Lasnow STANDARD April 24 ~~ DEMAND BICYCLES being so great, it is necessary to order your wheels early to get them here on time. By the way orders are com- ing in, it is easily seen people know where the best, most popular wheels are to be found. Eagle - : Imperial Columbia Cleveland Wellandvale at prices ranging from $60 to $100. And one that cannot be equailed for $50, ladies or gents. Also a few second hand wheels from $30 up. We are always ready to show our whecls -- come in and see them. J. A. HACKING. ListowelStandard FRIDAY APRI.L 24, 1896. ] BOMINION ELECTIONS. JUNE 23RD IS THE DATE FIXED. Important Ministerial Chages. Sir,;Charles Tupper to Succeed Sir Mackenzie Bowell as Premier. Ottawa, April 21. The nominations for caudidates inthe coming general elec- tions for the commons have been fixed fox Tuesday, June 9, and the elections will take place on Tuesday, June 16, By universal consent Sir Charles Tupper will be Premier, and when he takes hold a considerable change in the personnel of the Ministry may be ex- pected from Ontario. A well-informed politician said to-night he would not be surprised if Chiaf Justice Meredith Hon. George A. Kirkpatrick, Col. Tisdale or Hon. Peter White were brought in, while from Quebec the names of Sir A. Locost, Sir Hetor Langevin, Lietut. Governor Chapleau and provincial Sec- retary Pelletier are mentioned. Some politicians incline to the belief that neither Lieut.-Governor Chapleau or Chief Justice Meredith will enter Fed- aral politics until the school question is disposed of. As for Hon. Peter White, it is generally conceded that he could oaly aveept a portfolio with the school policy of the Government modi- fied. Tbe name of Mr. Hugh John Macdonald finds great acceptance in Conservative circles, in the eventof Mr. Daly retiring. Mr. Macdonald, how- ever, is known to be reluctant to re- enter politics. The Solicitor-Generalship will likely be filled by the selection of Mr. Nor- thrup, M. P. for East Hastings, who is conceded to be one of the coming men in Ontario politics. Young and able, My. Northrup has a bright future be- fore him. Mr. Dickey and he should make a great team when the older generation of Conservative politicians have passed away. Premier Bowell has virtually resign- ed the Premiership, although the offi- cial announcement will not be made until immediately after prorogation. Yesterday'he informed his colleagues 'in council that he was desirous of re- tiring from political life, and that as soon asthe business of the session closed he would place his resignation in His Excellency's hands. Inaccordance with the Premier's decision, Sir Mac- kenzie saw Lord Aberdeen, during the course of the afternoon, when, as may naturully be supposed, the situation was fully discussed. The fact that the conference lasted nearly three hours is a fairly good indication of the import- ant nature of the meeting. The Premier again saw His Excellency this evening. Itis understood to be Sir Mackenzie's intention to retire abso- lutely from 'any official position, re- taining only his seat in the Senate. He will, however, in accordance with a generally expressed desire, be one of the Canadian delegates to the colonial office gathering on the Pacific cable question in London next month, JUNE 23RD IS THE DATE. Ottawa, April' 22.--The general elec- tions will tak | place on June 23rd. This is the decision at which the Gov- ernment arrived to-day, as announced officially in the Senate this afternoon. The nominations will take place on June 16th, The writs will be re- turnable on July 13th, A session of Parliament will promptly follow the election. It will be called, to use the words of the Premier, to meet on-tue 16th of July, or earlier or later, .as the case may be. The coming contest will be fought under the leadership of Sir Charles Tupper. The programme will not be issued until after proroga- tion, but it will be one which will bring the Conservatives back to Par- liament a united, harmonious, and successful party. Sir Charles Tupper will, it is believed, be able to strength- en the Cabinet materially before he goes to the country. As already in- timated, it is most likely that he will obtain from Quebec the assistance of Mr. Chapleau. It is hoped that Mr. Meredith will step down from the bench and accept the portfolio of Justice. i Home Market for Cheese. A NIAGARA MAN'S IDEA--THE HANDY SIZE IN GKEAT DEMAND. Toronto Globe: Meeting the, de- mands, the whims if need be, of avail- able markets is an important element of suecess. The fact that Canada's best cheese goes to Britain, and that the local demand iscomparatively light has often occasioned comment. In the last issue of Hoard's Dairyman, J. F. Beam, of Black Creek, points out a need of the Canadian market which cheese