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urn, - , the In were rogisu distril the E1 nf tho and ti Caluu the y have Mon Mr. Imrlg ; \ : n n -. ran: nix}: nxuamncn Inn ABIL- _ "W _ (`mu \<`t 1!. mail 11?. A|\\\ 1%r;t who `r .. ,,. . 1. .5 ;g;;;, fnllm xus .1 , The men to whom the people of the Dominion have recently granted\a new lease of power are known to be men of Political experience and ability. Take them all. from thehieftain down, and they will be found fully capable of lling the several positions they occupy. In this respect they contrast most favorably with the opposition.- Mr. Laurier is un- questionably endowed with abilites of a high order, and perhaps next to him might be placed, the doleful knight, but whose previous mixing and muddling of `figures and his failure in the very depart- ment in which he thinks his strength lies tho um nut 317-"I shows him to be, but `a weakling in a government of which he hoped to be a member. Then dropping adistance "we come to Mr. Mills, `the Bothwell philosopher, and Davies of Prince Edward Island, ` wlthjlohn Charlton. of North-Norfolk. all of when are notoriously light weights as compared with the men in SI!` J ohn s Osb- inet. Since the retirement of Mr. Blake the Liberal opposition falls far below those on the goverment side in practical experience and intellectual capacity. If the Liberal leader had been called upon to storm a Cabinet out of his present parliamentary followers it could safelybe `predicted that in not a single case would greater ability ll the ofce, while in the majority an in- ferior order` of service from the inferior men `engaged and this apart altogether from the great interests at issue. The people may feel content that llu-..cu'untry is safe, ' ran Nnw onnmsns Massacnn. In the early part of the past week there were murdered, in the city of New Orleans, eleven helpless, unarmed prisoners by a mob composed in part or cool headed men, lawyers, doctors, merchants and political leaders, all persons of inuence and social standing." The occasion ct this outrage was the failure of.the jury to convict these men of the crime of mur- dering a police official. The prisoners may have been guilty of T the crime charg- ed against them, and the jury should have sent them to the scaifold if suicient evidence was produced at the trial. But their not doing so was certainly no war- rant for citizens to arm themselves and rush to the prison and riddle the accused with bullets. The whole proceeding is dastardly, and is a sad commentary on the civilization of the Southern States. To read of the occurrence is to bereminded of events in the more barbarouipcrtions of Europe and Asia half a century since. That .it really happens in a Republic which boasts of its "enlightenment and superiority to all other nations under the sun causes people outside to ask whether the claimis not unfounded, and if the spirit of barbarism does not exist below the rened surface of which Americans delight to speak; run oossrilsowslyissroiiv. The New House of Commons will be convened on the 29th of April and the session will no doubt be one of deep in- terest and importance. Very likely it will not be along session, but there will be some questions brought up which will test the strength of parties and show where Individual members. stand about whose position any doubt has been expres- sed. Weshall know before the session is over what prospect there is of fair trade with our neighbors` and it is not at all unlikely that Sir Richard` Cartwright's dealings with the Washington politicians may be pretty well ventilated. It is to be hoped too. that the Dominion Parlia- ment will take some` denite steps in the Newfoundland question. The future of the Dominion is more largely involved in the fate of Newlcundland than many may be willing to `acknowledge. _It is quite clear that some means must be devised to extinguish French claims,which_ shortsighted treaty makers have conferred on that nationality if there is to be per- emament peace. While it is- quite true that the Islanders cannot do as they please so it is equally `true thatulmnerial coercion-i cannot succeed in this day to repreisithe ._2..I_a; -1 .`-I-__-1.1- '11! , an n 1. : . Qiixiei ii $313331 Ev; ':I.Zi."Io7Z -lively and ilnpolv-taut union. 9 run nnunna aonoea can UNI. During` the recent electoral campaign the party oppoeod to the Government made a point of allowing on almost every platform tlie advantage: that would accrue to the`-Canadian agricnltnrlet from unre- stricted trade with the United States. to veto certain` vgcitldvnevettitaterialiae -in~caee' trade ;ponay`vm sauna vi to `II `W05 50 .0011! evidence and elicit their etatcmente to be more aeacmp-E tionu thst it my` be that some have been hit with the iuproiaion thst , the benefits wogld be real. _ 3 L1. WUIIIII UV avuu , To all each we commend the following extract from an article in The Week, of which a con otthe present Ontario minia- `ter of agriculture in the author. It says : - -; J -. __- .133... `An HUI U1 Dlllllltulv an --w -..