them we must have ample room for oar purchases. Men's, Boys' and Children's Clothing, Hats and Gent's Furnishings all bear their share of the bargains, Quarter off the price in some canes, half off the price in others, but everything throughout the entire stock shows shrunken prices. JONES & (0. Aug 1, 1804, GOAL RED FLAG! COAL PRESENT PRICE FOR Chestnut; Stove & Egg COAL 9.75. Delivered anywhere within the Corporation. AT COAL SHED $5.50. g%. Leave your orders at the RED FLAG. A. SOPER Port Perry, July 18, 1804. MORTGAGE SALE OF VALUABLE FRRM PROPERTIES DER and by virtue of the Power of Sale contained in two certain Indentures of Mortgage, dated re. spectively the 14th day of Febrnary, 1890, made by Archibald Weir, Albertie Weir his wifeand Susan Weir ; and dated the 11th day of April, 1590, and made by Rosa J. Weir, William M. Weir and Susan Weir, to the Vendors, default having been made there offered for 4b ORTH ONTARIO OBSERVER PCRT PERRY, AUGUST £, 1594 The Day of Judgment. Not a few of the members elect at the late provincial elections are being called to judgment on the charge of using unlawful methods for secur'ng heir election. The number of peti: tions now in is 18, of which the Con servatives have lodged 8 against Liber ls and the Liberals 6 against Conser- vatives, There 18 little use in dilating here on the charges preferred or speculat- ing on the result of the investigation, justice is some times done at election trials and all will hove to wait the re- sult, It is not at al! surprising to fiud so large a crop of protests entered after the close of our elections whether federal or provincial, the vaat number of candidates opens a v ide door to cor- astrious 'polic departnient of the public. service, and 50 long as this overcrowding continues so long will extravagance in its worst forms be the rule, What but the most criminal extravagance can induce the the election of ninety-four members when fourth of the nnmber the work much better and at one fourth Outario Government to sanction one would do of the cost. So long as the happy-go vasy, smoothly ridden electorate of the province suffer the overcrowding farce to continue, just so long will they Le robbed and fooled by worthless and costly legislation, and serve them right. Let the province be divided into say, twenty-one districts for parliamentary purposes and let one representive from cach district constitute the provincial parliament. Such a parliament would be a vast improvement on the present crowd of ninety-four members and would not cost the province one fifth the money. Until the growding farce shall have been abolished it would be only wasting time and effort to talk of reform. An over auy economical crowded legislature always advocate the crowding of every other depart So soon as the parlinmentary crowding has been ment of the public service. abolished the surplus hande in every other department will soon be cut off. It will counties in the province will be devid- soon follow that the several ed into five or seven divisions for county council representative purposes. Each division to send one member to County Council, thus reducing the number of members from about forty members to five or seven, and reducing the cost to one fifth of what it now is. Such vastly improve legislation, diminish reductions in mombers would the chances for corruption and fraud and reduce the expense to one fifth of what it now is. If we expect to secure reforms worth having we must begin at the right placetbagt once abolishing the crowding farce. Let the local legislature, its camp followers and the counties councils be cut down to one fourth of their present numbers and a big reduction of the mem bers and equipage of the Dominion parliament will soon follow, the Senate shall be wiped out and all other un uecessary trappings shall be cut off: The result of this generous pruning will effect a saving to the taxpayers of this young but great' Dominion of many, many hundred thousand dollars every year, and vastly improve every department of the public service. The Spider and the Fly. Toronto politicans are trying on a strongly concentrated application of the Spider and the Fly regime on the Patrons of Industry, and have so far succeeded as to have one Patron lodge established in the city. Of course the Patron Order know their own business, but if they study their own best inter- ests and the welfare of the province they will avoid Toronte as they would a plague. Toronto's political life his- tory is such as no order having any degree of eelf respect, old Le willing personators, ploggers apd bribers, Patrons of Industry occupy much higher ground than the politiciang, and if they adopt the significant phrase "Hands Off" as their watch word on the slightest approach of the politicians, then will the Patron Order stand for- ward as a guarantee for honest econo- mical