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M DIRECTOR a Wws sper discon ages . or the ntil pay e ant C & ula nce unti 3‘ r“ wing sy to h N ed com| f ‘ foge iE s . thire k _ for E: Furniture. UNDERTAKING. TBE ONLY PRETâ€"(LAS$ HEARSE N TOWK J. SHEWELL & SON. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. NOTARY PURLIC, Commissioner,etc., J. P. TELFORD qppilione," oucrer on staane what Loan and Insurance Agent, Conâ€" veyancer, Commissioner &c. Loans arranged without delay. _ Collections promptly made, Insurance effected. MmONEY TO LOAN stlowost rates of Interest o#iic® one door north of $. Scot‘s Store Durbara DEEDS, MORTGAGES, LkASES, WILLS, ETC., ATTENDED TO PROMPTLY, NEATLY AND CHPAPLY, UE NFTPIST HYX. **â€""County of G «ud at reasonab W. L. McKENZIE, MONEY TO LOAN Fire Insurance secured. OFFICE, over Grant‘s Stom«. Lower Town, COMMISSIONER IN IGX COURT OP JUOSTICR CONVEYANCER, ®to. o flling of th snce next doc DAN. McLEAN. LICENSED AUCTIONEER for Co. of Grey. All communications adâ€" cressed to Laxzasit P. 0. will be promptly uitended to. _ Residence Lot 19, Con. 8, Township of Bentinck. DAN. MeLEAN. Licens harges rrang® ricevillo JAMES LOCKIE, cted wit Residence TEST ED S MELVUOO SPECIFIC and ANTIDOT!I FOR SALE The: EDGE PROPRRTL For Impore, Weak and Impoverishe Blood, Dyspepsia, Sleeplessness, Palpota tion of the Hoeart, Liver Complaint, New ralgia, Loss of Memory, Bronchitis, Con sumption . Gall Stones, Jaundice, Kidue and Urinary Diseases, St. Vitus‘ Dane ®/male Trreanlarities and General System Renovator‘ tioneer In the Town of Grey, including va Brick Dwemng. building lots, will b J. T. FOSTER. ONOR Graduate of the R . of Dontal Surgzeons of Ontar In the Town of Durham, CouUNSF !* Grey, including valuable Water Power Brick Dwelling, and many eligible building lots, will be sold in one or more lots. Also lot No. 00, con. 2, w.G. R., Townsbip of Bentinck, 100 acres adjomâ€" ing Toarn plot Durham. tortgage taken for part purchase N & 0Yâ€" _ _ . y.urse EDGE. Bold by H ICENSED AUCTIONEER, for th County of Grey. Sales attended to promp LARGE and Complete STOCK, Consisting of Bedroom and Parâ€" lor Bets, Eztension and Centre Tables, Bible Standsâ€"in Oak, Bamboo and Elm. Nice Assortâ€" ment of Easles. We also carry a Large Stock of Pictures and Frame Moulding. T. G. HOLTL,. L. D. S. HUCH McKAY. In this line we Take the Lead. Well Stocked and Com%ou in CASKETS, COFINS, Ete., in £RMT TL Y 4 well timbered. Lot 16, con. 5, Bentinck, 100 acres known as the Jas. Bamford â€" farmâ€"well imâ€" proved close to Lamlash. Wot1, Durham Street, North Priceville. Lant 3% Kinross Street, North Priceville. "With other splendid Farms in Ontario M O P 2 urlos Waronte and the Latest Desigus. sgecupt?s FIRE, Life and Accident lnsurance. «€laims of all kinds collectedâ€"Old notes bougnt. H. H. MILLER, The Hanover Conveyencer. MISCELLANEOUS. 'wiel_;fii:t.honâ€"a‘ 1o0t 20, con. { aboratory lot. s BR Y 4 acres timbered ote 21 242, © â€"IN THEâ€" llowing Properties at Prices Asked at very security here‘s Big Money ! McLEOD‘S Dornoch, Ont. '¢lfill6 Irreg AUCTIONEER. DURHA M 241 MEDICAL. MB C+ MONEY TO LOAN DURHAM. sTED REMEDIES f M t Apply to JAMES EDGB: Edge Hill, Onte K _22‘3; con. 4, S.W.T. and 2. Melancthonâ€"100 acres & bush con. 4, S W.T. and 8. Road, thonâ€"30 acres good bush. con. 5. Melancthonâ€"83 acres PARKER Draggist, â€" 2%2, 213, con.3, s.w.T. and , Township Melancthonâ€"174 Rosidence Durbham Ont iage Licenses,. Aucâ€" ties of Bruce and Grey, l)tbllit)’. _ Goderichk, On ;R MCLEOD’ t 1 St., Hanover wist, Durham. Prop v the County ef Grey. atisfaction guaranteed. ‘can be made at the . or at his residence th lax att t Ofi p. MeCORMICK, rates on and Manufactare) yal College Teeth exâ€" itrous oxide tion prid to e and Resiâ€" y.614 County of Fancy Goods, TOYNS and Stationary, wWOOLsS, EMBROIDERIES and SILKS, in ;ll COLORS _ Wall Papers land MISS GUN‘S. NEXT Door TO PARKER‘S 250 ACRES belonging to the Estate of the late James Burnett, 125 mcros under cultiyation, rest hardwood bush, being Lots 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, Old D. R. in the Township of Artemesia, County of Grey, two miles from Flesherton Staâ€" tion, three miles from Pricevilie. _ For tarther particulars apply to PARK & CO. Transact a general Banking business. Money loaned to farmers and others on reasonable terms. Interest allowed on special deposits at current rates. Also FIRE and LIPE * David JACKSON, JP.» cierk piv. court. Aithur H. JACKSON) xomry rupuc. Land Valuators, Insurance Agents, Commissioners. Money to lend. Money invested for Parties Farms bought and sold. A generalfinancial business transacted Office next door to Standard Bank, at greatly reduced rates Office Durham An active member of the London detec=| tive force narrates an amusing adventure. which shows that the cleverest of men are liable to err when nature sets herself to outwit them. I was instructed to arrest a certain man, with whose appearance I felt myself to be perfectly familiar, and 1 kept a keen lookâ€" out for my customer, . The very next day I * spotted" him on an omnibus in the Strand, pursued the vehicle, and having satisfied myself by a closer look, took him away to the station, he all the while proâ€" testing that I had made a mistake. I had. â€" He turned out to be a reapectaâ€" bie gentleman, with a most peculiar and unfortunate likeness to the * wanted " man. I was much disappointed ; not only had I missed the party I wanted, but 1 had bungled the job. 1 was yet in my detective novitiate, and I got pretty severely snubbed by my chief. ‘The very next day, while walking down a street,â€"in Islington this time, â€"1 stopped and rubbed my eye®. Here was my man coming, dressed totally unlike the stranger of yesterday. I up(r«l him on the arm, He turned round an exclaimed, ** You, is it +" and I informed him ot my business. Entcring a cab, we went to the station, not another work passing between us. _2 _Â¥ Alzanct ha acain ___â€" Assurance Policies issued Middaugh House Block, Durham. A Farm for Sale. another WUDR PDCCE OJ qs To my amazement and disgust, he again turned out to be the wrong MAD, the one I had arrested the day before 1 Z T Ei atcs 4 T antemt. CONVEYANCERS. «* Why did you not explain . 