A Despicable Game. Halifax Herald. The fact that during the whole time the recent negotiations at Winnipeg were going on, cipher messages were passing to and fro between Mr. Laurier at Ottawa and Mr. Sifton, or the Mani- toba Government, is indicative of the close intimacy existing between the leader of the Opposition and the Green- way-Martin gang in Manitoba. It may be true, as has been suggested, that Mr. McCarthy more than Mr. Laurier is responsible for the original abolition 'of the Roman Catholic Separate schools in Manitoba ; but in all subsequent steps to perpetuate that wrong Mr. Laurier has been quite as fully in Mr. Greenway's confidence as has Mr. McCarthy been, though the latter was his duly retained attorney. number of facts go to make this close intimacy between Mr. Laurier and Mr. Greenway and his attorney abund- antly manifest. It is not alone in the House of Commons, where that intim- acy and perfect understanding is obvious to all bebolders, but outside aswell that Mr. Greenway has shown his complete subserviency to Mr. Laurier's suggestions, which in turn were doubtless those of the men who sit around him and dominate him. The first clear and undoubted * mani- festation of this perfect concord be- tween these two Grit leaders was shown in the hearty congratulation w hich Mr. Laurier extended to Joe Martin on the occasion of his election in Winnipeg. Martin was the author of the obnox- jous act, and had in the most shame- less manner violated his solemn pledge to the Roman Catholic minority of Manitoba. Yet Mr. Laurier did not hesitate to publicly take , him to his arms and acknowledge him asa w ell- Deloved follower and friend. The next manifestation was in the autumn of 1894, It will be remembered that in the summer of 1894, months before the Privy Council judgment was given, or there was any word of the remedial order, the Dominion Government for- ward to the Manitoba Government a most conciliatory message, urging the settlement of the school trouble by the Provincial authorities. Shortly there- after Mr. Laurier proceeded to Win- o-Ps and held frequent and long con- 8 with G y and his col- leagues.. The result was that in a --- or s0 afterwards the Greenway Ottawa Gorernimet to ~th the Roman Catholics of serine had no grievance to redress, and that con- sequently the Manitoba Goyernment would do nothing. During the same visit the Opposition leader was waited initoba Roma. *im- on by adeputation of Catholics and urged self in their behalf. a suggestion to appeal to Greenway with offers of assistance if they wanted but to look to Ottawa and Ottawa seek- nterest His reply was not him, alone for the redress they were ing. In short, he told them he could not do anything for them,and would not try--a suggestive commentary on his "sunny ways' * policy of to-day. The next act in the drama finds Mr. Laurier closly closeted with Mr. Sifton in the Windsor Hotel, Montreal. The Dominion Government had forwarded to the Manitokha Government another conciliatory message, again urging the Provincial authorities to settle the edu- cational trouble and remove the issue from Dominion politics. This mes- sage had been before the Manitoba Government for several months, and the time for answering it had arriv- ed. It wasatthis juncture that Mr. Sifton came east and spent eight hours in close consultation with his leader and adviser. The result of the consultation was another curt refusal from Greenway to do anything, follow- ed by a dissolution of the Manitoba Legislature on the ery of "no surrend- er." If, therefore, Mr. Laurier has as alleged, been the director (duly prompted, of course) of the recent negotiations at Winnipeg, it is no sur- prise to find that they failed. His policy, or rather the policy of the men who direct him, is to prevent an amicable settlement, to prevent the passage of any remedial act, to keep the sore open, inorder, if possible, to derive political advantage in the pending .general election. And if he had not been found outhe might have succeeded. As conversation became dull, they sat on the Sofa at opposite ends, and after a silence of considerable duration, evidently spent by bothin hard thought she mustered up courage enough to ask him what he was thinking about. 