t.. The Sunny Settlement. Montreal Star. The terms of the Manitoba school "settlement," as officially announced, agree with the conditions fureshadow- ed by the Star in September last. The ouly thing now in donbt abont the settlement is whether it settles any- thing. As far as the bishops and cler- gy of the Roman Catholic Church are concerned, it is unreservedly repudi- ated. On the other hand, French Lib- eral newspapers express themselves as perfectly satisfied with the agreement arrived at between the Domimion and Manitoba Governments Whether the French-Canadian public opinion is More accurately represented by the press or by the clergy we do not know ; the mandate given to Mr. Lau- rier at the general elections was prac- tically a blank cheque which he has filled out tu snit his own convenience in the circumstances. With the deli- cate question of the relations between the French-Canadians and their clergy, we, Protestants, have nothing to do. We have a definite res; ouribility to our Roman Catholic fellow subjects with regard to the school question, because the constitution gives.them certain rights in connectiou therewith, but we have no special responsibility to their "clergy. While we are, in justice aud out of respect for the constitution, bound to accord the Romau Catholic people certain privileges in connection with the ec'iools if they want them, we are not called upon to force any privi- leges upon them that they, as a body, do not want, no matter what the pre- ferences of their clergy may happen to Assuming that the Roman Catholics of Manitoba and the rest of Canada are satisfied with the "settlement," we think the Protestanis have every reason to be satisfied also. There is nothing in the terms to which any Protestant can reasonably object. To Mr. Greenway distinctly belongs the victory. Certainly, he has not made any better terms with Mr. Lanrier than he could have made with Sir Charles Tupper, but so mach the great- er ishis victory in that he did not want to arrive at an agreement with Sir Charles, and did want to arrive at an agreement with Mr. Laurier. Again the awkward question arises, *'Does the settlement settle anyihing?" For the sake of the Protestant minor- ity in the Province of Quebec, let us hope that it does. Already the poli- ticians are exhibiting a wonderfully active interest in the educational sys- tem of Quebec. If the settlement does not settle, the battle grourid has been simply transferred, as might have been expected, from Manitoba, where the minority is Protestant. propaganda has been commenced, and aims, harmless and even admirable, are hinted at. Unless, however, all the signs fail, the minority in Quebec will have to be tenacious of its rights, to know when it is well off, and above all things, to beware of flapdoodle, which we may inform young and unso- 'the staff they An active phieticated readers is feed fools with." Never Satisfied. "Yes, my eldest daughter married for money. She is happy, of course. Far from it. Wile she has every- thing one could wish for she is far from happy. She loved another. Your second daughter also married, did she not. Yes, she married a man for his good looks. I suppose she is happy ? Indeed she is not. While her hus- band is a good provider, he can't af- ford to give her what her elder sister » receives, and, consequently, she is un- happy. And your youngest daughter, the one I always thought so much of, is she married. Yes. She married a manu for love. Ah, sensible little girl. But her husband is very poor. Still, with all her poverty, she loves the man of her choice and is,of course, happy? No ; indeed. of the three. She is the unhappiest Under the Horses' Feet. Harriston, Ont., Nov. 27.--Arch- ibald McLean, a farmer living on the town line, between Arthur and Minto, was fatally injured here this afcernoon. He started for home with » team and wagon, and had only gone a few rods when the lines slipped from him, and in tryingto regain his hold he fell under the horses' feet, and was kicked in the head and died in a few hours, never regaining , conscionsnes, He Jepyeq.a © wife and three children. & SOLORT SY SUVEGIE A Woman's Wit. Many of the setilers of Illinois were rude in speech and rough in man- ner, money was scarce with them, and service was paid for in produce. Goy- ernor B. used to illustrate these inci dents of frontier life by the following anecdote : e day when he wasa Justice of the Peace there came to his office 8 young man accompanied by a young woman: "Be you the squire?" asked the manly 