1 HERCTY somewhat excitedly. «Sir !" he thundered, *‘ from my °x: perience of you yesterday, 1 came to the conclusion you were No gentleman ;" and darting & withering glance at me, he disâ€" appeared. Yome men‘s wives are too much like | r alaves, beings whose duty it is to be conâ€" | f tented with plenty of hard work and someâ€" } thing less than & plenty of board and clothes, Such a case seems to have been brought to light in southern Indiana, under circumstances halfâ€"pathotic, halfâ€"humorus An aged couple who had lived anugly for | many years, sold their farm for sixteen | tnousand dollars. . In due course the purâ€" | chaser called with a notary to close u: the | business. . The notary had prepared nSeed, 4 which the farmer signed, and passed to his wife, whose signature also was necessary. To the surprise of all concerned, the woman refused to put her name to the document. «I have lived on this farm for filty years," she said, *‘ and I‘m not going to sign away my rights unless I get something out of it that fcn call my own." * The shusband reasoned with her ; the notary did likewise. . She was immovable. The pflrchucr grow nervous. There was No telling how unreasonab‘e her demands might be, and he was eager to get the farm. ‘ @* How much will you take to sign the deed ?" he inquired. The woman hesitated. Finally she seid : «Well, I think I ought to have two dolâ€" litth" The man handed her the amount, and she the papers. Then she turned the ver dollars over and over, jingiing One " ©Y°C 770 mackling over her 0_ A. H, BURNET, Hopevili« MRS. RURNET, Darham. *en Uncomfortable Resemblance. VOL. XVII,â€"NO. 10. K es .ifnod the paper® Then she turne? silver dollars over and over, jingiing against the other, and chuckling ove good fortune. od fort90®» _ ,, . _ Lli4, ‘‘this is the Mr. Dumbleton, who 1# HO0 ECCC3 0003 kesp any extrs collar buttons 0n hand, and vhodovoms.ood.hno( his matin mo ments to hunting for these way ward easenâ€" tials of male attire, startled his wife the other morning by & more than usual over* EC CTut% lanonage. 5*T nace the matter now T uate ter now ? she exclaimed. Matter -na: ! he returned, with a ut paralytic gasp® : I‘ve swallowed -‘.dhr batton ll t Mre. D. ou T8. i6 Ih",,.,m.;?m"hoit in. JACKSONS. Pitifully Humorous. rtune. I1, well," she said, ‘‘this is the first T ever had in my life to spend to suit =â€"ATâ€" Located at Last. :{:tv:.x‘;iuin?" I asked, who is too economical to e nboidr cwot ho Convenient Feed Rack for Sheep. The usual method of teeding sheep has a number of disadvantages. When fed from the floor adjacent to their pen, the lambs are quite sure to be found walking all over the hay and grain, and making themselves generally at home in the uttermost parts of the barn, The sheep, moreover, wear off the wool from their necks and disfigure themselves when feeding through openings in the side of their pen. . Where the fodder is thrown down from the floor above the pen an arrangementsuch as is shown in the One Value of Rotation. A student of first causes would doubtless find that many things which are now en« grafted as perts of our most common agri« cultural practice, owe their origin to an observance of the ways of nature. In the totation of crope we but follow nature in | her habitual methods as Thoreau long uo} pointed out, when an oak forest is cut away the earth is speedily reclothed with pines; clover, if left to itself, will soon die out and grasses take its place. Experimentaâ€" tion has shown thata soil may be so barren of certain elements of plant food that some one crop will make but the slightest growth This would lead one who knew nothing of the constituents of the soil, how varied they are,and how different are the requireâ€" ments of different plants, to exclaim that the soil itself was barren. But the intelliâ€" gent farmer knows this is not true, and he }vnriel the uses to which he puts the land, bringing into play, in successive seasons, its most varied capabilities. _ onl illustration may be found serviceable. It is a hanging rack with slats all around it, and made narrow at the bottom so that the flock can reach even the last spear of hay. There will be no crowding with such an arrangement. . The feed will not be soiled, and the pen can be kept closed so that the lambs caunot escape from it. Even when the fodder is not thrown down from the floor above such a rack may be hung near the side of the pen, and the hay thrown over into it from the feeding floor, giving much more feeding space to the flock than would a rack nailed against the side of the Poo Noi ORRRUNP s ies This necessity of rotation, in order to make the cultivation of the land continâ€" uously profitable, is so well understood that we need hardly dwell upon it here. But there is one result from rotation, perâ€" haps as valuable as that of bringing out the different food eloments, that is not so well known. The destruction of crops with the consequent loss to farmers from funâ€" gous diseases ‘EP.“".": belincreuing each 2. 4 > ghit l6 42 muangfan a . admntiouns vepdaiin v . 