-..-_ " It has been more sndrmore diionlt for the farmer to nuke ends meet; he has had to work harder every year; he has had to forego oomforts ; his children have been taken fromiohool earlier ;.hie sons and dsnghters have left the -forms snd gone to the deities tolive by their wits, and many of them, willing tolnelre an` honest living. have drifted into a. life of shame. During that some unhappy period (the loot seventeen years) form mort age: have doubled ell over the Nort ;the old homestead: have been. sold out by the sheri, while crime. in- sanity and peuperism hove increased. .-A_ -...1 -_- ......-.....s_ T|{lE`l`ORTHERNADVANOE, A A n n 4-1.1-.-gun HAEQIIQIIQTQ wv-cu-cvcwuu wiw-.-_ --V. -.._._-__ to end of this Dominion tihoreiiia not a. single rural section of which the above words could be truthfully written. , !L`_ L`__ an-90`; -c-- r--`------_-- _.... _ .__- A dark piotuio truly, "anti onvi present}- inz a` marked foontrut to the prevailing condition among. our farmers. AFrAom and vvvnvu vvvlcvn Irv v--w--.---' - . - _ V . v-- And suppose we were trading with the Amerieanson the terms advocated by the Liberals, what reason have we to conclude that the Canadian farmer would not be reduced to the lowest point of his poverty- smitten brethren of the States '3 There is no reason. The same forces that have pauperized the one would speedily paup- erize the other. The class that it was sought to persuade had everything to gain by free continental trade, is really -the class that has most to lose. I During the session of 1890 Hon. Mr. Gowan, the able representative of Barrie district, called attention in the Senate to the supposed uses and the actual working of the grand jury system, in connection with criminal procedure in the several courts in Canada. and urged upon the government the propriety of abolishing grand juries and an stiiuting for them some general system of public prosecutors, similarto that whichexists in Scotlanzl, or `extending the benets `of the county crown attorney system` in connection with criminal procedure. From his forty-six years experience at the bar and on the V1 VQ U:-V `benches a Canadian jurist the learned senator was able to produce such an array of {acts against a system which had sur- vived its usefulness, that many honorable gentlemen who heard him were astound- ed. The leader of the Senate acknowledg- ed, in his reply to Senator Gowan, that the grand jury system was getting too venerable for this age ; that it was cum- brous, and in many other respects un- satisfactory, and hoped that the govern- ment might, the next session, be able to present a measure having a tendency which thehonorable senator from Barrie desired. In the debate that followed Senator Scott cautiously, and other speak- ers heartily, endorsed the opinion of Mr. Gowan, The honorable gentleman will be gratied to learn that at the recent as- sizes in Winnipeg, the grand jury, in their presentment to His Honor Judge Killam, referred to this important question in the following terms : 17.... `I -_.l-L.. I.__3-... :..-._._._.1 ___ 1..-; CHIC`! I'll-I V5153 O 5 Your Lordship having informed us that it was quite within our province to ex press an opinion upon the system of em- ploying grand juries we desire to state that our unanimous and emphatic belief is that the maintenance of this antiquated institution is not only an extremely use- less.and camhrous addition to the admin- istration of justice, but also for that very reason a waste. of valuable time to private citizens and an unwarranted charge against the `nation s purse. "Ill..- .......- -..I...'-ua.-.I L- --_ s___:.._. L_,_, ua yaw suuueuuauasn u_a uur puuuuu Byllilll. J udge Killam in thanking the juryfor their presentment said that their views would be transmitted to the minister of justice at Ottawa. We heartily epree with Senator Gowan that the abolition of the "grand jury system is desirable, and if the hon. gentlemen -succeeds in securing such a reform he will have rendered at most important public service, and if he did nothing else would be entitled to the gratitude of hisadopted countr y.