'He, hoping to please her, replied, 'I was thinking of thesame thing you were." She, turning around, answered quicker than lightning, 'I'll slap your mouth if you try it." The Canadian Farmers' Best Market. During the American war and for several years afterwards (atleast till the vast praries west of the Mississippi were fully settled) the United States bought largely of the products of the Canadian farmer. To-day, this is all changed. The war over, the soldiers went back tothe farm and the immi- grant took possession of the fertile western plains. The consumer, as by magic, became a producer, and now that country exports annually hun- dreds of millions of dollars worth of products similar to those she had to buy twenty-five or thirty years ago from Canada and other countries. To repeat the idea: The United States having an abundance and to spare, almost everything the Canadian farmer produces, will not buy from him, and to 'talk of commercial union or unstricted reciprocity being an advantage to Can- ada is to utter the sheerest nonsense. Where, then, is the Canadian Farmers' best market. An examination of the following statement showing the value of animals and their produce and agri- cultural products exported from Can- ada to the United States and to Great Britam respectively during the years given, effectually answers the question: Exported to Uni Exported to Great ted States. Do Britain. Domes- Fiseal Year. mestic Produce. tic Produce. 1875 $15,097,985 $15,459,693 1876 16,584,577 16,241,639 1877 12,630,957 14,765,991 1878 11,460,145 19,147,608 1879 13,144,405 19,168,773 1891 13,485,727 26,245,171 1892 11,605,225 39,187,861 1893 8,509,703 42,495,261 1894 8,083,955 40,197,000 ; 1895 6,315,000 39,288,663 A glance at this table shows that twenty years ago the, United States practically bought as much of our farm products as did Great Britain, while last year Great Britain bought over six times as much as did the United States. For cheese, cattle, wheat, coarse grains other than barley, dairy pro- duce and meats, Great Britain is un- questionably the Canadian farmer's best consumer. In respect of all these articles the United States supplies a market of competition, not of consump- tion. These articles make up the largest part of the farmer's exportable products, and of them rest Brinth las 1 r crops fail in the neighbouring country, | the Americans will buy our barley, peas, potatoes and hay, duties or no duties ; while when the fruits of the soil are bountiful with them they do not require our surplus farm stuffs at any price. With Great Britain the case stands differently. There production always falls short of consumption, and a steady market of immense proportion awaits the Canadian farmer atalltimes. Even for those articles specially aimed at by the American tariff our farmers are finding an outlet in the motherland, as the following statement will show :-- EXPORTS TO GREAT BRITAIN. 1890 1893 1894 Horses. .$ 17,925 $274,310 $400,507 Eggs. .. 820 538,944 503,633 Barley.. 12,017 278.515 44,269 Hay..... 109,634 515,461 1,700,402 $140,396 $1,607.230 $2,648,718 To have increased the sales to Great Britain of these four articles in five short years to such enormous propor- tions is an achievement indicative not only of the pluck of Canadian farmers, ut of the existence of a British market which only requires proper cultivation to become of permanent and great value. Summing up the whole matter, it is obvious (1) that the condition of agriculture in Canada, as measured by the export trade, has rapidly improved during the past five years : (2)that the British market is incomparably the | best, after the home market, and (3) that the hostile tariff legislation of the United States: has utterly failed of its avowed purposes to coerce or starve the Canadian farmers into unrestricted reciprocity or commercial union. Reduction of Taxation. It has always been one of the first principles of the advocates of the Nu- tional Policy to remove the taxation as much as possible from all articles eo cannot be produced in cordingly, in 1882, the Liberal- Con. servative Government struck off entire- ly the duties on tea, coffee and tin ; from that period to the present time there has thus been saved to the peo- ple off these artieles alone the following amounts : ; On Det. c.ico secs $11,024,039 On Coffee........ 832,528 On Bit... covers 1,465,403 $13,831.670 Every dollar of this amount has gone into the of the great mass of the consumers of this country. Capetown, April 25.