makers have toa great extent neglected. He claims that for cheese from seven to fifteen pounds, not fancy shapes at fancy prices, but made and pressed in the ordinary way with small hoops, a brisk Canadian demand would soon spring up. This view 18 based on the writer's personal experience in con- ducting a small factory in the Niagara peninsula. When making a full-size cheese of-60 to 70 pounds a day, 'the remnant pieces of curd were pressed into one gh small hoops. The de- mand for the small-sized cheese was 80 brisk, comparatively, that instead of being a necessary _ incident they were made » Foatnra 'afabe business, Anum- ber of small hoops were procured, and the more the small cheese went out from the factory the stronger became the demand. Patrons questioned in regard to their preference, would al- most invariably reply that a piece of convenient weight cut from a large cheese had so much exposed surface that it would dry out, crack and become tough and unpalatable before it could be used. Mr. Bean met this demand by the use of hoops of galv enigced iron, six and ightinches deep. Band filling and pressing, were done in , the ordinary way, nine of six inches diame- ter, or four of eight inches diameter being pressed in the space usually occupied by one cheese In 1894 Mr. Bean realized twelve cents a pound on all the smull cheese made in the factory, the average whole- sale price being about nine cents. The higher price realized for an output of twenty tons made an increase of $1,- 200 in the year's income. But the more important results claimed for this humoring of the local demand is the opening of a new market at home. Canadians have not adopted cheese as a regular article of diet to the -extent commov in the British Isles. This dietary habit, it is claimed, would be changed if an ample supply of small- sized cheese was furnished by the fac- tories. The experience in the Niagara peninsula was thnt people who seldom or never bought cheese while the sup- ply was in the ordinary form became regular purchasers when the more con- venient sizes were supplied. This sug- gestion may lead to the opening of an entirely new market at home for Can- adian cheese. Mr. Beam claims that a pound of cheese is equal in nutritive value to two pounds of steak. In all such calculations there is a wide meas- ure of uncertainty, the nutritive power of an article of diet being extremely difficult to determine by analysis or even by practical experiment. In Britain, where rigid economy in tke fopd supply is a mattter of necessity with the great majority of the popula- tion, cheese hagcome more generally into use. This goes to show that it could be profitably consumed in Canada to a far greater extent than at present. The Canadian cheese-makers have built up & most satisfactory foreign trade by carefuliy studying the needs of the British market. It mightbea sucvess- ful policy to supplementthis by amore careful study of the local demand with a view to creating 4 market at home. The Ameer of Afghanistan has or- dered « supply of olan for the hspug Sede his harem. HOUSE OF REFUGE. 'The Contract Let toa a Toronto Man A special session of n of the County Coun- cil was held last Wednesdgy,; when they let the contract for the house of refuge, which is being erected jointly by the county and city of Stratford. The city was represented by Ald. O'Donoghue and Serimgeour. The morning's session was taken up in eon- sideration of plans and the public and press representatives: were excluded. In the afternoon the tender of George McBeth, of Strathroy, the contractor for the Lambton county house of refuge, was accepted at $14,268; his tender being the lowest. A HITCH IN THE CONTRACT, The County Council met this Tues- day morning in special session to deal with the house of refuge trouble, arising out of the letting 6f tender to McBeth Bros. of Strathroy, who it afterwards transpired had bid for all the work excepting the -heating and plumbing, instead of the entire wark:. The entire morning was taken up y with talk and no progres made. When the meeting was opened ~ex- planations, were made as to how the error occurred. It appears the tenders were opened the night before the last council meeting by. the Warden County Clerk Davidson and Architect Powell. Reeve Jackson, of Fullarton, was: als present. The mistake arose from the impression that McBeth tender was for the work entire, and without reading the tender carefully their figure was put down as for the whole work. The flood of talk was started -- a resolution offered by Messrs, Poole and Hackingas follows : 'That whereas the tenders for the house of refuge are very much in excess of the estimates and of the requirements of the county, we deem it expedient to ask for new plans on the