and efficient government and a blessing to the province at large. But on the other band if Patrons come to give and take with the politicians the former will soon lose their identity and - | be swallowed up, « lively illustration of the spider and the fly will be placed before the public. The Patrons' plat. form is all right and if they stick to it, it will soon be the basis on which font Aerts an. army of | 22% wings, They are sordid fellows, too, those Toronto chaps, and now they are figuring out the amount of cash the Baptist delegates epent in that great | burg during their recent visit. They love the people for the amount of stuff they deposit." The following are the names of the successful candidates in this county in the recent High School Primary Ex- amination, Candidates whose names appear in list No. 2, at any centre, have passed the July part of the Prithary examina: tion, but have not passed the commer- cial examination, The certificates of successful can- didates will be sent to the principals of thie high schools, and public school inspectors, immediately after the re- sults of the junior leaving and matric ulation examinations have been an- nounced, ln no case will the marks to the candidates, Candidates who have failed, and who may desire to appeal, are re quested to wait until they have re- ceived their marks of the examination befgre making a protest. Per rbman, G. Goudy, M. Hambly, E il King, F. Marlowe, E. McLaughlin, o. Perkins, M. Pinkham, L. Proutt, 8, Shier, L Tipp. List No. 2--P. Frayer, E. Savage. Whitby--F. Barnett, J. Benson, E. Fitzpatrick, I Lawrence, K. Meen, J. Pilkey, Oharles Smith, 8. Saunders, R. Stewart, B, Tamblyn, G. Smith. Uxbridge-- List No. 1.--J. Ackerey, A. Brent, A. Clara, J. Chin, M. Gal- Lraith, W. Gray, E. Harper,, R. Has- sard, I. Law, O. McKay, E. McCabe, H. Petty, J. Reynolds, O. Shannon, M. Walker. List No. 2 --F. Harper. Oshawa--J. Arnot, H. Carr, G. Gadsby, W. Hinton, M. Hoar, L. Ked- die, A. Kinver, L. Lauchland, E. Stephenson, A. Scott, M. Talbot, H. Wigg. Pickering Oollege--List No. 1.--E Dale, E. Doyla, W. Gleeson, H. Leavens, C. McDonald, H. Reddin, F. Wright, List No. 2.--M. Leavens, M. Swith. The 16th of August in Port Perry. On Thursday, 16th of August, Port Perry, will be the Grand Centre of at- traction where every inducement will towns and villages to come in an join in the grand celebration of the "Open: ing the Gates of Derry" under the auspices of the Loyal True Blues of the town. The games and athletic sports will be so numerous and diversified that whole hosts may take part in the competition and have a chance to win handsome prizes, The races will be something good and the prizes will be worth contending for, The Lacrosse and Base Ball matches will be tearers and the cups well worth contending for, The committee of management have succeeded in securing the Ontario Ocatral Fair grounds on which to hold the grand celebration. The Grand Concert in the evening will be a fitting wind up to the celebration, The con- cert committee will procure something particularly good-- protessional--and the best nmatear talent will take part in the concert. The Excursion of the Season. --Our Fire Brigade has been success- ful in ne_otiating with railroad and steamboat ruthorities for a grand ex- cursion to Niagara Falls 'on Port Perry's Civic Holiday, Wednesday, August 22. On that day one of the grandest and most enjoyable excursions that has ever left Port Perry will take place. Rail to Toronto then by a magnificent palace steamer to Queens: ton thence hy electric railway to the Falls, And the rate has been cut so Jow that all may participate. (See posters.) Quarterly Religious Services will be held in the Methodist Church next Sunday. Lovefeast after the public service in the morning. Sacrament after the evening service. Business meeting on Wednesday evening. Lacrosse.--A good game of La- crosse wid witnessed on the Central Fair grounds, Port Perry, on Thursday last, between the Cannington Juniors and Port Perry Juniors, Port Perry scoring three games to Cannington two. iit ern Auction Sales. It will be seon by the posters that Mr. Swain is authorized to sell by anction at the Hotel in the Village of Tyrone, ou Friday 10th inst., the Hotel and other buildings and the lot on whieh they stand ; besider all the Furpiture &c., &c., contained in the buildings. Farm ProrerTIER,--It Will be seen on re- ference to the advertisement in another colamn that two fine Farms situated in the of Reach, will be sold by un Tydats ey noon, Prince Albert. From the noble army of intelligent boys and girls in attendance at our school quite a number entered the lists for examination as to their educa- tional claims to pass the High School Entrance. Amidst the hosts of the young intelligent aspirants from the several schools in the district Prince Albert candidates made