1 year. It would be difficult to mention a crop that had not its especial enemy . of this kind, which either lays it waste wholly in certain_ seasons or k:epl up & wz Fonitice omm uxsl Pn C C ate d i E alighter, but continuous attack upon it, depreciating the value of every harvest. Potato scab, and rot, the smut of oats, the rust of wheat, mildews and blights are among the things we speak of. These diseases are Yropsgnud by minute seeds or greins, called spores; many of which have the curious property of not being able to exist upon other than the plants which it particularly affects. . Thus while the spores will remain in a certain field, awamiting and ready to attack the crop as soon as it shall be planted again, if another crop is substituted the spores perish because they have not that vpon which they can subsist, If deprived of their proper food for a whole year, most of these spores will perish; although it has been ascertained that the germs of certain plant diseases have the power to retain their vitality for wo or moare seasons, This characteristic, of fastening only upon the certain crop, indicates very clearly the value of a rotation where fields have become thus infested. If the rotation is thorough, and if seed of the diseased crops are not fed, and if the crops themselves are not fed, and the manure resulting therefrom returned to the land; it is comâ€" paratively easy to hold them in check. It is mainly because of negligence, and ignorâ€" wnce of their characteristics, that they are allowed to spread, and to become so formidable. f ie PRTIUCRCC It is importaut to know that the spores are not destroyed by passing through ‘the digestive organs of cattle, and therefore manure which could eso«ibly contain them had better be burned rather than used to further contaminate the soil, Certain of the states have recognized that the disesses of fruit «rees and plants could be held in check to some degree by proper methods of preventing spread and conu&i,on, and have legislated to that effect, hile too much agricultural legisiation is to be avoidâ€" ed, we think likeattention might properly be given the matter as affecting | general farm crops. In the fall and winter slightly tainted mt butter is very common in the market, and | ;; makers can not be too particular in keep | al ing their stock perfectly free from all faulty | A flavor, The butter that is onlyslightly taint. & ed often causes the greatest loss to the maker. ® This butter may be otherwise firstâ€"class, | b wnd if sold on the market at once might be ‘I marked as prime or fancy, says E.P, Smith. ',i But a slight taint develops rapidly, and by the time the butter reaches . the | w market there is a faulty flavor sufficient to | c mark the butter as second or third class. | g This causes too great a loss to be endured | a with equanimity, and yet butter must be | r sold upon its merits. < There is other butter at this time of the | c year that is so distinctly out of flavor that one must conclude that the macufacturer | k new wha he was doing. He intended to | 1 save in feeding and make inferior butter, | and be gets ”li'h‘h. price that all faulty butter brings ere is no sympathy with such manufacturers, for they are steadily injuring the reputation of American butter | both at home and abroad. ‘| Most of the trouble comes direct from ’ Ind.i:r. Every one is tr{ing to economize in feeding at this time o the year. Frosty : | feed is the most prolific cause of lli?hv.ly : | defective butter. The taint shows taelf early and develops rapidly, deteriorating the butter so that it cannot endure storage very long. Creameries for self protection must insist upon farmers feeding only good , | feed to their cows. A little independent : inmughnion would soon weed out the farâ€" . | mers who feed any and every thing to their . | cows from those who are particular to teed & | only good fodder. In this way the l;:'hv. . | ones will suffer the loss,and not the helpless consumers or the innocent creameries. | , | . There are many other things besides defecâ€" a ! tive food that cause trouble in the butter, d | and one is the way in which the cream is handled in cold weather. Some dairymen ,, ‘ think that the cold weather will keep the * Cream all right without any special care 0n AGRICULTIURAL, HANGING FEED RACK, Talnted Butter. their part. In the summer time they know Sol P We CÂ¥ OU01% 223 has Lave +o man Great Changes Have Taken Place in the Last Fificen Years, In referring to the resumption of its sittings by the Royal commission appointed to enquire into the agricultural depression prevailing in Great Britain, the London Times remarks that proigund changes have taken place in the condition of agriâ€" culture in the United Kingdom since the last Royal commission was appointod fif« teen years ago. . In 1856 there were 4,213,+ 651 acres under cultivation with wheat in Great Britain, and the average price per quarter was 59 shillings, but since that period the ares devoted to this crop hu‘ steadily been reduced. In 1879 it w## 3,056,400 acres, and last year only 1,912,â€" 743 mores were devoted to the Towing of wheat, while the price has fallen to 21 shillings per quarter, These figures reflect |the desperate condition of agriculture in Britain, Taking the whole agricultural land of Great Britain the following changes are found to have occurred during the last | fifteen years :â€" Corn crops.... ... . .7,750,300 8,200, 405 Green crops... ... . .3,293,837 3,515,485 Grass land ... ... ..16,478,818 14,296,841 In the fitteen years the area devoted to suin has decreased 1,175,112 acres, t.hu‘ evoted to roots and green crops has deâ€". creased 221,648 acros, while the area of permanent grass land has increased 2,181,â€" 977 mcres. As the Times remarks, the most striking figures are those which records an increase of upwards of two million acres in the areo of permanent grass land (permanent pasture, oT grass not broken up in rotation). . More than half of the entire cultivated area of Great Britain is now occupied by permanent pasture, though there are the strongest ground for the suggestion that much of the landsâ€" Elniculurly in parts of Enghndâ€"which as been described as ‘"out 0 cultivation" really lies hidden amongst the 16§ million 1 uw N ILCL Sectmme mrel’ d.;-n-ot;d_ ;;Vpérmun'énl pasture. out. Round and round the rhy mo will go Ere the final word shall strike, Counting fast or counting slow â€"â€" Barcelona, bona, strike, What it all means no one knowss, Mixed up like a