New Advertisements This Week. White. & Scott. Tenders-- Fred. te yoo. Fi le ee Catalogue Sale--Mrs. T. C. Chisholm. = The Liquor License Act--A. M. Fisher. Carpets and Curtains--A. Macnair & Co. Dining-Room Girl fader sa --_ ime' » Compound-- Wells, Rich- ee? a ee -- ' THE SLO ee Se pram ater roc ""Strattord Times. ~~ WEDNESDAY, APRICTT. 1888- e ronto. Kmpire says : -- The § ford Beard of Education and the Minister of Education have been at aeeenents over the Departmental Kegu- - onthe subject. of school libraries aad of .acience. | th suppl to the su' w naan wey ii was deficient e quality of the hea been ren from the Mechanics' Institute at an ann coat on Minister of Education write to the Board =a) that unless the equipment of the in books and a tus were brought up to the stan ber the school 'ould lose its status as a Collegiate Insti- tute ; but after interviewed by a member of the Board he agreed, accord " to the Stratford Beacon, compromise the matter for an ontlay of tad for ap- | and will think that not.-have been mulcted in $100 if they were in the Evidently, Mr. Ross has little it. j fs in the wisdom of Pe nape eS no wonder that he should have little age in theny. - Tm . THE UNRESTRICTED RECI- PROCITY DEBATE. The debate In the House of Commons on the Unrestricted Reciprocity resolutions closed at 4.10 o'clock on Thursday morn- ing last. Ona division being made, the Yeas.-- Amyot, ---- Bain, (entweet). Barron, Bec' , Bernier, , Bourassa, Bowman, Brien, Bur- dett, ht (Sir R.,) Casey, Casgrain, it, . ° heuer, Ellis, Misett, Fisher, Geoffrion, | Gillmore, Guay, Hale, Holton, innes, Jones, (Hal.), Lang, » _(Mon.), » (Que.), Laurier, lonald, (Hur) Melntyre, McMillan, MeMuilan, Mills, (Both.), Mitchell, ac (Hur) Mul- land, my don, (St. J.), Welsh, Wilson, (Elg )--67. Nays.--Audet, Bain, (Soul, ), Baker, Bell, Bergeron, Bowell, ass Brown, B Cameron, Cargill, ling ter, Dawson, Denison, Desaulniers, Desjardins, Dickinson, Dupont, Ferguson, (Lanark ; &Glen.) Ferguson, (Renfew), Ferguson, (Windaor,) Foster, Freeman, audet. ; 'Card Ren.), Wilmot, W ; (argen Win ee); Wood (Brock.), 4 'ood (West.), Wright.--124, i : HT rieeeite FREI peo. ~4-- tO ee Te 9 Re al TORONTO BUCKET SHOPS. THEIR FARLY HISTORY AND THE CAREERS OF THOSE WHO RUN THEM. STORIES OF THE GAY AND FESTIVE COx-- A. T. KERR AND AIS DOUBLE LIFE-- BUCKET SHOP METEORS OF THE FAST. : April, A, <RUck_shope "have only sprung up of late years in Toronto, but they fave done incalculable hatity axe ruined many promising careers... The men injured have not been those of large re- sources, but clerks, struggling ----. men and others, many of whom hail neither the nerve nor experience required Ra Bay : (PAG ' 9 at. Eee this city is concerned, and before ticularizing, will sketch the whole situa- tion in a general way up to the present time. : The first bucket shop of which Toronte easel eA RS. 1883 by s Seen BY Serfat pretentious little place on Front at. ea>: are situated. [he proprietor was an elderly man and did _but.a small business. In fact his record is scarcely remembered here now. In his day, however, he at- tracted Consiteradle attention, -arat time bucket shops were not the gilded palaces of the present period, but were classed as ordinary gambling dens, Any person who had the termerity to open one was consequently regarded as a man of nerve and a " boss" gambler. It was not long before this man, whose name I have often heard, cannot recall, cloded and left the city, and the lat I saw him was out west selling agricultural implements. THE FLASH FIRM. Detroit. ttle money, but a plentitude of Afterward he left the city and is now sergeant on the police force Detroit. | " ©oX AND CO ii | HE it HH Al ef i P' just at the time of ers & Cassells failed, and the crash Cox pe business 'almer aoore ® cheque of the firm for $21,000, for which th i 4 Hoch ay ; " S EEE Hf FE E REELS : Fee 3 i 1 eee i I HE fief Ate Ht g Ha Hilf i I fit E t f igi EEE E H i E ! il i gre Hatt E i 4 i 5 REE TE re par. cash t he thy ring of aie e: i RS, where many of the great wholesale house. \ E Hit | gctions on the Board of Trade iteelf ; Cox amount of harm of operators | ford to lose heavily. In fact, his career com ' | fall of "BS or the spri i tinued until the wreck of the Central Bank last year. Ther, owing to the energy of ex-Mayor Howland, Cox, Blain, i McDenald and others were obliged to fi lthe country. Cox was always a strong') }Cottservative poligicjap. wire-pulles, | and conducted his busitiess in a happy-go- Incky, to @ great extent, « shrewd way. once in i the witness box in regard to the Central | Bank gnatter, aod in answer te a question et. hid oo dor - i. : c 2008. e . " fend if I haven't, [haven't." It ic scarcely necessary to remark that Cox got ahead of the Centrattiank to the extent ef $150,-- 000, all of which he invested in his bucket shops. 