'youth. '*Yes, sir." "Can youtie a knot for us right away ?" "Yes, sir." "How much do you charge ?" "One dollar is the legal fee, sir." "Will you take your fee in bees- wax ?" "Yes, if yon can't pay cash." "Well, go ahead with the knot, and I'll fetch in the wax." "No," said the squire, thinking there was a good chance fora little fnn; 'bring in the beeswax first, and then Til marry you." Reluctantly the yonth went out to where was hitched the horse upon which, Darby and Joan fashion the pair had ridden, and brought the wax in asack. On being weighed, its value was found to be only abont half a dollar. **Wal," said the anxious groom, "'tie the knot and I'll fetch more wax next week." *y*'No, sir; I don't trust; that's against the rules of my office." Slowly the disappointed youth turn- ed to go ont, saying :-- "Come, Sal; let's gp " "I say, mister," answered Sal with a woman's wit, can't you marry us as far as the wax will go ?" **Yes, I can, and will," replied the squire, laughing ; and he did. v. P. 8. C.E, CONDUCTED BY THE PERTH CO. UNION, Hints to prayer-meeting committees: Select leaders at least three weeks in advance. See that the leaders and topic are suitable for each other. Write outa list of the leaders and hang it up in the meeting-room. Speak a word of encouragement to the backward member. Be on hand ten minutes before the hour of meeting and have prayer with the leader; where @ pause occurs let one member of this committee be ready to fill it. You have aspecial duty to keep up the spirituality of the members and the meeting--what an important duty this is! Be vigilant, ever on the lookout for opportufiities. Where the appointed leader is unable to take the meeting this committee should select.a substi- tute. Arrange for certain méemters to lead in prayer for special objects and acquaint the leader with this arrange- ment. Encourage the leaders and members to seck your assistance and advice. If meetings are not so good as they should be, ascertain if you are doing all you canto keep them. Some- times have two leaders instead of one. Do your work wiih all your might to God's glory. 'Methods of work" meetings have been held inthe following societies, siuce last report--Milverto . Mother- well, Moukton,St. Andrews, stratford, Zion, Burns, Millbank, Mitchell and Tavistock. How to get good out of our trouble: --Trouble will either draw us nearer to.God or drive us farther away from Him, the former when we take our troubles as from ae loving Father's hand, the latter when we think of Him asacruel hard God. We will get good ont of our troubles when we take the Psalmist's advice, "Wait on the Lord." Just as a child comes to its parents and tells its sorrows, expect- ing help and sympathy, so we may come to our Heavenly Father, and tell Him all onr troubles, confident that He knows what we need, and that He will supply that. need. Wait o: Him for grace and strength to bear our troubles. Waiton Him that He may bless the troubles to us, and through them, may make us a blessing to others. One of the best Provincial Conven- tlon reports that Stratford C. E. unica has ever had the pleasure of listen- ing to was that given in St. Andrew's church on Monday evening of last week by Rev. J. M. Moyer, delegate from the union tothe Ottawa conven tion. Full of earnest, practical, soul- inspiring thought, it should bear fruit in adeeper spiritual life in the mem- bers of the various societies. This is what a Yermout pastor re- cently said, "'When Igo away my young peo le kaye their prayer-meet- ing, theo people. do not." This | tors throughout Ontario. would be the testimony of many pas- o WIS: or Pin. A CHILD RESCUED BY A YOUNG GIRL? Miss Annie McDowell, ninetéen years old, a resident of Quakake Val- ley, near Wilkesbarre, Pa., heroically rescued a child from the claws of a big eagle on Monday afternoon, and after a desperate struggle, in which she was badly wounded, killed the bird. Nettse Hinkle, three years old, was playing along s small trout stream near the main road, ranning through the valley. Miss McDowell was on her way to visit her aunt, wher she heard the child's screams, and rushiag to the rescue, found Nettie in the tal- ons of alarge bald eagle, which had boldly attacked her, but did not seem able to carry her away. She pulled Nettie from the bird's talons, but when she attempted to take the wounded child in her 'arms the bird attacked her fiercely. A THRILLING BATTLE. Miss McDowell would not retreat and leave the child behind, so standing over her she beat off the attacks of the bird as best she