lines laid down by the Council, viz., not toexceed the sum of $9,000, whatever was with a capacity for the accommodation of 75 inmates, this not to include heat- ing." The discussion was of a rambling na- ture and covered wide ground. The architect was censured on the one hand for drawing to expensive plans, alleged laxity in not no : McBeth tender was not fo work (notwithstanding that he wever saw the tender), and was warmly de- fended in other quarters. The advis- abihty of accepting bulk or separate tenders wae also considered and the motion itself was occasionally referred to. In the midst of the maze of talk Ald. Secrimgeour, who along with Ald O'Donoghue was representing the city handed up a resolution to Warden Ryan. No attention was paid to it and after some time Mr. Scrimgeour pressed the reading of his resolution. Warden Ryan doubted if it was in order to read 'jt. The movers were not members of the County Council. 'lo .this ruling a number of members tacitly assented. Messrs. Hacking and Goetz said they had no objection to the city delegates remaining, but they could not vote and offer resolutions as members of the County Council, because they were not members, Ald. O'Donoghue insisted on the rul- ing of the Warden. He did not pro- pose to occupy a seat by-#he grace of any member oftheCouncil. He would sit there by right or not at all, and wanted to know if, as representatives of the city bearing a share of the cost of the work, they had nota right to take part in the discussions and make resolutions, Several opinions were offered by mem bers, and Warden Ryan ruled that' so far as he was concerned he believed the delegates from the city had every right to speak and make resolutions. It might be better, however, to" have the opinion of the solicitor. Solicitor McPherson then gave it as his opinion that Messrs. Scrimgeour and O'Donoghue had every right to take part in the «discussion and offer sug- gestions in an advisory capacity, but a resolution carried by their vote would be invalid. They were not members of the county council and no resolution or by-law could make them sneh, They woul. report the result of the deliber- ations to the city council, whom they represénted, and any action taken by the county council would have to be sanctioned by the city before it would be a legal contract, the city being 2 sharer in the work and cost. This question settled,the councilors got back to the Poole-Hacking resolu- tion and after a good deal more talk and anumber' of suggestions gnd ef- views of objecting members the thing was voted on in its original mg and lost on this division ; «' Yea--Goetz, Schenck, Walshy. Prole, Bayi Ullyott, He ing, Widdis seas ~ |41.* No. -- Dougherty, forts to amend it so as to' meet the' Campbell, Yonsie, Hay, Bennéweis, Arbogast, Jackson, Torrance, Trimm, Jack, Dickson, Monteith, Ryan, 18. Mr. Dougherty then gave the infor- mation that two Stratford contractors 'of the very highest standing and giv- ing the best of security had offered to do the work entire for $15,500. Messrs. Benneweis and Goetz intro- duced another resolution calling for plans for a $10,000 building excludirg the heating, but the dinner hour -grate fully in-tervended and # motion to ad- journ was putand carried amidst such confusiothat no hour: was set for the afternoon session. A TENDER ACCEPTED, The Council met again at 1.30. ond as though weary of the wrangle, set- tled the business in short - order. Messrs. Jack and Torrance, who dur- ing the adjournment kad sliseussed the matter between themselves, moved the acceptance of the tender of Wm. Clarke, of Toronto, his being the low- est bulk tender. made by himself just before adjourn- ment, but Messrs. Willoughby and Goetz moved a similar one. It was lost, however, and the motion to ac- cept Mr. Clarke's tender' was carried and the Council adjourned until three o'clock to allow of a telegram being sent to Mr. Clarke and a reply to be received. It was nearly four o'clock when the council met again and then word had not been received from Mr. Clarke. A by-law was, however, passed rescinding the one passed at the last meeting, giv- ing the contract to McBeth Bros., and another by-law' confirming the cpn- tract with Mr. Clarke was read twice. In the meantime a reply was received from Mr. Clarke accepting the offer of the work in the terms contained iiThis tender, and the by-law was read a'third time. The work is to be completed by Nov. 15. Queen Victoria's Real Estate. The announcement that Queen Vic- toria is to leave, by will, Osborne House to one daughter, the lease of Abergeldie House to another, and Bal- moral, the royal residence in the High- lands, to the Duke of Connaught, re- calls the fact that the man who would devour this particular widow's houses