a splendid showing, six girls and three boys hav- ing passed successfully. Such a show. gence to the aspirants and gives satis- factory evidence of the ability and success of the two active young ladies, Miss Tewsbury and Miss Weir who teach the school, the former as prinoi- pal, the latter second teacher. Prince Albert is still on the crest of y's wave, the two valuable Be, the northern section of the village lately one by Mr. James Lang the other by Mr. Chas. Fincham are being ly im- work- men, are now being and | for months | substantial elf and: extensively repairing and renovating old omes, Aastly improving the appearance and greatly adding to the valve of the be reported direct by the department |) be given to all the surrounding country, P Japanese Utterly The Japanese absolutely give quarter, The transpo Shopiont island, for which p (alsworthy was steering, in beach ber under the fire of when the fatal torpedoes charged at the Kow Shing. warship, the Lion, attracted by the sound of the firing, as the transport sank and suecel rescuing someof the unfortu soldiers, but all the fore ported to have been killed af the Kow Shing while returning of the Japanese, or else the drowned by the sinking of port. The Japanese are sal behaved with an utter dis laws of civilized warfare, by to receive on board the drow who swam to the cruiser from ing transport. bi NO PROVOCATION FOR THE ATY Yondon, July 30.--The legation has received a despal Pekin saying that there was cation whatever for the ree made upon the Chinese fle warships of Japan, I ships were during the engagement, itiss in the Pekin despatch that considerably damaged. I JAPAN LIKELY TO PAY FEAR, = Washington, D.0., July30.--Itis the opinion in diplomatic ckcles here that the Japanese have male a grave error in sinking the transport Kow Shing, and ooe that is likely to cost them much - money in reparation bes sides the Irhiliation of ax apology. The Kow Shing was of a line of coasts ing steamers belonging to Hugh Math: ieson & Co., and tradirg between Chinese ports. The vessel was under the British flag when she 'was suk: Although she carried Chinese troops to Corea it ig said here that she did not, in doing so, violate the law of neatrals ity, for there has been no declantion of war or open acknowledgment by either China or Japan that a stale/of war prevails, The vessel, therclre was engaged in legitimate traffic, jand the Japanese are likely to pay dearly for sinking her and destroying the lives of the ship's company, etc Nestleton. Dear 8ir,--Our active "Committee have issued the following Lill of fane for the grand tournament in this lace : Harvest Home Pic-Nic Axo GRAND Foor Bain Tournament will take place at Nestleton, on Friday, Avgiist 17th in the beautiful grove of Mr Jas, McLaughlin, lot 16, con, 6, Cart: wright. A very enjoyable time is ex: pected as several foot Lall teams in tend to compete, viz:--Port Perry, Burketon, Yelverton, Bloomington and Nestleton, The first match will be called at one o'clock, In the even- ing a choice program will Le rendered by the best local talent. A platforns will be constructed in the grove those who take pleasure in that i giving exercise, Duncing. ly well supplied booth will: be | grounds. Every one will be ex to bring a large basket filled up to the handle with pic-nic delicacies Free to all. The following Committee will have things properly arranged for the people, A. H. Veale, Jas, Devitt, F. Hyland, O. Marlowe, John Lattimer, Ged. Nesbitt. 'God save the Queen. -- i ttentnt Woodbine's Trotting Meeting. For the trotting and pacing meet ing, which begins on Toronto's Civic Holiday at Woodbine, the purses total $5,000, three races being card for each day. Entries close August 6 to Mr. Geo. Briggs, Wood- bine race course, Toronto. ditions and events are : -- pace, $500 ; 2.24 class, trot, $400; 2.35 class, trot, $400. Second day, August 14.--2.30 class, pace, $400 ; 3.00 class, trot, $400; 2.20 class, trot and pace, $400. Third day, August 15 --2.40 class, trot and pace, $400; 2.29 class, trot, $400 ; three-year-old foals, 1891, trot- ting, $200. Fourth day, August 16--2.18 class, trot, $500 ; 2.26 class, trot and pace, $400 ; 2.10 class, trot and pace, $600. Conditions-- Horses eligible July 16, 1894. Entrance 5 per cent. of purse and an additional 5 per cent. from winners. Purses divided, 50, 28, 5 and 10 per cent. Five to enter, four to start. Horses distancing the field entitled to first money only. : Husband and Wife Dro Sturgeon Poiut, July 31.