peddlar‘s pack, As from door to door he goosâ€"â€" Hare, ware, frow, frack. Now we guess and now we doubt, Words enough or word= we lack, Till the rhyming brings about W elcomed with a farewell shoutâ€" Hallico, ballico, weâ€"wiâ€"woâ€"wack, You Apron and Neektle Party. We want to tell our young readers about an ‘"apron and necktie party"‘ that was held a short time ago. The party was for young folks from twelve to cighteen years old. All were requested to bring aprons and ties to match. At the door stood a young man with a basket in his hand, and as each lady and girl entered she dropped a package conâ€" taining a necktie into the basket. MEOR Om n iss As the boys entered they were each handâ€" ed a card with a number on it. The girle remained in the dressingâ€"room until all had arrived and were ready to go together into the hall. It was amusing to see so many girlsâ€" there were about fiftyâ€"come marching into the hall, each wearing a gay apron. . They seated themselves at one end of the plat form. The boys took the opposite side of the hall. The spectators were the parents, YOUNG FOLKS. older bro'.h'erl nr.nd zisters,and a few friends of the children, There were about one hundred and fifty in all. After all were seated and prepared to listen,a young boy sixteen years old played a pretty piece on the piano; other pieces on the piano and two songs followed,. Then the young man with the basket in which were the neckties, stepped on the platform and said he was ready to call the num» h en as d 2 tA ioA it m oo‘ 90 time to fasten it at his neck and find the apron to match it, before another was called. This was done so as to give each necktie and apron a chance to be seen. No. 1 was called, and a bashful boy of thirteen walked up and took a package out of the basket; he opened it, and out came a tie of red, white and blue stripes. \’l’here was enough _rpu':crial inLin to make a AGRICULTURE IN BRITAIN. ;:;:avli"z;:i vfil‘gâ€".""}{e found the apron to mat ch worn by a girl of seventeen. . They took their place on the floor amid roars of laughter. No. 2 was called; he got a long white tie with loops long enough to reach to each shoulder, and ends down to his knees. Another got a bright red, and the apron to match had such large strings that they In an empty room we throo Play the gamos we always like, And count to sse who * it" shall be Ana, mana, mona, mike. would have made a tableâ€"spread. ® One couple had tie and apron made of black cloth thickly covered with red stars. ‘The stars were the size of a silver dollar, made of red flannel and sewed on the black, The tie was very large. ES Te es o ut The last one drawn was gay calico. It was bright blue ground covered with gay colored flowers, roses, pinks, tulips, and green leaves; the flowers were as large as a sauce dish. The tis was large enough to reach to each shoulder and the ends to the waist; the apron was big enough for a couch cover. ‘The ties we have mentioned caused more laughter and amusements than the others, although they were all comical and worth describing, if we had the space. When the boys were all decked with their gay ties and with their partners in line around the ball, a lively march was. played on the piano, They went around the hall a pumber of times and then marched to the supper room. . There were three long tables with white table clothsy white dishes, p‘rer napkins and a very large bowl of lovely flowers on the centre of each table. Coffee, biscuits, and cold boiled ham, were served first ; then ice cream, cocoanut, chocolate, and sponge E;oh boy on getting his tie was given % . Ms S y mm o ma e d SE " Ana, Mana, Mona, Mike." cream, cake. HETCt After the young folks had their supper the older ones gathered around the tables and while we were eating, the boys and girle were pllyin{ games : ** the miller, «* drop the hand erchief," and *‘ rope." At the last thel all formed in line and | marched to the rullnt-room. where each bo* said goo lâ€"night to his partner, he party broke up t half past ten w‘clock, and a jolly time they had, and such huhin:‘u the boys buttoned their overconts, to hide their gay neckties. They said they 'u_'o!olu_‘mkup them it reâ€" said ons pribey of ohe patty. 1893â€"4 CO. GREY, THURSDAY, ...7,155,356 _ $,930,405 ... 3,203,837 3,515,485 ..16,478,818 14,296,841 years the area devoted to Eo o ns Acres. 1879â€"80. Acres . $,930,468 3,515,485 14,296,841 |PATING POSTAL REFORMS. HOW TO SWELL THE REVENUE OF THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. Increase im [the Number of New .Im| Bince Confederationâ€"Registration Fee is Too Mighâ€"The Carriage of Parcels in the British Postâ€"Oflceâ€"The British Postal Order is a Great Convenienceâ€" Bo is the Telegraph Money Order Bystema. The operations of the Dominion postâ€" office for 1893 resulted in a dead loss of $647,696. In 1868, the first year of Conâ€" tederation, it only amounted to $28,859. Though the revenue has steadily increased, rom $1,024,710 in 1568, to $3,696,062 in 1893, the expenditure has also steadily inâ€" creased in a still greater ratio, writes a Montreal correspondent. . Applying the increase of both to population, we fini that while the revenue has only increased from thirty to seventyâ€"four ":P? head, the expenditure has increased from thirtyâ€" one to eightyâ€"eight cents per head, To the loss must be added aportion, atieast, o the subsidies paid to mail steamships, $413,839 This is a heavy drain upon the resources of a young country, and suggests the enâ€" quiry whether anything can be done to augment the revenue,for there is little hope that the expenditure can be seriously diâ€" minished, owing to the incessant demand for new offices, and more frequent mails The increase in the number of new office since confederation has been very large, viz., from 3,638 to 8,477, while the number of letters has increased in a much greater ratio, say from sighteen to 106 millions, and postâ€"cards from