must make an uncommonly full meal. It wag discovered a few years since that the Queen owned six hundred houses in various parts of England, not rayal residences, but rent-yielding property, and that about six thousand houses had been built by crown leasees on building leaseholds held of the Queen. She then had also rents from markets and tolls from ferries, besides the proceeds of mines and other works upon her 'property or the crown property. She bad large estates in Yorkshire, Oxford- shire, and Berks, valuable lands in the Isle of Man and in Alderney, Scot- land, Ireland and Wales. Of the New Forest there are two thousand acres of absolute and sixty-three acres of con- tingent crown property. Her Majesty enjoys income from the Forest of Dean, from several other forests, and from rich properties in and about London. Osborne, on the Isle of Wight, and Bal- moral, in the Highlands, are the private property of the Queen, and are main- tained out of her own income. But she has the use of a few royal palaces besides, and these are maintained by the nation at an annusl expenditure ranging from $2,500 to $50,000. The Queen is in the occupancy of Bucking- ham Palace, Windsor Castle, the White Lodge at Richmond Park, and part of St. James's Palace. The re- mainder of the lust named palace is occupied by other members of the royal family. Other royal palaces maintain- ed as such, although uot in the. occu- pancy of the Queen, are Kensington Palace, Hampton Conrt--which, accord- ing to a recent estimate based on the statistics of eight or ten years, costs the nation on the average over $70,000 a year--Kew Palace, Pembroke Lodge, the Thatched Cottage and Sheen Cot- tage, Richmond Park, Bushy Honse in Bushy Park,,and Holyrood Palace. When she visits the Continent, she has one great house or another, with what- ever repairs and refurnishing are neces- -sary to fit it fora temporary royal occupant, although for all thisshe pays out ofherownincome. Bagshot House, Gloucester 'House and Clarence House are palatial dwellings, occupied by various members of the royal family. The Queen has four rather old-fashion- ed yachts, on which she makes her sea journeys, although the oldest of them probably is used seldom or never. The four cost originally about $1,375,000. --Boston Tranacript. Lord Dafferin, the British Ambassa- dor to Paris, will retire from diplom- atic life about the mide of July. ' : Mr. Benneweis withdrew the motion |. Wm. SPEARS No. 8 Main St, - - No. 8 Main St, SPRING RUSH = It with us, our big stocks of fine goods appeal to the people's good judgement, and a shopper here rarely leaves the store without a parcel, the quality standard in every line wesell goes _ up every season, this season's stock are supreme in quality and variety, and our prices are lower than you'll find anywhere, we say so because we know it. NEW DRESS STUFFS, NEW SILKS, NEW PRINTS, NEW HOSIERY, NEW CARPETS AND CURTAINS NEW GLOV Es. We are Reaching out for More Trade. Fd 4 i sa Business is good with us, but our ambition is not satis- fied. Wewant todo more. We want your trade. We are doing our utmost to merit it, we've gathered the best stock that brains, energy and cash could gather, we've marked the selling prices as close as possible making allowance of course for ex- penses, and something for ourselves, not very much because our turnover is large and a little on the lot does for us. People who do their shoping here say the buy to better advantage and get better goods than they find elsewhere, and we know that if you try it you'll say the same thing. READY-MADE CLOTHING AT COST.. CROCKERY AND.GLASSWARE " " FRESH GROCERIES; NEW BOOTS AND SHOES. PLUSH CLOCKS, PLUSH MIRRORS given away with every cash purchase of $30. Highest price paid for butter.and eggs and all kinds of farmers' produce. Goods delivered promptly to any part of the town, WM. SPEARS, 20.8 MAIN ST. LISTOWEL, ' LAWN - MOWERS A 14 inch Lawn Mower for $3.65. GARDEN TOOLS: 'SPADES, SHOVELS. HOES, RAKES ETC. ©88SSSOCO Se -e D +3HESSSCO ; __My stock is now very complete and prices R. MOORE, THE HARDWARE MAN, Main Street, Listowel. : DONT - FORCET To goto BROOKS & ALEXANDER"S and see the finest COAL OIL STOVE that has ever been offered to the: public. This splendid Oil Stove has a wick you can remove and replace without trouble. It has a Brass Reservoir so placed that the oil will not' become heated, COOKING DONE TO PERFECTION, Cheap and sells on it's merit. We have STOVES and TIN- WARE of all kinds, Milk Cans, Creamers, Milk Pans, Pails and Churns ready for the *season, Washing Machines and Wringers. , We also carry Lamps, eattne , Cutlery,Silver- -- ware, Plumbing and Gas-fit All jobbing promptly attended-to. - . BROOKS & ALEXANDER. STOVE AND FURNACE MEN, ~ MAIN ST. BRIDGE, LISTOWE