--Ottawa Evening Journal, March 19, A.. VII? II"I\III C Wlucj The cases submitted to us having been already heard before the police magistrate we fail to see what possible advantage can lie in the hole and corner proceeding oi the grand Jury. On the contrary, we be- lieve there is ample room for grave in- justice to be done to either one or both parties. As the grand jury only hear one side of the case the accused stands at a manifest disadvantage, whilst those who are aggrieved are liable in this prelimin- ary proceeding (to which custom now at- taches little weight) to have the vital points of their evidence overlooked and their cases dismissed without the satistac- tio`n of a real_ unvu V: G Luill Ullls We sincerely hope that what your lord- ship has stated as being a possibility may prove a reality, and that this may be one of the last occasions--if not the very last--on which ' this institution is- saved from re- turning to that obscurity which your lord- ship wisely rsmarked surrounds so many cfths instituticn`s'o_f our political system. Jndrm Killnm in Hmnlzinn I_Im'.'......<:..- oi VVIIVI utitutlons. Hcthodumm Canada. This the centennial year nds Method-V` ism in Canada with : ' 1,748 Ministers. T A 8.142 Incal Preacher: and Exhau- eu. - ' T _ 6 .198 M11: Ola: London". 915 Female Ola: London. 233,868 Church Motnben. A-suns:-` l'1.........-..--_ U UI3U\JlBl,l lcvovo T 31 Per Annum in Advance. :1. .1 A unit nnlnn M $0 1.Qutr.i9t1!t>R~viev-:i ~ g. I 1 he S S: ` two of` . uvfrqd. DUMBO] .DU|lUUI Umoen `Dd Teachera. 226,050 Sunday Schocl Scholara. 31,168 Sunday School Scholar: meeting in class. V ' S S 49,41-9 Sunday School Scholara pledged against tobacco and intoxicating ltquora 3,092`Ohurchea. - 967 Paripnia.-S _ ., > . . 9 Wdakly Nowapapcra 1 Monthly Macazlne. 1,103 otuggpnnhiug iplacec. S ' `KAI GIL 0', ,1. . '~_.__,.n ..,. . _. . . - _- _ , vu uvu vuulvu AIIVIIIUUIII 32 Annual Conferences. 3.173 Sundux Schools. QR guano.--u Q-`-A-` sundiy. oioola. % 28,411 Sunday .._Soh9ol Omoau .3: "iii" Am :}hd Jury. A at-`AA I1 TEE Nomnnnu Am Axon Sta`. ' ' ' ` 7 3.167 College Graduates. 2.522 College Students. 473 Mission Stations. 507 Missionaries, 96 Native Assistants and Teachers. . 45.265 Melnberson Mission Stations. 4.260 Indian Memben. V 9 $220,026 of Missionary Inooms in I890. 828,122 at Juvenile _ Obrings for I 1onn w 1590. . 358 Auxiliariea of the Women : Mir ' niamry Society. ` - ` 3,462 Members in Mission Bands, `$25 560 Income of Woman : Miuiomry I e..-:...... e-.. man _ WIV\I\I `IlV"'lIV Society fqr 1890. OUI WATIIWORKB AND F13! 1880!.- ANCE. ' Our waterworks system is now suppos- ed to be in tolerable working order. Leaving out. sanitary considerations the` great determining factor in the establish- Hsnent of these works was increased safety `against tire. and so raising the town in the insurance scale as greatly to lessen ` ` ` ' -- -~ -- D.-a. L.._.....,.. V 3D.- _In the pretence of immense crowds of spectators the annual contest for the University Aquatic Chem ionuhip came o` on `Saturday morning resulted in a. victory for the Oxford eight who `used the winning line a uerter e ength ahead of Cambridge. ime 22 minutes. 'n' ' "~~`- ---`--L ---- -5 `lI-..l-u In [D980 0! \J'IuIUl'I.uUu J.ll.I.I.U BU Iusuuu-v-we The first contest was at Henley in 1829, and the next in 1836. Since 1839 forty- siix race: between the rival eight have been rowed. Oxford has now won 25 end Cambridge 22, the 1877 content being 5 dead heat. The race was over the usual course, which starts at a point about 100 yards above Putney bridge near London, and nishes about the same distance above the Ship Inn at Mortlake. The distance is about four and a quarter miles. Only four steamers were allowed to follow the race. These were in addition to the umpire s launch. One of these steam- boats was occupied by-representatives of the press, a second was devoted to om ozuvnssrrv osnsusx. ` and the two remainlnu were set apart for the oicers of the different college boat clubs of the two universities. The Thames Conservancy Board policed the course and arranged proper positions to the many hundreds ot steamers and barges loaded with oarsmen and their admirers, which were anchored or moor- ed along the river. In additon on the house tops towpaths, streets and other points of vantage near the Thames, about Putney itself, and at Hammersmith, Barnes. Mortlake and other places, there were crowds of spectators. As upon many previous occasions thousands of carriages of every description, from the donkey cart loaded with costermongers to the four in-hand, loaded with aristocrats, 1 were to be seen As `usual Oxford admirerediaplsyed a. wealth of dark blue ribbon, rosettes and other ornaments. while the friends of Cambridge made a levinh display of light blue silk. The Oxford and Cambridge crews made their first appearance upon the Thames this `year on `March 3. The English record for the Putney course is 19 mins. 35 seconds, made by Cambridge in 1873. _ Oxford in Saturday's crew had the four