four millions, in 1876 to twentyâ€"two millions in 1893. This is very satisfactory, for nothing affords a more l convincing proof of While the number passing through the Canadian postâ€"office is larger per head than in Frauce, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Russia, Austris, Hungary, Norway, ltaly, Spain and Portugal, it is yet less than oneâ€"half the number, per head, carried in Great Britain, the United States and most of the Australian colonies, and less than in Sweden and Switzerland, Ontario however, ranking far above Quebec. No complaint can be made on the score of letâ€" ter postage, considering the enormous disâ€" tances travelled,and the sparse population ; but the registration fee of five cents is too THE PROGRESS OF A NATION than the number of letters and postâ€"cards passing through its postâ€"office. high ; a lower charge would probably proâ€" duce more revenue, especially ifa small compensation in case of loss were allowed, as in Great Britain. lnlomeolherreapectl,however,lheDomim ion postâ€"office is behind the age, and far beâ€" hlnfihe 1mperial postâ€"office, In the matter of parcels this is upec&-lly :re cue.l To great Een Copen snn Mn 4 cni h ul is . pid ces hauiethtrnpebndntl d 11 0.4 & dis‘ributing centres like Montres!l and Toâ€" ronto this is a matter of the greatest imâ€" pertance. Large houses that might be mentioned must send many thousands of parcels to country districts in the course of a year, and though the express companies will deliver parcels at rooderate rates in towns and villages where there is a railway station, there is a vast number of villages where there is a postâ€"office but no railway station, or only one which is several miles from the village. It is in these latter especiâ€" ally that the postâ€"office regulations as te: parcels are found to be so oppressive, IN THE BRITISH POSTâ€"OFFICE the carringe of parcels has assumed enorâ€" mous dimensions. In 1887 the number carried was a little over thirtyâ€"two mill« ions; in 1890 it had increased to over fortyâ€" twomillions,and in 1894 to fiftyâ€"four millions ! You can send a closed parcel weighing one Emnd from any postâ€"office in the United ingdom to any other, a m:ximum distance of about mix hundred miles for six cents ; a two pound parcel for nine cents ; or & three pound parcel for twelve cents; but in Canada the charge is twentyâ€"four cents, fnny-eifim, cents, and seventyâ€"two cents respectively. You can send a one round parcel from England to China for twenty cents ; but for a similar parcel for a distance of only fiftyâ€"seven miles, . our postâ€" office charges twentyâ€"four cents ! It is true that such a parcel, if ‘*open to inspection "‘ is only charged sixteen cents, but people will not send valuables by post ‘‘*open to inâ€" spection," nor should the postâ€"office en« courage such a system, for it needlessly tempts their employses. k ‘This is not all. in cities and large towns the British postâ€"office will send a van, free of charge, to collect parcels from any store supplying not less than ten ata time, or fifty in a week, and will deliver them at your own door; should the ozuignee reside Rimentding s ic pnnit ns "Shae saill oR on CC nds e d ts your own door; should the consignee reside at a distance from a postâ€"office they will deliver them by w special messenger at only 6 cents per mile, or by a cab it specially paid for. Then in case of loss or damage the postâ€"oflice will pay up to $10 ; for a fee of four cents the compensation is inâ€" creased to $25, and so on to the maximum of $250 for a fee of twenty«two cents, No wonder that with all those attracâ€" _ No wonder tions has become so popular. In Canada it is very different ; tor a parcel for which the postâ€"office charges fortyâ€"eight or seventyâ€" two cents, the express companies charge only twentyâ€"five e:ntl and H::u- they got M Gp ue o n ced e t e 0 4n analh n enE on s ues PC t.hey cream of the businers, and, as is well known, make large profits out of it. The result is that whereas in 1837 the Canadian postâ€"office carried 820,000 parcels, in 1893 it carried only 343,000, a diminution of fifty» eight percent, and, of course, a propor: tionate loss of revenue. . Its parcel postage indeed seems to be a relic of the past, when the mails were carried by stage,or on horseâ€" back, or by hand, and weight was a matter of importance. Now the postâ€"office pays over two million dollars a year for the carriage of mails, chiefly to the dgren rail« way companies, and they should carry any number of parcels _ without inconvenience or extra charge. If the obnoxious condiâ€" tion requiring pncoll to be open to inspecâ€" tion were abolished, and the present rate of one cent.per pound levied on small parâ€" cels with a maximum charge of ten up to one pound and five cents for everx extra pound.ud the rate "* well advertised," there is little doubt that the postâ€"office Puool P Co 4 c ootie B EoTE NTR CCC CC0 C _ business would soon run up to the millions, upeoi.llg if the $10 compensation, and the special delivery were added; and that the revenue in a short time would be increased by at least $50,£00 a year. But parcels must be delivered as promptly as letters and not detained twentyâ€"four hours as they often are now. The department must run the risk of a few letters being placed in mroell by dishonorable persons,as the Britâ€" office does. ‘Then the British postâ€"office has in recent ym-intuqnnmdunol.hergmt.convcnienoe. THE POSTAL ORDER Such orders are issued at any postâ€"office in the Kingdom, payable at u{ other postâ€" office at a very small chur, ut limited to: tweaty shillings ($5) each, They are inâ€" sued for one shilling (45 cents), at a charge of one cent; up to ten |billins- and sixpence at a charge of two cents, and up to twenty shillings at a charge ot three cents, Practiâ€" cally, any odd sum can be remitted: The modwhpynmnyhinmudby the sender, but it that this is often