could. The eagle was now furious. It whirled about and dasbed, beak and talons extended, at the brave girl, who beat it off again with herarms. The beak and talons wounded Miss McDowell severely, and as she did not have a weapon she was unable to retaliate with effect. With gashes on her arms, head and shoul- ders, she was rapidly losing strength, when she thought of her hatpin. Grasping this firmly, she made repeat- ed staes atthe bird, which, despite its wounds, persisted inits attacks. Finally, as her strength was ubont gone, she managed to grasp tue bird by the neck, and with one fortunate thrust sent the needle through the head of the bird, killing it. Then, overcome by her wounds, she fell unconscious across the dead body of her terrible antagonist. CHILD CARRIED THE NEWS. Little Nettie Hinkle, badly wound- edthough she was, mede her way to her home, a short distance away, and told her parents that "a good lady saved me froma bad bird at the creek." While Mrs. Hinkle attended to her child's wounds, Mr. Hinkle hurried a- long the ereek and soon came to the sceue of the fight. He carried the stl unconscious young woman to his home and sent for a doctor. Miss McDowell soon re- covered consciousness, and after her The Way it Acted. or named Sam Smith, from a place, visited a large whole- jatehouse and ordered a quantity E He was politely received, and one Of the principles showed bim over the establishment. On reaching the fourth floor the customer saw a speaking tube on the wall, the first he had ever seen. What is that? he asked. Oh, that isa speaking tube. It 1s & great convenience. We can talk with it to the clerks on the first floor without taking the trouble of going down stairs. Can they hear anything that you say through it? Yes, and the epl You don't ae bon ge through it? © Certainly. The visitor put his mouth to the tube, and asked: Are Sam Smith's goods packed yet? The people in the office supposed it was the salesiaan who had asked the question, and in a moment the distinct reply came back: No; we are waiting for a telegram from his town. He looks like a slip- pery customer. May I talk A Nova Scotia Case. SUPFERED WITHOUT HELP--EIGHTEEN YEARS GETTING WORSE--CURED BY DODD's KIDSEY PILLS. Bridgewater, N. S. Nov. 30 (Special) --There is no man in this town better known than J. S. Morgan, tinsmith, who for eighteen years had been going from bad to worse without help until at last be got hold of the right treat- ment. He says :--"'It began with backache, paios in the limbs, and finally settled down as rheumatism. I wasacripple and after Iran down greatly in weight the doctors said it was eggs About a year anda half ago uit everything else and took Baars a es -- in tak- en twenty-three ave re- gained my weight, "sie Bg and strength. Tam perfectly cured. Eilled by a Fal ing Brick. Toronto, Nov. 26.--Robt. Walker, a laborer, was engaged at the new I. O. F. Temple, being erected at the corner of Bay and Richmond streets, when a brick fell from the top of the bnilding, eleven stories above, and struck him on the head. He was taken home with a fractured skull, and died ina wounds were dressed was «riven home. Healt; hours. She will be able to be about in a couple of weeks, and will doubtless bear the marks of her heroic fight all her life. She says she will have the bird--the larg: st ever seen in that section--stuff- ed, aud will keep it in her room. Just Too Late. We are pow just coming to the tun- nel, said the cautions lover, and ac- cording to the foolish tradition of others in love we must kiss each other. I mention it because I Gid pot wish to surprire you. Nothing that you could do would surprise me, she said. Do-du you see apyoue we know ? Not a soul. Nor anyoue that knows us ! No, one. I suppose there isn't avy sticking plaster on your face ? No. Why ? It might betray us. I read of @ young man like me, who kissed a girl like you when they were going through a tunnel. Well what of it ? are. The sticking plaster was on her face when they went in ; when they came out it was on his. How slow you Justice and Generosity. They were talking about their neigh- borhvod--as neighvors will--and es- pecially about one man, over whose case they couldn't agree. He's a mean map, declared Fusas, who is always broke and rather prides himself on the fact. Not mean, protested the other. mean, bnt just. Not Just mean, you meau. No. Imean he's just before he's genercas. Yes, a long time before. That's what a mean man always-says to cover up his meanness. What's the matter with being both just and