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A fc Era more hone news wry tear North York cbtoed to fee NORTH YORK INTELLIGENCER AND Give toe the liberty to know to otter and to argue freely according to above all other liberty ADVERTISER No paper sent outside of North York unless paid In Single No Copies Cents Each Newmarket Ont Friday June 1901 per annum I If paid in advance Only WATER PAINT 90g per Gallon Sanitary Washable Waterproof Copied the Era As I wandered round the homestead Many a dear familiar spot Brought with my recollection Scenes Id seemingly forgot There the yonder Here deep oldfashioned well With its old moss covered bucket Sent a thrill no tongue can tell the house was held by strangers AH remained the same within Just as when a rambled Up and down and out and in To the garret dark ascending Once a source of childish dread Peering through the misty cobwebs I saw my trundle bed Quick I drew it from the rubbish Covered with dust so long When behold heard in fancy Strains of one familiar song Oft sung by my dear mother NEW ONTARIO A Territory Lake District May I gent progressive and educated The landseekers excursion arrived would be fully sustained by here this evening alter a journey in those going in which the weather clerk did his best to set at naught the efforts of those who had the arrangements in hand and who had planned everything thor oughly in advance- The P left Junction at midnight There were some unexpected delays and it was dark before and Liskeard were reached but it was no ticed that in the last hour of the trip a considerable change had taken place in the character of the country and and landed the party in Mattawa in I that the shores were much flatter and time for breakfast The train ran apparently more suitable out at oclock and in a few minutes J farming The final settlement of the landseekers had crossed the this question in the minds of the river and were travelling up cursionUts is the work cut out for the along the Quebec bank of the same to ward Lake which is really a widening of the same river next few days The landseekers excursion to the Lake brought out the To me in that trundle bed Hush my dear lie still and slumber es of mag- Angels head with its to suit every kind of work Buggy House Barn Roof or Bath Gold and Silver Enamels Varnishes Boat Buggy Hard Oil Finish and Fillers Glass and Putty BINNS HARDWARE NEWMARKET BICYCLE LIVERY Now is the Time TO ORDER YOUR Wedding Cake For the June Wedding The very latest design of shape and ornamenting Having had years of experience in many of the largest shops in the leading cities in Ontario we are prepared to make as pretty and as tasty a cake can be bought any where Jellies and Fancy Cakes made to Of del I Fred Jacks Bakery Seed Corn Feed Corn I Land Plaster Land Salt 1 I All Varieties of Seed Corn guard thy head While I listen to the music Stealing on in gentle skains I- am carried back to childhood I am now a child again the hour of my retiring At the dusky eventide my trundle kneeling As of yore by mothers side Hands are on my head so loving As they were in childhood days I in weary tones am trying To repeat the words she says a prayer in language simple As a mothers lips can frame Father thou who heaven Hallowed ever be Thy name Prayer is over to my pillow I With a good night kiss I creep waking while I whisper I lay me dowrl to sleep- my mother oer me bending in earnest words but mild Hear my prayer oh Heavenly Fa ther Bless oh bless my precious child Yet I am but only dreaming be a child again Many years has that dear mother In the quiet graveyard Iain But her blessed blessed spirit Daily hovers oer my head Calling me from earth to heaven Even from my trundle bed Death of a J A cablegram on Sunday announced the death of Rev Dr of Formosa the worldfamous mis sionary of the Canadian Presbyterian Church The death of Dr re moves one of the foremost figures In missionary effort in Modern limes arid causes a breach in the of the church which it will lie to fill- name has for HO years linked with that of Formosa for it was in that he first to that island then a portion China and from which he has since leturned on but two brief visits During all that time he had thrown the effort of a splendid manager and the religious zeal of an apostle Into a work which has made his name famous ihruout the civilized world This was a run of miles to Temis- additional railway communi cation in the most pronounced way To go from Toronto to and White Cob Yellow Dent Longfellow A I Llaming Early Mammoth Southern Sweet Co Mills Huron St Boil in Cold it BO YEARS EXPERIENCE Marks Ac SrUff w Wteion u mm MwsssJteW MEN AND Women to travel ana for old estab lished house of solid financial standing a year and expenses all payable In No required refer ences and enclose self add stamped en- velope Manager Chicago A Are said to have caused