--Anoth count of the sortie from Buluwayo states: that the British party met with no resistance until they reached the Um- guzariver, where they came upon the enemy. The force from Buluwayo oc cupied the south bank of the river for a distance of a mile, while the Mata- beles were stretched along the north bank for four miles. Selous, with 100 natives, was stationed in the centre.' The Afrikanders formed the left wing, and. Guy's scouts the right wing," The British force crossed theriver and. rushed upon the Matabeles, who were outflanked and driven into the water. The enemy swarmed up, however, and attemped to get in the rear of the British, obliging the Afrikanders to gallop back to intercept them. Guy's scouts fell into an ambush, and had to makea rush to extricate themselves from the Matabeles, who were pouring a hot fire into them. There were many instances of per- sonal heroism. 'lrooper Baxtér, see- ing Corporal Wise severely wounded and his horse shot from under hii, jumped from his own horse and help- ed Wise to mount his, thus enabling the corporel to escape. Baxter gaye his life for his friend, for shortly after Wise's escape he was killed by a stroke from an assegai hurled by one of the ambushed foes. Guy had a narrow escape, a bullet grazing his scalp. Lieut. Hood was severely and Lieut. Crewe slightly wounded. The insisted that Hood should take horse, and the former, after some demur, did so, and effeeted his escape. Crewe also got off without further injury, but had great difficulty in escaping Bax- ter's fate. ' All the troops were coo: and plucky. They drove the enemy up the river, in- flicting heavy loss upon them. The exact number of killed and wounded Matabeles is not known The Mat- abeles were in full retreat, and were being closely pursued by the British and their native allies when the order was given for the latter to fall back to Buluwayo, it being feared that a munch stronger force would be met with. . shal It 18 'hough? pee that the be prevent the natives from attempting'to | sack the town, which it was their ¢vi- dent intention to do. There is no truth inthe report that the British were defeated. The basis for it was the statement in the first despatch that the British had been driven into the river. Later despatches make no mention of this, and it is thought that the state- ment was a mistaken one, for the British crossed the river to reach the enemy at close quarters, It is reported that a large number of Boer wagons, conveying ammuni- tion and other field requisities, are leaving Pretoria, the capital of the Transvaal. Their destination is un- known. Earl Grey, the newly appointed 'ad- ministrator of the British South Africa Co., is at Palla on his way to Palapye, and has sent a despatch to the company stating that he has very good reason to believe that the defend- ers of Buluwayo will be able to, hold the position until the arrival of | rein- forcements. What Exasperated Him.) The agent for a handsomely; illus- trated book to be sold on long-time credit--a feast to the intellect, gnd an ornament to any library -jeaned against the side of the house, gaught his breath, clenched his fist and Jooked skyward. 'What's the matter ?" asked the po- liceman. '"T"ve met the meanest man," {he an- swered. "I've heard of him an@i I've read about him in the papers, {but I never expected to meet him face to face." {*Where is he ?" - "'Up in that office building." '"'How do you know he's the nheanest man ?" : "By the way he acted. I Showed him this work of art, lectured 01 f it for half an hour, showed the e vings, and when I hinted that it wouldl be a = thing to order, what do yon think e said ?" "J don't know." i "He said he never bought He didn't have to. He just waited for some fool agent to come alo} hg and tell him all that was in 'em, a | by waitin ranthods, One of the great the Dorchester, Mapleton, Strathallan and Elma factories. Over fifty makers met him at these places and received instructions in making fine cheese and _ in other matters connected with suc- cessful cheese factory operations. Mr. Millar's engagements for the next two weeks are as follows: Black Creek factory, April 28th; North Brant, April 28th and 30th ; Brownsville, May Ist-and 2nd ; Attercliffe Sta., May 4th and 5th; Walsh, May 6th and 7th, and Birnam, May 8th and 9th. Makers who are convenient to these