left bhnk.nd::uuq rn- from hand {to hand as remittances, ike small bank B EL LELLEL Almaen esw NU S Anmciadhseviventinins S 4 to hand as remittances, like small bank notes. They are found to be exceedingly useful,not only in making small remittances but to travellers, . They must, however, be THE PARCEL PO8T o be open to inspecâ€" nd the present rate levied on small parâ€" charge of ten up to ts for every extra presented for povmnt within three months of their issue. _V 3 should not the system be adopted in Camada? _ _ Then, in the money order department: another great convenience has been estabâ€" lished. **Telegraph money orders," are issued between all head and branch offices, authorized totransactmoney order butiness, They are limited to ten pounds (50), and the commission is double the ordinary rates; and in addition, a charge of ninepence (18 cents) is made for telegraphic advice and its repetition,. . The sender may also send a telegram for twelve cents. _ i ap Eon e SV A concession, too, is made in the charge for letter rates, when they exceed one ounce in weight,. â€" Under one ounce, the charge is two cents; under two ounces, however, it is only three cents ; under four ounces, four cents; and so on, one cent increase for every two ounces. Of course the population is very dense, and the distances comparatively short, but the great aim is to meet in every possible way, THE CONXVENIENCE OF THE PUBLIC, |1 In the city of London, that is, the eastern , central district, or heart, of London, there | are twelve free deliveries daily ; in other| districts within three miles of the postâ€" office, eleven deliveries, and in the suburbs six deliveries ; and in all other cities and towns, from two to four, . For an extra fee of four cents, paid to « railway company, a letter may be sent by any train, and by an arrangement between the postâ€"office and the company, the latter will deliver it to the person to whom it is addressed, at their station, or post it at the nearest letterâ€"box. The result is that the British postâ€"office in 1$93 4 made a clear profit of over eighteen million dollars, (£5,749,000 sterling). From this, however, must be deducted part or the whole, of about three and a half million dollars (£723,000) paid to the mail steamâ€" ships as subsidies, In 1841, the first year of Rowland Hili‘s penny postage, the proâ€" fit was only two -nru half million dorlm (£500,789). _ It will thus be seen that there is ample rcom for improvement in the Canadian postal system, and it may be hoped that the government will do its utmost to afford the public every conveniâ€" ence, in doing which it will surely add to the revenue. WR The franking system, too, may well be | i abolished. It is said to be much abused ; | 1 it was in England. If members of Parlis=| ment must be indulged, let them be paid a | fixed sum for ?muge in addition to their |: mileage,. and then insist on : EVERYTHING BEING STAMTPED, Postâ€"oflice officials, however, mre not always the best judges in such matters, When Rowland liill first propossd ‘"penny ‘ ioun e," the then Postmasterâ€"General, ord fi.ichfield, said of it in the House of Lords:â€"*‘Of all the wild, visionary schtemes which I have ever heard of this is the most extravagant." By other officials it was denounced "ruinous." and even in 1843, when it had been in operation three years, Colonel Moberley, the Chiet Secretary, told a Parlismentary committee :â€"*"This fl“' we know, will fail . . . . it must fail," an Mr. Goulburn, the Chancellor of th Exchequer, thought so too. The experience of Great Britain shows that high rates and slow deâ€" liveries result in a low revenue ; but that cheap uniform rates, and rapid delivery will produce large revenue, Since 1839 the inland letter rate has been reduced from a maximum of forty cents to a uniâ€" form rate of two cents, and the colonial and foreign letter rate, from m maximum |\ rate of eightyâ€"four cents to a uniform rate | of five cents ; with the very great advanâ€" | tage of enclosures up to one ounce in the | former, and half an ounce in the latter, | without extra charge, and with the result | that the net revenue has increased from | two and a half to tourteen and a half mil | lion dollars a year ! A Genteman in Andia Bought a Plece Of. Glass for a Sapphire Ring. ‘ Travellers in India need to be very wise or very cautious to withstand the persuaâ€". sions of ge.a venders, who besiege them on all sides. Sir William Gregory says lhll‘ he once met on a steamer a gentleman who wore a very remarkable sapphire ring, at which he could no Lelplooking. * I see, sir," said the wearer, ** that you are looking at my ring. 1 bought it in Ceylon, Pray look at it, and tell me what you think its value shoald be." " It is a very finely colored and perfect stone," said Sir William, * but I am not: much of a lapidary, and I could not possâ€" ibly put the value on it." ‘ «* Well, make a guess," said the strangâ€" er. Yir William remembered a sapphire ring in his own family, which was valued at & hundred pounds, and he guessed the same price for the stone before him. * You are right, sir," said the other, " That was exactly the price demanded for it; but I got it more reasonably 1 was on deck when we were leaving Ceylon and a wellâ€"dressed native came up to me and said, mysteriously, * I have no false jewelry to offer you, sir, but I have come on board to rell a very fine ring, the proper y "ne P PED id ud Auictccctulris‘ Auvr haus dvanâ€" i6 â€" ty of my brother, who, if he does not sell toâ€"day, will have to go to jail,‘ He un« rolled the ring from one covering of rags after another, _ ___ C £ ths RTVCT RRVUTCCY «* f want a hundred pounds tor it,‘ said he, ‘And it‘s cheap at that. ie IFF] B P mg T TT " I waid I would not give so much. He insisted on i‘s cheapmess, . 