by smoking cigarettes in bed destroyed six small dwellings in Mon treal Tor Infant egg tastes as if it had been boiled in hot water said the eman cipated young woman with the short hair I can always tell in a minute if an egg has been cooked in that way Her companion had not learned quite as many things and was quite satisfied her egg She only murmured softly I never heard of an boiled in cold did you It is high time you were introduc ed to this institution friend continued and I am delighted to il luminate you even at the risk of arousing more of your sarcasm An egg to be boiled properly for human consumption should be put into cold water and then placed over the fire Then it cooks with the water The egg cooks moreover thoroly and from the Inside Ask a physician or a trained how to boil an egg so that its great est nutriment arid flavor shall be served Either of them will tell you to put it in cold water The old way of dropping the egg into boiling wa ter has long been given up It used lo cook the egg suddenly and destroy its flavor So dont be sarcastic because you havent heard of the centurys ad- series of rapids after rapids its rush- or New the be ing branch streams and its banks ginning of the district by way of two hundred feet high clothed in Junction is to go round two green generally the green of forest sides of a triangle instead of going trees from top to bottom directly along one side In this scenery here surpasses any con- angle Toronto is at the southern ex ception that the dwellers of Old On- tremity and almost due north of it have formed of it and it is on- lhe district while natural to find that the Upper almost as tar to the east is tawa and the country Junction Had there been a line of is becoming more and more the resort railway from North Bay to tourists There is every reason a distance of miles the why it should be so for there is the distance from Toronto to the convenience of access the completeness heart of the Lake railway and steamboat service the would be miles- The hotels while thru it all runs the method however involves a rail- majestic Ottawa with its great journey around the two sides of trade its record of risk and the triangle via Junction ing on the part of its army of log- only miles west of Ottawa of drivers and its flavour of romance and a steamer trip of and mystery which inspired the muse up Lake a wid- Thomas Moore and gave us the en nut of the Ottawa river Canadian Boat Song As people best get a grasp of village at the end and distances by the use of railway consists of a station a eral terms and comparisons it may mill and a houses and one be stated that the Tern sea hotel hut it is a place where visitors country which is said to contain as can find firstclass accommodation much arable land as all old Ontario and which boat trips up the west of Toronto is situated due north Jake can be taken to several towns on of Toronto and from to miles the Quebec side and to the distant The road from Toronto to country The excursionists North Bay makes an almost beeline were accommodated in the steamer for Lake Temiscamingue district and Meteor of the line which 90 or miles more of railway would carried the whole party with ease To put Toronto merchants in direct con- who have not given the matter tact with the new district give attention the that there the shortest possible line out for the are several good passenger steamers settlers products on this lake will come as a surprise i Everybody knows that the main The Meteor la 136 feet long feet branch of the Ottawa river speaking beam fitted with staterooms elec- Id a general way rises in the country trie lights and large and comfortable north of Georgian bay and flows in a diningrooms and cabins southeasterly direction to Ottawa Cold damp weather had been city and Montreal It is also well lowing the excursionists from the known that the Ottawa throughout start and on Wednesday morning a nearly the whole of its course is the cold steady drizzle set in which last- dividing line between Ontario and ed all day The rain rendered Quebec Lake Temiscamingue is a seeing unpleasant and practical sight- broad part of the Ottawa river about seeing to spy out the landwas what miles long and from threequarters the excursion was advertised for of a mile to nine miles wide The Lake at the south only method at present of getting end is about half a mile wide with to the district is to shores formed of high rolling hills go by rail to the southeastern end of stretching back into the country be- Lake go up the lake hind The landseekers admitted the by steamer and strike into the dis- of the lake but shook their westward from the Quebec side heads at the high hills were All ol course feel that a railway is not a good advertisement for absolute necessity but it is also tural land The steady rain of the the general opinion that the railway