--Mr. and James Carling of the Steele Bros. were drowned here at 8.15 this es while returning from a fishing ex They were out in a canoe, to Carling was not accustomed. When fi Mr. Carling had his coat half off legs were slightly enfangled with a line. e of deceased lady and gentleman mi known ja Toronto. The Time is Up. 3 The time for filing petitions in the follos ing constituencies has elapsed and the who hold them are safe :--Brant No Brockville, Bruce South, Bruce Cen Brace North, Frontenac, Grey, North, Gi Routh, Grey, Center, Kent East, Kent, Wes Middlesex, West, Norfolk, North, Otta Peel, Peterboro', West. Renfrew, So Simcoe, West, Simcoe, Center, Vi West, Wellington, South, Went: South, Cardwell, Carleton, Dundas, ing is highly creditable to the intelli- Lamb All War is Brutal. There ontor) in England Lr E the men thrown into the water by the | (Special of The Globe.) Port Perry, July 27.--Port Perry is head of the Trent Valley Canal. almost said the *'end," but the word would be too suggestive of the millen- nial days, when the Grit and Tory shall liedown together and public works shall no longer bias a doubtfu! constitu- envy. The town is busy and energetic, with just a sufficient country air to hu- manize the inhabitants, If a man should be run over on the street no one would complain of the waste of time in pickig him vp. Ifa man's horse or ow should die intestate his acquain- tances would feel a genuine interest in his loss. The people know the names and generally the circumstances of their next-door neighbors, and they are all cemented together with a bond of human brotherhood which they wold | be unwise to barter for an electric car service aiid power house chimney. The waters of Scugog Luke look calm and inviting in spite of their . vawe. In | fact it is asserted that during the inter- vals between generalelection campaigus there is a calmness and repose along the entire canal system of the Trent Valley. Its placidity may be disturb wd occasionally by a bye-election, but ) ol tion can rouse it h. Then the canal rises to occaston with a strength not dreamed of during its time of placidity, and ic becomes a power in the land. Test this phenomenon of a canal rising and falling periodically at intervals of four and five years should prompt the Cana- dian Iuostitute to send out an investi- gating expedition, it may be well to ex- plain that the rise and fall is purely political, In spite of the reformatory influence of the Patrons of Industry and the Trades and Labor Council the average citizen has not yet reached a moral eminence from which he will de- cline a canal or railway at the expense of some one else. And as long as the prospect of a canal with two ends is pleasing to contemplate, the project of completing that of the Trent Valley 'will ho taken periodically from the election properties box and held up to the admiring gaze of the electorate along the route, As thers were no symptoms of disturbance above the political horizon we--not the editorial "we," for there are two of us--felt no hesitation ahout venturing out over the waters of the Scugog with unusual baggnge and a somewhat inadequate canoe. OUT IN A CANOE, Of course we put out the trolling {spoon. Pecple always do on such oc- casions. But I hesitate to tell the re- sult, on account of the bad reputation attaching to the business, through the circulation of noreliable reports. There was the usual preliminary complaint about the scarcity of fish, then the tug on the line which almost stopped the boat, the backing to disengage the hook from the sunken Jog, and the second violent jerly which told that the sup: posed log / was a fish desperately in earnest. How we hauled in the line and narrgwly escaped a enpsize while lifting Abe victim over the side is a ir story. Cyrus aimed a fierce deadly blow at the crown of his | with the heel of ene of his unused and the poor 'victim of man's cunning and duplicity received his death wound, He looked up at us with one of his great accusing "eves, bat through his appealing glance could be seen a thought of defiance. He seemed to feel that if both ends of the canal had Leen finished he would have scorned the deceptive spoon and defied the flerce boot heel which worked his undoing. This feeling of hopefulness for enlarged opportunities promised with the completion of the canal ex- tremities is more general along the on 'the | main line than on the Scugog, which is merely a branch of the znnal proper. The fish was not a maskinonge, only a The con- | pike, an acknowledgment which should {| put my reputation for veracity beyond First day, August 13.