1 said I could not consider half that price, . ; We went on talking, and his price continued to drop until the screw began to move and the buatswain to cry, ‘All strengers ashore ! He turned to me then with m look of supplication, and said, © Well, what will you give *‘ «* What I have in my hand,‘ said I It was half a crown. +** * Take the ring,‘ said he. _ *** May it relieve your brother from going to prison !‘ was my valedictory | saâ€" lute, as he burried away . o ** This is the story of the ring I wear, and I have found that my friend was no loser by the transaction; for the supâ€" posed stone is glass, the supposed gold of the setting is brass, and the whole is worth about eight or ten pence." Paper Hosiery. Paper gloves and hosiery are named as among the very latest novelties, Stockings which sell at three cents a pair are proposed, In fact the experiment of making paper stockings has been going on tor several months, and the party engaged therein believes that paper mittens or gloves would possess advantages in their season. The goods are light and airy and very comfort« able in summer. When finished and dyed their appearance is similar to ordinary fabric goods. The knitting is from paper yarns. The paper yarns are made pretty much after the plan of makicg common paper twines, except that the former are put through certain special processes, The principle is that of making & sort of n nap on the yarns, â€" This is done nuwmtiull{. Ordinary paper twine or yarn is too smooth, but a good gigging up gives the yarn a nap, and this imparts softness, . After the knitâ€" ting has been done the goods are placed in a sizing bath made from potato starch and tallow, which imparts solidity and durabil« ity to the texture. With paper , passenger Pmd inaliin n reae n ob o SA i ns ONTARIO car wheels, paper water pails, why not paper socks and stockings * Prison Missionaryâ€"My friend, are you not repentant for your past nue'oedlh’“ . L Aedrets ACCWC s J fas BPR o e is ‘;‘on'v’i'ctâ€"Reponlt nawthin ! You better go back to school an‘ ln‘i_-h y‘r ‘?‘dic’fiu. h cll d adhsr t Aihealipar mt Sb w sar vehter CO0 tA bradiar on Arecttcs cnlâ€"29! My friend, I am thoroughly familiar with the Bible, Aw, come of ! Jast you study up th‘ science o‘ sociology, an‘ you‘ll find I am simj product of envi uu‘::". a bairpin I ‘."H BAD BARGAIN A Cultivated Convict. TORONTO WHOLE NO. 860. A MOTIO~ ON WELSH DISESTABLISHâ€" MENT. Mr. Asquith Introduces and Oatlines the Hillâ€"Colontal Trade Treaticsâ€"Comâ€" mittee on Depression. A despatch from London says :â€"James Keir Hurdie, M.P., had another hearing before the House of Commons committee which is considering plans for the relief of the unemployed. He said that the distress was so widespread that a State grant of £5,000,000 would only tide over the needs of the unemployed throughout the country for six weeke. John Burns asked if State grants would not have the effect to debauch the workless people for ‘a generation to come. â€" Mr. Hardie replied : No ; if there Iu any debauching going on now it is being Idono under the influence of the charity reâ€" lief fund." HIVED® In the House of Commons Mr. Sidney Buxton, Under Colonial Secretary, said, in answer to a question on the subject, that a bill enabling the Australasian colonies to ;â€";k;â€"p;;To:’O-;{:d- treaties of Commerce with Canada and other British colonies had ;un ;nuoduood in the House of Lords on ‘eb. 21. Home Secretary Asquith moved the first reading of the disestablishment of the church in Wales bill. Mr. Asquith said the bill proposed that the church should cease to Eo established in Wales and Monâ€" mouth in January, 1897 ; that provision be made for the formation of a representative body made up from the clergy and laity, to which power can be given to legislate on ecclesiastical matters; that the church should be transferred to this body, and the glebes to the parish districts and Towns Councils, and that other property vested in the church be rlmd in the hands of a commission of clergymen, who should receive their present emoluments durâ€" ing their lives, the income from the reâ€" mainder of the property to be used in the erection and maintenance of hospitals, disâ€" pensaries and convalescent homes ; to proâ€" vide nurses for the poor, and to arrange for laborers‘ dwellings, allotments and for technical higher education. The opponâ€" ents of the bill, he said, might accuse them ‘| of attempting to secularize religious funds | but the Government held that the purposes mentioned were truly religious, and that ; | there would be no profanation of a fund s dedicated to pious uses in n{plyin. it to | the re ief of the suffering. The bill was § conceived in an honest desire to satisfy a genuine demand of a vast majority of *| the Welsh people with the least possible *\ detriment to the interests of the church, IMPERIAL POLITIOS, Sir Michael Hicksâ€"Beach, Conservative, for West Bristol, answered Mr. Asquith with great energy. He characterized me sheer Eolmcnl cant the Home Secretary‘s remaiks as to the appropriation of church property for charitable uses. . The Governâ€" ment proposals, he said, were without preâ€" cedent in English history, and would be resented by millions of English men and women. Even in the Irigh disestablishment there had been provisions for reorganizaâ€" tion by allowing persons with vested interests to commute and compound them for the benefit of the new church body . Thus refounded the church had been able to aseume something like its old position, The present bill debarred a similar course in Wales. Mr. Robert L, Everett, Liberal, moved in the House of Commons on Tuesday the biâ€" metailic rerolution, which was approved on Friday last by the Parliamentary Comâ€" mittee of the 1‘iâ€"Metallic League, The resolution, was that * this House regards with increasing apprebension the consiant fluctuations and growing divergence in the relative value of gold and silver,and heartily coucurs in the recent expression of opinion upon the part of the Government of France and the Government and Parliament of Germany in regard to the serious evile reâ€" sulting therefrom, | Jt therefore urges upon the Goverrment the desirability of co« operation with other nations in an internaâ€" tional conference to consider what mesns can be taken to remove or mitigate these evile.