afternoon drove the excursionists in- should be built from a point north doors and an impromptu concert was Toronto both to serve the district to organized showed that there the best advantage and also to give was plenty of talent in the party of the trade to be developed to the cap- landseekers and that the record of the province and not to a city for having an outside the province For the Era Another lietfcetr One Out Boys On board H MS Sunday April Dear Mother Father Sisters arid Brothers It is now about at night by ship time and pm by- Toronto time arid we are still moving along I am in best of health Was not sick at all on the voyage we thought once we were going to have a regular plague on board as there were about men or more down with measles mumps diph theria pneumonia and other diseases and we all thought we could not miss it- We are about three days out from Cape Town and all the patients are on the mend I closed my last letter to you the night before we reached Cape Vin cent We got in there on Tues day April The scenery is grand going into the Cape We went thru rocks hundreds of feet high rising straight up out of the sea We could not see anything but rock it was a lovely sight We run in within mile from Cape Vincent which is just a cluster of houses built on a level place on the rock that slopes down to the sea inhabited by Portuguese and negroes There did not appear to be a tree or shrub of any kind there all we could see was the sun dancing on the rock but it is a nice harbor and the natives rowed out to us in boats with oranges and bananas Oranges sold for per dozen A tug came out and took our mail and reports We did not stop long and again we pulled out into the ocean Have not seen anything in the shape of land since The weather has been very warm but not as hot crossing the Equator as I expected have seen warmer days at home We got several showers of rain They come up quick and do not last long but the weather keeps get ting cooler as we get nearer Africa for winter is coming on there The days seem to go quickly as it gets dark about We have a concert every night The squadrons take turns I played Soldiers of the Queen on my trombone at our concert Lieut Aurora is a fine fellow He leads the singing and is one of the most popular officers on board I saw a whale It came up and spouted I also saw part a shark The sea gulls here are black instead of white We are a long distance from home now but I can still see the big dipper in the sky the samo as I could at home Well mother this is Thursday morn ing and we are in the harbor at Cape Town We got in about last night It is a very prettily situated place Table Mountain a great high kopje stands up behind the Town We are to land at oclock today go right on the train and up the country can not tell you where will be stationed until I write again Will have to close now Remember me to all enquiring friends Tell the boys to write me and be and send me the Era often I can hear of all the changes that take place Goodbye all till I write again From your loving son Corp No Squadron Canadian South Africa vance Another Severe Battle Loss Nearly Two Hundred including Four Officers London May 31 Lord Kitchener reports to the War Ofllce under date of May as follows Col Dicksons force was attacked yesterday by lareys forces and there was were fighting The enemy was eventually driven oil with heavy losses leaving dead I regret that our casualties also were severe The killed and wounded numbered one hundred seventyfour Four ofllcers were Jelli ed The news comes cm the anniversary of Lord Roberts entry into Johannes- and the scene of strife Is within forty miles of the Gold Reef City The battle at Vladfontein on the Dur banJohannesburg railroad reported by Lord Kitchener today Is the most serious engagement since Jen Cle ments reverse at The garrison of Vladfontein apparently Fight Cape Town May Details have reached here of the splendid gallantry of two men of the contin gent who were attacked by Boers at near The men were cut oft from the main body while under a heavy crossfire and the Boers located the who took refuge behind treestumps inches in diameter In the ensuing duel the Tasmanlahs made splendid practice horses and men falling The Boers attacked them thrice furiously The Tasmani- shot their own horses rather than let them be captured and cowered be hind the carcases One of them Trooper War bur ton was shot thru the head and his com panion surrendered after firing the last shot in his magazine When he came out one coward delib erately fired striking him in- the shoulder The Boers stripped both men of everything except their trousers and largely composed of Yeomanry had the Tasmanians finally got back to men put out of action That their camp where died assailants came to close quarters and suffered heavily is shown by the mini- Good character is above all