7 Sie: SERNA T t 5 Another gtar of the first magnitude dur- "ig the time of Cox was A '. Kerr, and y arta us career here was decidedly a checkered His bucket shop waa situsted on the «. aer of Scott and Front streets, and did «t business. Kerr was formerly man- of Wie Bank of Montreatin Perttr, was tra: * red to Guelph, however, 1 > bank allowed him to go, then forme. o partnership with C, E. Howitt, a private banker in the royal city. Howitt supplied the money and Kerr the experience, and at the end of the year the former drew out of the concern with less more exreriencé. Thea John He E. where they business of brokers, and McKeusr drop ent, t t slop Toe first time . " fiie Hy re and simple. Ban ties, when the stock was reduced, / as the "* bear" on the market, «.: re somewhat peculiar, He in To! we . lived a double life, in fact. use wiled away the hours on st., w another establishment man oung lady named May Mor- a by a pon Finally, his wile left him, and rapidity of living increased. t last left town with his man's wife and two base area T be tried Ow : t to Toronto to . to the absence of Allen, the cashier, te was 6 witness, the was, however, rire ar to accept a stay , but if Allen is ever secured this will be a warm corner for Kerr. FORBES AND CO. Next on the bucket shop rell of fame I mention Forbes 4 of $60 a month. He then waded in and fi at the-rate of about $500. Muller & Co. sized rat and had him arrested for embezzlement, and he lan- guished in gaol for abouta week. At pre- sent he is around on the street. TYPICAL BLOODS. The firm ot Ellsworth, Forbes & Lee used to do business on the corner of King vered up until the TB got to work in the new bank. Some one wrote the word "rats"" across the face of iF H Ht i FE i rE F rE By F i hd | i ih i i H i ; ne ii 5 i itil Es H i i itt af x H ri i e r1 wares : [s L r f 5 ; 3 f % E i H 4 are, Be sr. ¥ people of Canada to believe that = we Nee ERS nie AOR + MR. S. R. HESSON, M. P., ON THE RECIPROCITY " FAD." Mr. HESBON, The o show, and he hon Viteetient ~The Anercan ties of natural products to export trom a qountey: WW reasonable 0 bom orts aap: pond' that we in Canada can fod « better marketin a country that produces an enormous which they have to ff surplus for a foreign market, than we ean bave in @ country to which the merican copie themselves export their surplus. I do not think hon, gentlemen opposite. can expect t 4 CE BE Gh waded) Aces made at 89, and sellers were asking 80). Now, Sir, the price in Montreal! was S9and 90 cents that same day, according to the Montreal Herald, and if the Tons the member for Northambertsst ¢ Mttets ell) were here, | presume he would think that a metty good authority. very same day, in jronty, the quotation was 91 cents for Manitoba a8 ab Sie Dalal te ie Se 'a aad market to Toronto, it was quoted OMe in the Buffalo l Courier at 544 to 874, What will ho: ti oo) think of this? In Torente the saz tw sb to 0 cents, or wheat wassold one and three- eight centa higher in Toronto than in the iry ws ow cen hor eT «By in the face of this that New York or Buffalo are the best markets for our wheat ? have en vou ex- actly the cat" placer end the naties oF the pape you can see them yourseives Unicago we find that 72) to 724 was the highest price for wheat, while in Toronto, on the very same day, it was 89. In ET it the price 83} cents, 55 cents being the highest, as agatnat S9cenw in t ron In St. Louis wheat was from 60 cents 1 centa, while it was SU eentain Toronto. In Milwaukee the price wai 74, to 753. Ihave been very exact with those figures, and I have quoted very carefully, be- eauee i knew jw and-t-renid-nct be fair to myself or to the country to make any in- correct statement. In the face of these facts what is the use of 6a: the American market is the best market for eur produce, We cannot hore to a in hen they themeeives are secking aforcign market for their * i. ae: y uce same things s# we do, and yet they are looking around for the they are likely to get high them- is to pent when we had the trade with that Steck oa lock er pecietion, tad. sraagettr, sac ° we or , and sym % help when the time comes that wens tell _you it would be a most unwise thing to throw away " otd tand 4 Ly : H F i zg i F g 2 te 5 a 5 Fy 2 + i iff f "7 i z J | 4 HW i : FI 5 : is F a g i i AL Sue 1 = = [: ttt tithe | i E : g FH i f i : i Fie : i: i i it i i Ff i ti gif i it ee EY MEE RY wea Te CEL Ry COTE AMERI ° DRESS ° MAGNIFICE oem Bagge '{ The newest, largest, and best assorted Stock of - - GO IN THE CITY: PEASE cS EEAPSIDE. GRAND SPRING =|MILLINERY OPENING ! Thursday, Friday a and" Saturday, Ape = 5th, 6th and 7th, and Following , BIG DRIVES in Gloves and Hosiery, Parasols and Laces. NT Range of Prints, Sateens, Ging- hams and Skirtings. WOOL, TAPESTRY AND BRUSSELS CARPETS, Oil Cloths and Rugs. Lace.Curtains and..Colored. Scrim.. MEN'S, BOYS' AND YOUTHS' Ready-Made CLOTHING. Boys' Jersey Suits. ODS. Black and Colored Silks and Mervelieux, Mantle Silks and Velvets, Spring Jackets, Coats & Jerseys. peqEse i i; Fe i s g 5; ne i it te gi=ptt i if F thei ects pe ef some paltry informatien on this orus? I say no, we can manufactere for our. | selves. "Commercial Union means to create a market for the excess of United States production which protection has stimulated." 4 iH iH il bp lute F ay g E i § i i sree Hl 3 il E d 4 7H F Eas i ? 2% F ist ui has eur OPES ERE eae a We extend a cordial invitation to the Ladies of. the County of Perth to examine our Display of FRENCH "ENGHISH "ap CAN HATS.AND -. BONNETS, + -- t