places should mak a special effort to spend & day ortwo with Mr. Millar. In this age of cheap food products, only the very finest quality of cheese will meet the wishes of the English consumer and command the highest prices, and this fine quality can orly be had by adopt- ing the very best methods of manu- facturing. After considerable effort the Associa- tion"has succeeded in securing enough factories which are willing to forn themselves into a syndicate for more uniform instruction and inspection. These factories are situated partly in the Ingersoll and partly in the London |}. districts and are so located as to make it convenient for the instructor in charge to visit each one without very much travel. : The factories so far that are willing to be included in this Syndicate are Harrietsville, Burnside, Lyons, Avon, Dorchester, Thamesford, Cherry Hill, Proof Line, Geary"s, Nilestown, Glad- stone, Mapleton, Yarmouth Centre, and Glanworth. It is expecten that more will yet comein. Other factories within the area covered by this Syndi- cate which have not yet decided to join can still have an opportunity of doing so as the final arrangements will not' be completed for a week or two. A thoroughly competent inspector and instructor will be placed in charge of this group, who will devotethis whole time to the work and who will visit each factory as often as his time will allow during the season. It is hoped by this scheme to bring about more uni- needs of Western Ontario cheese is more uniformity in quality, and it is hoped that another season all our factories will follow the example of the factories in this group and form themselves into Syndicates of from 15 to 25 each for more uniform instruction and inspection. If this were done it would do more than anything else to enhance the value of Western Ontario cheese. Canadian Cattle. PROBABILITY THAT THE ANIMAL DISEASE BILL WILL BE WITHDRAWN--IT IS MEETING WITH MUCH OPPOSITION. London, April 28.--There is good reason to believe that the Government bill closing the United Kingdom to foreign colonial cattle will not get' through the House this season. Its opponents have not been making much noise, but they have been working hard and effectively. The order book is erowded with amendments, bulk of them palpably obstructive, and more are applied almost daily. The Governmert might overcome this kind of opposition, but public business has got into such a tangle that it is al- ready evident that some business will have to be dropped, and the Minis- ters have practically decided that the Cattle bill must be one of those sacri- ficed, as the time necessary to force it through may be more usefully employ- ed on measures of greater importance and provoking comparatively mild hostility. The Minister of Agriculture is na- turally pretty angry over the projected sacrifice of his measure, and _his-feel- ings gotthe better of his discretion. On Thursday, when receiving a depu- tation of members which urged him to exempt Canada from the scope of the measure, he not only refused to make any concession, but had an unseemly wrangle with the deputation. The incident was almost unprecedented in English Parliamentary annals. The Minister evidently suspects that he has been made a fool of by his colleagues, and he is not far wrong. A watch was found in a field near Mr. Logie's farm in Lindsay, which is believed to belong to John Kearney, Bronchitis, Croup, ete. ented by Wood's Norway Pine Syrup than the | erst are more quickly by any other means. _ The man that keepshis mouth shut never has to eat any crow.' TO DESTROY WORMS and expel them sued ditaren en adalte ane Dr. Low's Worm Syrup. She has a heart of gold. * 'Thatfsettles my chance, then. Some Eng- lishman will annex her, sure. When feversand other epidemics are a- round, safety lies in fortifying the system with Ayer's Sarsaparilla. A person having thin and impure blood is in the most favor- able condition to catch whatever disease may be floating in theair. Be wisein time. My darling, Providenceis with you even when I take the candle away. Well, mother, dear, would you mind tak- ing Providence and leaving the candle ? Dr. Woon'seNorway Prive Syrvr cures Coughs, "olds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarse- ness and Consumption, if taken in time. Price 25c. all druggists. Ok, mamma, said little Willie, ashe made his first close inspection of a bicycle, this ma- chine has got rubbers on to keep its wheels from getting wet. Many A Younco Max.