things of dead left on the field else Hot Weather In England London June 3 For several days intense heat has prevailed over the Continent accompanied by heavy storms of thunder and hail In varn ous sections the crops have been de stroyed and many deaths have been caused by lightning lo Cured by local applications as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear There Is only one way to cure deaf ness and that is by constitutional re medies Deafness is caused by an in flamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube When this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbl ing sound or imperfect hearing and when it is entirely closed to the result and unless the inflamma tion can be taken out mid this tube restored to its normal condition hear ing will be destroyed forever nine cases out of tea are caused by catarrh which la nothing but an InOnued con dition of the mucous surfaces i We will give One Hundred Dollar for any case of Deafness caused by catarrh that can not he cured by Halls Catarrh Cure Send for cir culars free J CHENEY A Co Toledo O Sold by Druggists Hairs Family Pills are the best Oar Toronto Letter The Toronto Conference of the Methodist Church is now in session in this city President is to preach the ordination sermon nest Sunday The pendulum of Torontos mam moth chronometer weighing 500 fts is now swaying gracefully thereby enabling the City Hall clock to mark the time day and its big bells to sound the passing hours The excavation work of the new hotel to be erected on King Street is now about completed Three young women were arrested on Friday last charged with shop lifting On searching their premjsea in Duchess street a load of dress goods furs and other articles repre senting several hundred dollars in value was unearthed stolen from the down town big stores The names of those arrested were Mrs Rose and Mrs Curtis A youth named Mack Morden was also arrested in Eatons He was em ployed doing up parcels and was dis covered altering transfer cheques in one case he pocketed S3 and handed out a transfer cheque for 50 cents Reports have reached the Depart ment of Agriculture here that the long and continued wet weather in May has resulted in the death of largo numbers of honey bees Honey may be scarce next fall It is stated that the Highland ers band has made an engagement covering a period several weeks with the PartAmerican Exposition managers Woodbine sports and race patrons had a very salubrious time all last week The customs receipts at this port for the month of May showed an in crease of about over the cor- responding month of last year A report from Ottawa says the total in crease thruout the Dominion for May was about It is stated on Change this week on good authority that three new fire insurance companies are in process formation They are to be run inde pendent of the combine of underwrit ers The public will be glad The receipts at the Woodbine are reported to be behind those of a year ago Due in large measure to the wet weather as the attendance is reported to have been about less than in Last year Wm stables headed the list of winnings with a total of This year J Seagrams stables head ed the list with a total of It is announced that Rev Dr Suth erland missionary secretary to the Methodist church has been invited to deliver the lecture in connec tion with the Conference England in 1902 This is the first time a Canadian has been chosen for this task The will of James Cunningham of East who died May 2nd was filed this week He left an es tate worth about Also the will of was entered this week tor probate He died May 26 and lelt an valued at about The annual decoration of the Sir John A Macdonald monument In Queens Park took place yesterday the ceremony being conducted by the Toronto LiberalConservative Club James Willis who tor the past years has been confined at the jail as a lunatic died at that Institution last Sunday A barber named Newton was con victed in the Police Court this week on a charge of practising his trade on Sunday and was remanded for sen tence The next offender is promised a fine of Tomorrow Hon Mr Hon Mr Davis Mr J and Mr Andrew P P will address a political gathering at Alexandria 3 CHRONIC BRONCHITIS Rev J Van Natter of Streator ill writes About one year ago I obtained from you six bottles of Dr Chases Syrup of Linseed and Turpen tine gave away two and took the other four I had been seriously af flicted with Chronic Bronchitis for ten years and could get no relief A lead ing physician told me that it was only a question of time until it would wear me out hut thanks to this wor remedy of Dr I am now a strong man cents a bottle all dealers A certain farmer who could not raise one dollar to pay lor his borne paper sent three dollars to an eastern man to learn the secret keeping butter from getting strong He re ceived the reply Eat it J