generous? But who is both. Well, perhaps nobody. But the fact is, and you might as well admit it, that there is nothing so odious as the sterner virtues. The otLer was silent. hanya -- you think she loves you? --Oh, 'she's been hinting of late koe hes she likes my bicycle. So you have gone into the white- washing and fence-painting business, have you, Uncle Nici sel Yes sah; an' when you want anything in my line you'll find wy,stadio ut No. 44 Strawberry Alley. It is stated that animal life appears tobe almost absent in the neighbor- hood ofthe North Pole. Beyond la- titude 83 degrees the Fram inet with neither whales, seals, walrus, nor bears, though dog fishes were seen as high as 85 degrees. San Fraucisco has lately furnished the finest and costliest piece of mining 'Ingehinery ever sent to Mexico. It is an eight-stamp plant for the Progress mine, eighty miles north of the City of Mexico. It is furnished with eigh- teen amalgamated pars and about the same number of srinding and other pins. The machivery cost $200,000. oes es , dies Pavoutes > ) monthly medicine on which ladies ¢ can depend in "the hour and 'in 4 of need." Every lady who p this is requested to inc twe vr addres. . ee Son le ( ) and sf monty, which we wilt ) send by return mail in plain. se ed § elope. An old nm old physician 35 years co ) tinued practice treatin men, "> @ @ & ® & @ @ ®@ @® ® @ ® ® ® @ @? ' i, ite - e- = Th a" Cook's Cotton Root on pis pipe pest all responsible wholesale a in the Dominion ) ore ae an nited States for One é Dollar per box. ~~ »-- Ay "lin, "hy, "a, Ain, SALLOWS and ALEXANDER which we expect in a few days. line still being sold at the most practical manner. At Cost Having a few more BABY CARRIAGES left we are disposing of them AT COST in order to make room for our large stock of FALL GOODS Everything in the Furniture remarkable low prices. Undertaking attended tu as usual in the most thorough and Don't mistake the place. SALLOWS & ALEXANDER'S, _ Mam Street, Listowe Cheese-maker Wanted. To manufattnre cheese for the eipset of hd or the Molesworth Cheese maker to furnish all material, workianaht labor in connection with the ufactnre of chees (except the boxes. e ill be receiv ed by gned up to one o'clock p.m Sat y the 1ith of Novem 1 For further information apply to the aes - The lowest temler not necessarily accepter H. CoG BLIN, Seeretar y- Molesworth, Oct. 17. 1896. Me. day 4 Dek yen i d lame ce tie. < LAWRE oe £0. Lrn. "ps copsietors, MsntEzA! OY oot Jas. Armstrong, | 5 1a old, 1 with New and Fresh Groceries blished Grocer, is to the fore --for family use.- CHOICE TEAS AND COFFEE, NEW RAISIYS AND CURRANTS, FRESH CANNED GOO PROVISIONS OF ALL KINDS. Bargainsin CROCKERY and GLASSWARE. Orders filled and delivered promptly. Our long continuance in business is the best guarantee that wedeal squarely and give good value for the money. JAS. ARMST RON TT. PERFECT TEA Tee Finest Tea in THE WORLDS FROM THE TEA PLANT TO THE TEA Cllp IN [TS NATIVE PURITY. ~ Monsoon" Tea is packed under the nupervs ofthe T asa sam Carentan pas end Coy Teas. For that reason & vury Fresh leaves go into Thot is why "Monsoon." the = acaiaileaa canbe sold at the same sealed caddies o f 34 Ib., 2 Tb. and is sale cbc tgs i tell Beato? ily pee TER TSS? pry ter per ant, T@Bon Listowel SASH & DOOR FACTORY 4 Auction Sates conanctea in an { | Counties of Perth, Huron and Wellington. BAMFO2D Bros, Builders and Contractors la open to contract for the grection ofall classe of 'build i nd specifications draw n Plans a fornished on on application. estimates Sash Doors Frames Blinds e'c. Furnished ar jorder, Everyt: hapa né tic done in the Sailtion: like will be fin apts mpea mttesee on and TIRST-CLASg WORE ES SGHIY GRARAY Charges Very Moderate. Bamford Bros, FARMERS I will pay the highest cash price for good Dairy Butter at my RESIDENUE, WALLACE ST. on Mondays and Saturdays, part of th THOS. E. HAY, 3 Auct. Ask your Druggist for package. Samples free. £4 KO NO cer ere Sold by J. Livingstone, Je. Druggist. ue "4 ih S tenfifi inca etreulation ut way oie stientifie : sixmontha, Ad sae fear i Broadway, New he ci" Wanted--An Idea === Pen ga eens pete Baye, Washing on. DSi inventions waded. -- Murray & Lanman's FLORIDA WATER &A PAINT LORAL EXTRACT -cnief. Toilet and Baths. 'When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria, -- wre Caustoria, she clung to Castorin, eS PSY CHINE PRONOUNCED S1-KEEx TU ow bi ae fhe T. wm Wincum Chemical Co. L*+.. bottle of medicine sent Fi Give raat, oes bg on Jelly | CURE Fits! chee 185 West Adelaide btreet