--2.16 class, | question. I carefully took his dimen- sions with a tape line, both length and bust measurement, and made an honest estimate of his weight, while holding him suspended by the eyebrows ; but I do not intend to expose myself to the jeering skepticism of an incredulous public. The Sougog, both lake and river, ex- tend from Port Perry to Lindsay, a distance, when straightened out, of about thirty miles. It is supposed to be a part of the great canal; but to a casual observer the shores exhibit no trace of the fact. The natural slope of the banks make no suggestion of the proverbial cow path and mule driver. In many places the harvest fields, which would be called golden before the fall in wheat and barley, force their way down almost to the water's edge, But the cedars still dispute possession successfully where the chores are swampy., These have almost without exception as graceful and symmetrical an outline as if they had grown under the special supervision of the Toronto Parks and Gardens Committee The ing sunlight gave a reminder that 4 o electric lights along the when an invitation point samie out fre: tlie shore to meet us we exercised the right of all citizens of the ld and squatted. With our own _caught fish in the canoe, we dis- lained the caoned fish and other Jational Policy supplies. Our own was free from the inroads of the collector. Only the hook, the spoon, line, the swivel, the paint, the ish, the paddies, the canoe, and boat, for the time extemporized in- dagger of mercy, had borne the . We combed hin against the dissected and otherwise prepared according to our light. And as coiled np comfortably on the flat over the fire, 1 proceeded to write pary, punctuated by the violent of many a hungry and partly mosquito. Cleanse the System Hy yet gently, when costive or , or when the blood is impure or ,.to permanently cure habitual pation, to awaken the kidneys to a healthy activity, without gz or weakening them, to dispel colds or fevers use Syrup of w man who bonsts that he works § hia head instead of his hands is ly reminded that the wood. 'dons the same and is the biggest Potato Blights. By James Fletcher, F.R.8.C., F.L.8. There are few diseases of field crops which are the direct cause of wore loss to the farmers of Canada than the two blights which have boen aptly termed by-Prof. L. R. Jones, of Verwout, the arly Blight and Late Blight of potatoes, These are usually confound: ed under the various nawes "Potato rot," "Potato blight" and "Potato rust;' Lut, as a matter of fuct, although some- what similar in general appearance they are very dittinct and are due to the uttucks of two diferent vegetable parasites. 1. The Barly Blight.--This disease is caused by the fungus Mucrosporium solani, E. & M., and shows itself dur- ing the mouths of June and July, when greyish brown spots appear upon the older leaves. These soon become dry and crisp, and in bad cases the whole leaf is atfected, so that nothing is left but the stems and the tubers stop growing. ~ & The Late Blight, Potato Rot.-- This disease of the potato is due to the attack of a parasitic fungus, known by the name of Phytophthora infestans, | D. By. The life history of this enemy ricly-as follows. Thu fungus is planted oh it in the spring. soou as the potato throws out its shoots, the parasite grows with it, running vp through the tissues of the stems, and fromm about the end of July produces bepeath the leaves an abundance of spores, or seed-like bodies. These are exceedingly minute, but are produced in such numbers that they frequently give a frost-.ike appearance to the under sides of the leaves. When these spores are produced on thie leaves the appear- ance known as "rust" shows itseif in the shape of dark' brown spots, which are caused by the dry- ing up of the tissues, from the parasite having used up their contents. From the rust stage all future infection takes place, Some of the spores nre carried by the wind and falling upor. the leaves of other adjacent plants, produce more rust spots, while others falling to the ground are washed beneath the surface, and reaching the forming tubers produce the rot stuge. The wet-rot, as seen in autumn in the tubers, is the form of this disease which is best known, but Potato-rot is really a dry-rot which kills the tubers, and in autumn the wet-rot follows as a result of decay. In winter the disease occurs in the tubers, as patches of Lard, whitish, diseased tissue, In this district the rust stage dors not generally appear until about the first of August and this is the first evidence that blight is present in the field. As a rule the dark spots appear only on a few leaves at first, but if the weather favourable the disease spreads rapidly from spores carried by the wind from these centres of infection, so that a large field may become dis- eased in a few days, and asa result the orop of potatoes be ruined, REMEDY, Careful experiments have shown that by spraying the potnto tops five or six times at intervals of about two weeks, beginning early in July, for the early blight, and at the time the rust first appears, for the potatorot, with the mixture of sulphate of copper and lime, known as the Bordeaux mixture, both of these injurious diseases can in & Jarge mepsure be controlled, BORDEAUX MIXTURE. be Copper sulphate. ..... 