--Whenfrom over- work, possibly assisted by an inherited weakness, the health fails and rest or medi- cal treatment must be resorted to, then no medicine can be employed with the same beneficial results as Scott's Emulsion. Polite Hostess: Do you think you could eat another piece of pie, Tommy ? Tummy: Ithink I could, ma'am if I stood up. COUGHS, Colds, Sore Throat, Asthma, Bron- chitis, and all Lung Troubles are quickly cured by Hagyard's Pectoral Balsam. Look at the great city of antiquity! he excluimed. Where are they now? Why some of them have perished so utterly that it is doubtful if they ever existed. A child was cured of croup by a dose or two of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. A neighbor's child died of the same dread disease, while the father was gettung ready to call the doctor. 'This shows the necessity of having Ayer's Cherry Pectoral always at hand. They pressed forward and closely exam- ined the Roentgen photograph. His liver, they said, is the image of his father's, but he gets his lungs from his mother's folks. Norway Prive Syrvr is a combination of healing throat and lung remedies wi.ich cures Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Croup and Sore Throat even in the most obstinate cases. Tommy, you didn't come to school, yester- day afternoon. No'm; there waza circus in wn, an paw and maw, an Aunt Caddie, an Uncle Tom, an' Cousin Bob, all wanted to take me. Constipation Curep.--Gents,--I was in very poor health for over four years, the doctors said it was Constipation. Not want- ing to spend too much cash, I got three bottles of Burdock Blood Bitters and took them regularly. I can certify that I am now in the vary best of health and fel very grateful to B. B. B. ALFRED MERo Sieaiteenl, ie. Milson : ing yet? Newly Married Man: No we're waiting to save up enongh to live in keeping with the style of the wedding presents. A Mercuant Testirtes.--Gentlemen.-- I write to tell you how good _ have found Hagyard's Yellow Oil for sore throat, In one family alone the Yellow Oil cured several bad cases. and my customers now recognize its great value. They seem to refer it to all others. C. D. ConMIER, Wholesale and Retail grocer, 'anaan Station, N. B. Teacher : What is meant, Johnny, by the saying? The sun never sets on Bogland's flag? Johnny : I guess it means the sun's afraid to leave it alone in the dark near any- body else's boundary line. In Sunday School--Teacher: When Lot found his wife was turned into a pillar of salt, what did he do? Butcher's Son: Why, guess he got him a fresh one A CommissiosFr In B, R.--Gentlemen --Having used Hagyard's Pectoral Balsam in our family for years I have no hesitation in saying that it' beats everything else we over tried for coughs and colds in children as well as grown up people. It relieves that tight binding sensation in the chest, We would not be without it for anything, as we have a arge family. WILtiAM ANDREW Commissioner ,in B. R. Balmoral, Man Haven't you gone to housekeep- Miss, I kinder 'When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria, 'Whon she was 4 Child, she cried for Castoria, 'When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria, For Over Fifty Years Mars. Wis 8 SooTHine Syrup has been used by © ction 9 bathe ani for their children while teething. if disturbed at night and broken of your reat by a sick child suffer ne and crying ak oe od send at ee and in cca Lottle a Winslow's Soot re the yiup for Cire A cothing It will oe = poor, r littl --- mediately. tvgat tee tu ves tone and en to tem. Yinslow's Soothing Syrup" -for c is pleasant to tho taste the prescription o: one of the oldest and female ------ = parte a bottle as al ai Rous cents a e on ra t rough ut the world. m retires. Wi G Children Cry for over the leaves while he look js at the at present in jail on the charge of | murdering old Mr. Agnew. ~Pitcher's Castoria. Darling & Blewett, Barristers & Solicitors, Notaries Wise & Conveyancers, to Bolicitors for Bank of of Hamilion, Scott's inking Hees sats t. fan Bldg. & ssociation. Listowel, J. L. DARLING, ¥. R. Blewett. Mabee & Gearing, BARRISTERS, Solicitors for 74 Merchants Bank, Notaries. Public, Mone 'Sri TRATFORD, oo J.P. 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