‘ Mr. Henry Chaplin, Conservative, formâ€" erly President of the Board of Agricluture, keconded the resolution, and pointed to the situation as proving the necessity of an international understanding on the subâ€" ject. Mr, Chaplin also urged the Governâ€" ‘ment to reopen the Indian mints, provided the other powers reopen theirs, and to give every facility for promoting the increased use of silver in England, short of changing her own standard. Sir William Harcourt, the Liberal leader in the House of Commons and Chancellor of the Exchequer, replying for the Govâ€" ernment, admitted that the question was & grave one, but he denied that the distress in husbandry wasdue to the demonetization of silver, adding that husbandry was never in a more ruinous state than during the period when the equality of silver and gold existed, and he asserted that he was as convinced of the value of monometallism as Mr. Chaplin was of the value of brâ€" metâ€" allism. The detate on Mr. Everett‘s motion conâ€" tinued until midnizht, when the motion was agreed to without a division. Ese o uNed 2 1e EM 4 0004 PM cude MB CCP EC iOoon s e 45 The Pvrlumonur\y 1%iâ€"Metallist Commit« tee met after Sir William Harcourt had announced his acceptance of Mr. Everett‘s motion, telegraphed to the Berlin Biâ€" Metal« list League asking it to urge upon Prince Hohenlohe, the German Chancellor, the ERORMoot ds m o P expediency of opening negotiations for a monetary conference at Berlin. The league responded with a telegram congratulating the English Biâ€"Metallists upon the success of Mr. Everett‘s motion. 'F:e opinion preâ€" vails in the lobby that an international conference on the subject is assured. _ Mr. John Morley made his appesrance in the House on Tuesday, having fully recovered Fourteen YÂ¥ears is What Two Chicage Policemen Gct For Killing an Escaping 4 rrisoner. ‘Thomas J. Morgan and Misheal J, Healy, two Chicago policemen, were found guilty the other day of manslaughter and each sentenced to 14 years in the penitentiary, The crime for which the two men, who, when members of the police force, were sonvicted, was the killing of Swan Nelson arly on the morning of Christmas Day,1893. Nelson had just been celebrating the coming holiday, or the greater portion of the preâ€" ceding Christmas, and when he started for his home he met Officers Moran and Healy, ,nd with them entered a saloon for the pu of getting a drink. 'Irho three men had several drinks, and one of the officers insisted that Nelson buy more. He refused and was placed under arrest by one of the officers, both of whom were under the influence of liquor, Nelson broke away and ran toward his home folâ€" lowed by both officers, firin’ at him. . One of the bullets wounded him fatally and he crawled under a house, from where he was drq‘!:d out by Officer Healy. Nelson died in patrol wagon while being conveyed to the County Hospital, The matter was ht before the grand jury of January, 1894, but *‘no bill" was returned. This angered the Scandinavian elemment, and a determined effort was made to bring the case to trial. The second time an indictment was returned, and the Scanâ€" dinaviam societies spent much time and in working h:s evidence against the % , they declared, murâ€" dered ‘The case has been on trial has been bitterly fought on both sides, THEY GET OFF EASY. BIâ€"METALLISM â€"AT THEâ€"â€" REVIEW OFFICE, GARAFRALA 8T., DURHAM. TERMS; $1 per year, IN ADVANCE CHAS. RAMAGE â€" Editor & Proprietor. Head Office. Toronto: CAPITAL, Authorized $2,000,000 « Pailup _ 1,000,000 StandardBank of Canada RESERVE FUND W. F. Cowan, and Encland Agenerel Banking business transscted Drafts ssued and colections made on all points. Deposâ€" ts received and interest allowed at current nterest allowed on savings bank deposits of $1,00 tyd upwards. Prompt attention and everyfacilâ€" anaffordes curtomers liying at a distance. Thursday, Morning. > NoRHRNY §) AGAIOII Zf///iw/ Hundredsof young men and women havetabedo a business course during the . past ten years who wre now successfulin business or flling lnerative mmonm The business course of study is by far most through and complete in Canada . TLI\ is as much in the junior department asin the anâ€" tire courseof many of the soâ€"called business colleges, The short hand course is thorough and comnlete. 8:ad formcopy of the Aunua} An« moung‘ ~eat coptaining full partioulars, 1t is sent . zeto any address Durham Holstein, Mt, Forost, Palmerston Guelph, Toronto. Ir You Desime To Grt A Gcop Busin®ess Envcatio®. London GENTS in all incipal ( ._ Ontario, Quebec, ums:\:p.u-w 1 Durham® Holstein Mt. Porest, Palmerston Guelph, Toronto Connections with morning and evening trainefrom Darham aremadeat Palmerstonfor Wiarton,Southampton , Kincardineand Strattord London DURHAM AGENCY. FOR 1 WENTYâ€"FIVE YEARS Of the Best Quality Cheaper TIAN EVER OwWEN soUND, ONT ., Firstâ€"Class Hearse. UNDERTAKING P SAVINGS BANK Grand Trunk Railwayâ€" TIME TABLE. PRIME BOULDIN & CO‘S CREY REVEWK 8 still to be found in his Old Stand _ opposite the Darkam Bakery, ALLAN McFARLANE pUNNS BAKING POWBER THECOOK‘SBEST FRIEND Jobbing of all kinds promptly â€"« _ attondad to. C ALLAN MoFARLANE, â€"_â€"_ f Horse Shoeing Shop, Handâ€"made Waggons In the old stand. All handâ€" made shoes. Also Furniture Has opened President. SEE OUR HARNESS UPPER TOWNâ€" LARGEST SALE â€"TO ATTEXDâ€" 7 x LR %{r IAY wWOODWORK HARNESS MAKERS. in connection. A firstâ€"class lot of 54 «orNa sourH TA5 w. m. 10 11.10 a. i. a »1NG NonTH) 1.85 for sale cheap. ( , A. FLEMING, Princip«l J> KELLY, Agent. HARNESS OLL. KRESS out a firstâ€"class mptly attended to JAKE KRESS IN CANADA. 10.0) p. m $u34 4 6 40 p. m i 10