6 pounds, Lime, fresh.. og Water... ol onb 45 gallons. To make Bordeaux mixture, take 6 pounds of copper sulphate (blue vitriol) aed tie it vp in a piece of thin cloth-- an ordinary salt bag answers well-- then suspend it from a stick laid across the top of a coal oil or other lLarrel half flled with clean water, so that the bag may be just beneath the surface of the water, when the copper suiphate will dissolve in an hour or two, In another vessel slake 4 pounds of fresh lime in sufficient water to make a thin whitewash. Strain this through a fine sieve or sack to remove all lomps. When the copper sulphate is all dis- solved, pour the lime wash into the barrel slowly, stirring the mixture all the time. Now fill up the barrel to the top with water, and the mixture is ready for use, To apply this mixture to the foliage, undoubtedly the best and cheapest way is to use a proper spraying pump and nozzle, but if these are not on hand, good results which will well repay the trouble, may be obtained by applying the mixture with watering cans sup- plied with fineroser. There are several different kinds of spraying pumps in the market ; perhaps the most conven- ient for this work is a force pump at- tached to a barrel on wheels, to be drawn through the fiold by a horse. Smaller machines, known as Knapsack Syrayers, consist of a reservoir contain- ing a small force pump, which can be earried upon a man's back, Both of these kinds of pumps can be purchased for about $10 to $20, and are now for wilt sale by most-of our seedsmen., ~ It be necessary to spray the field two or three times to protect the crop thorough- Jy. There is po danger of injuring the foliage with the above mixture, A great advantage of this mixture is that Parie Green, the only practical remedy for the Colorado Potato-beetle, ean be applied at the same time, To do this, mix from a quarter to half a pound of Paris Green with a little water 80 as to make a thick paste, and then add it to the 45 gallons of Bordeawx mixture; that is, it is used in exactly the same strength as with plain water. These mixtures must be kept con- stantly stirred while being used, as both the lime in the Bordeaux mixture and the Paris Green sink quickly to the bottom of any mixture if left undis- turbed, The time to apply.--The Bordeanx mixture is a preventive remedy, and the time to apply it in any locality is just before tha blights treated of usual ly appear there, the object being to keep the plants, during the whole of the time they are liable to injury, covered with thefungicidal preparation. The early blight in this purt of Oanada generally appears at the end of June or early in July. The late blight or potato-rot seldom shows itself until August. Therefore, spraying should be begun eurly in July and every two weeks at least until the end ed | damage. Oh! Mr. Hardy! Nh AY Protests are pouring in at Osgoode Hall thesedays. Four more were filed this morning, viz: Kingston, Center ' Simcoe, North Lanark and South Brant. Two of these are against Conservatives and two against Liber- als. So far fourteen petitions bave been filed as follows : : Agninst Liberals, by Conservatives -- East Huailton, Welland, Monk, Bast Peterboro, South Brant and Centre Simcoe. --T7. - Agninst Conservatives, by Liberals -- London, East Toronto, South Perth; North Lanark, Kingston--5. Agnivst the P,P.A., by Liberals-- West Lambton, And in South Renfrew the Reform- ers are fighting among themselves and one faction has protested the election of the other. AFTRR HARDY. The most important petition yet filed is that against Hon, A. 8. Hardy. It apparently aims at uneurthing a gigantic system of corruption such as that which recently caused such an upheaval in Newfoundland. : Thomas Dowling, merchant of Brant- ford, is the petitioner, and he alleges ing, etc, by al * sums of money ed, contrilinted and paid as promised to be given, subscribed, contributed and paid by corporations, companies and persons residing or carrying on business in Oanada, and in the State of Michigan and in other States of the United States of America who were or are entitled to or interested in the ownership or lease cr license of mines or minjng lands, and timber and timber lands in the Province of Ontario and by holders of beer and liquor licenses or agents or other persons for and on their behalf, ete," AND TO OTHER RIDINGS. The petition goes on to recite that this money was transmitted through banks and banking corporations not only to South Brant but to divers other constituencies and used to uphold the members of the Government. The petition, as well as that from Centre Simcoe, was filed by Laidlaw § Kappelle.--News. 1 saw her just one moment, Oh! could I see her now, With that wreath of orange blossoms Around her snow-white brow. The origin of the wearing of orange blos: soms at weddings is given in a charming Spanish legend which appears in Kate Field's Washington. The following is the legend referred to. Read it. An African prince presented a Spanish king with a magnificent orange tree, whose creamy, waxy blossoms and wonde ful fra- grunce excited the admiration of the whole court. Many begged in vain for a branch of the plant, but a foreign ambassador was tormebted by the desire to introduce so great a_ curiosity to his vative land. He used every possible means, fair or foul, to accomplish his prepnse he gave up in des pair. The fair daughter of the court gard- cner was loved by a young artisan, but lucked the dower which the artizan's family considered necessary in a bride. One day, chancing to break off a spray of orange blossoms, the grdener thoughtlessly gave it to his daughter. Seeing the coveted prize in thewgirl's bair the wily. ambassador promptly. offered her a sum sufficient for 'the dolvry, provided she would give him the braheh and say nothing about it. Her marriage was soou celebrated, and on the way to the altar, in graceful remembrance of "the source of all her happiness, she secretly broke off another bit of the lucky tree to adorn her hair. Whether the poor court gdrdner lost his head in consequence of his ddugnters treachery the legend does not state, but many lands vow know the wonderful tree, and ever since that wedding day orange blossoms have been coueidered a fitting adornment for a bride, © Good Winners--Poor Losers. The New York Sun, which is the best written and meanest newspaper in the United States, considers it shocking that British erowds should cheer British seamen when the yacht that flies the Union Jack beats the Amerlcan boat, This is termed a lack of sportsmaulike feeling. If there is a people on the face of the carth that bas no use for outsiders in sports that people lives in the United States. -- When George Gould announced that he was wot going to toady to the Prince of Wales, but that he would win if be could, the Sun and other American papers applanded him Now the same papers are hanging Mr. Gould because he tried to win and failed. With this sort of Americans when the Yankee wins he's a dele, when he loses the other fellow is no good.-- Telegram. Very Professional. A well-known attorney in this city has a bright clerk. He is so brilliant that some day he'll be a lawyer. One day the attor- ney entered the office and the clerk said : * Mr, B: was here to retain you, "Did he say he would come again?' No ; bat I took a retainer. Bright boy ! What was the retainer ?' ' Fifvy dollars, sir." 'Fifty dollars! uy retainer fee, you know, is a hundred, ou have been very unprofessional.' But he said it was all he had.' 'Hum | And you took it? Good | Very professional, my boy ; very professional.' Cat nting the Cost. duly 27.--The reports of the the 1ailway property by fire, rsh: 's ee, it is 2. 5 Chie destructio ou file in al Swoen e railways' strike was $855,012. Will go into Liquidation. The registrar of friendly societies has ordered the Canadian Masonic Mautoal Benefit Association to be wound up and has appointed Mr. Audrew Elhs, sccretary-treasurer of the association, as the liquidator. The association has been in existence 20 years, but lately it has been found that owing to the increased heavy assess- ments, eonsequent upon the extreme old age of its members, it could not continue. b@siness on the old assess ment system. The directcrs made every effort to bridge the difficolty, but several members who have been dissatisfied with the premiums demand: ed by the new schemes made comping to the registrar and the resnlt has Len that the ussociation will be wound up. Mr. Ellis, the liquidator, who has a thorongh 'knowledge of the Lusiness affairs of the society will be able to liquidate at as small a cost as possible. This is a serious matter and will be greatly disappointing to many masonic rethren in this seation of country. ---------- 'Wheat harvesting in Manitoba has com- menced. ere is every reasom $o believe that the entire crop will he saved without by frost. In Ontario also the. barvest prospects are good. The ontlook for a isk fall trade is exceedingly en- a of o bore at thet. of Augnet.. " were given, subserib- |! "77 HEAL The Experience of 8 Well-nown HE Trius THE STORY oF THE DISEASE THAT AFryictep Him, THE SUFFER: 1868 HE ENDURED AND mow HE FoUND RELEASE--OTHER SUFFERERS | MAY TAKE UOPE FROM HIS RELEASE. From the Teeswater News. Of all the ills that flesh is heir to perhaps none causes the sufferer keener anguish, and few are more persistent and more difficult to eradidicats from the system 'shan the nervous disease known as sciatica. The #ctim of an aggravated form of this malady suffers beyond the power of words to express, und it is with the utmost reluctance that the disorder yields to any course of treatment intended for its cure.-- Hearing that a most remarkable cure had Leen effected in the case of Mr, William Baptist, a respected resident of the township of Culross, a News reporter called upon that gentleman to ascertain the facts, Mr. Baptist is an intelligent wellsto do farmer, He 18 well known in the section in which he resides and. is looked u nim integri ; 'been a great sufferel He received the News representative with the utmost cordiulity and cheer fully told the story of his restoration to health, remarking that he felt ita duty to do so in order that others afliicted as he had been wight find re- lief, Up to the fall of 1892 he had been a healthy man, but at that time while harvesting w turnip crop during a spell of wet, cold, and disagreeable weather, he was attacked with sciatica, Only those who have passed through a similar experience can tell what he suffered. He says it was something terrible, The pain was almost uren- durable and would at times cause the © perspiration to ooze from every pore Sleep forsook his eyelids. His days days of anguish and night brought no relief. Reputable physi: sicinie- were consulted without any appreciable benefit, Remedies of various kinds were resorted to and his condition was worse than before. The limb affected began to decrease in size, the flesh appeared to be parting from the bone, and the limb assumed a withered aspect. - Its power of sen< sation grew less and less. It appeared as a dead thing and as it grew more helpless itis little wonder that the hope of recovery began to fade away. All through the long winter he cor + tinued tn suffer, and towards spring was prevailed upon to try Dr. Wil liams' Pink Pills, He commenced using them and soon felt that they were dc« ing him good, and hope began to res vive, By thedtime he had tuken three were hoxes the pain had ceased and the diseased limb began to assume a natural condition. He continued the use of the remedy until he had taken twelve boxes. In course of time he was nble to resume work and to-day feels that he is completely cured. He has since recommended Pink Pills to others with good results. ' An analysis shows that Dr. Willi- am's Pink Pills contain in a condensed form all the elements necessary to give new life to the blood and restore shat« tered nerves, They are an unfailing specific for all disenses arising from an impoverished condition of the bloody or from an impairment of the nervous syst=m such as loss of appetite, degres- sion of spirits, an®min, chlorosis or green sickness, general muscular weakness, dizzinness, loss of memory, locomotor ataxia, paralysis, sciatica rheumatism, St. Vitus' dance, and the after effects of la grippe, nnd all dis- eases depending upon a vitiated con dition of the blood, such as scrofula, chronic erysipelus, &e. They are also a specific for the troubles peculiar to the female system, building anew the blood and restoring the glow of health to pale and sallow cheeks. In the case of men they effect a radical cure in all cages arising from mental worry over- work or excesses, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are manu- factured by Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Brockville, Ont, and Sch- enectady, N.Y., and are sold. only in boxes bearing the firm's trade mark and wrapper, at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.60, and may be had of all dealers or direct by mail from the Dr, Williams Medicine Company xt either address, Beware of imitations and substitutes, it The Markham twelve tallied four times in a game with Uxbridge Incrosse teaw while the latter were vainly tty- ing to notch one point. Over 4,000,000 people in the United States live upon the wages paid by railroad companies, Professor Dewer has demonstrated that metals augument their ~magnetio qualities and increase in strength by dinunution SE dep) pera ; normal tensile strain. i China's Imperial Canalis the largest in the world and the greatest in point of traffic. Its length is 2,100 miles, and it connects forty-one cities situat- ed on its banks. It was completed in 1350 after 600 years spent in its construction, Lernon juice squeezed in California, treated with a preservative proeess, and sent east by the barrell, is now sold in earthen jugs containing from half a gallon to ten gallons It is used for all sortu of omestie purposes, for lemonade and for making mixed drinks at the bar and in clubs. There is a constantly growing trade not only in electricty sent to the evs- tomer hy wire, hut in regularly stored electricity. Storage batteries are much charged at at places that make a bus- iness of manufacturing electricity. -- The price is ahont 50 cents per cell, and it takes from six to ten hours to charge a battery, the time varying with its size. Stored electricity is handied like any other commercial article. : K.D.C. is marked, prompt and lasting ; in its CH Use K.D.O. for all stomach troubles. % : pImTE: 3 HOSSACE--In Parkdale, of the 21st ult., the wife . of Rev. D. C, Hossack, M.A, of a som used for running phonographs and other light tasks, and batteries ave i 3