best men of last season's winning crew. all heavyweights. namely, W. A. L. Fletcher. Lord Ampthill, R. P.. Rowe and Guy Nickalls, the diamond sculler. Fletcher was considered rather too heavy for stroke, and Kent, who had twice stroked the B. N. C. eight, took his place. Rowe. No. 7 last year, went No. 2. The Oxford boat thus contained a strong lot of oarsmen. On the other hand the Cambridge rowing authorities found that they had uphill work from the start. They had less "old timber" to fall back upon and their best men of last season--Gar-dener and Muttleberg- were no longer available. A who cvnno. Before the division` oourt started at Pickering` on Wednesday, Hi: Honor J nklgo Dsrtuell in Inked to doloy omn- Ingp1_-oooodiuguban houroto enable parties to dilponod to'Iot.tlo this` coupon. The Jugo. ooiiaontod` Ind during tho hour dome, or four hundred`-dollon-wu pdd mo-~ nab clerk. omy one one so- `Iniiuod to bah-id. Hoi `m'u`oh bettor it would be it men could settle before they` _hs_vo bucolic` jorh ohinia. They fl56|ib'Iil"f':'!,All`;f *.i'"I.I'.I`.tl"inr am 1. in-afuuoo duiii each in lnim lm nlnnn. with the lead, pulling a shorter. smarter, somewhat quicker, more catchy stroke than Oxford. and at Clasper s boat house the Oambridsze boat was ahead. Then Oxford bent to her work, pulling the- long, drangimr, powerfulfstroke peculiar to the oarsrnen of that University. ' This stroke told and; Oxford was leading slightly at the Craven Cottage. `six fur- longs from the atart._ and at the Crab Tree one mile and three furlongs from the start, Oxford had the lead by a length. - -not II UK I I each to 33 cu. other. DID luuuauusuv -av-u. -- =-v--- the cost of insurance. But, however complete and excellent a system, of water- works may be, the objects will not be ac- complished unless there is an effective Fire Brigade, thoroughly trained to worlc under the new and totally changed sys- tem. It is important therefore that the council should set to work and re-organ-' ice the re brigade. Old ruts must be left and an entirely new order of things must be established it the town is to reap the full benet which the waterworks are expect- V ed to yield. Men are required, who, in a moment. know just what to do and when and how to do it, men calm, yet fearless, and who are as agile and self-pos- seased on the root of aburning building as on the sidewalk. Men of this stamp, under the command 01, a prompt and skilful captain, who knows all the duties of both chief and subordinate; then with a-system of waterworks such as we are presumed to have, danger` from re would be reduced to a minimum. It is assumed that everything in detail for the successful operation -of the works, such as signals and proper electric alarms, at the Fire -Hall and other necessary points has been established. We venture to hope that the council will give this subject its early and best attention ; that no senti- mental considerations will be allowed to interfere in the formation of a re depart- ment, the successful operation of which will give condence to our citizens, and lead to a great reduction in the present rates of insurance. This re-organization should at once he done, so that when the test shall be made in presence of the re- presentatives of the Insurance Under- writers Association, there will be no failure either trom mistake, blunder or in: competency. .1 the two boat! were none and none and" both pulling `evenly. The crowds yelled with excitement. Nearing Hammer- amith bridge, Cambridge again made a magnificent spurt. - The light Blues being rut under Hammeremith bridge should, according to tradition have landed their boat first over the winning line. Oxford however did not lose their heart but bent down all the more doggedly to their work and won as stated above. IIIL- '.J...--..._I- 2.. LL- I-,n I n The etruggle `in the last quarter of 3 mile will long be remembered. Oxford hqd all the work she could do out out for her on the boat: rounded the Borne: bend of the river. V Oxford panned over the line first, n_ quarter of .3 length ahead, win- ning the; grandest {loo rowed on: the Thames in nnny years; The... betting nominslly was 3 to 1 on Oxford. ` Ill!` WVII CD DUCK C and chose the Middlesex or north side. Cambridge had to be content with the Surrey or southern course.` The rival eights were started prettily and success- fully at 11.09 a.m. sharp. As the crews bent to their work hail and snow were falling upon them in no. pleasant fashion and a strong cross, north east wind was raising a very lumpy sea. Both crews had been expecting bad weather and con- sequently they both utilized pretty high sea boards. - 3.:-m or was nuns. LiNING THE RIVER BANKS UAMBRIDGE G01` AWAY oxronn won 1-unn T088 THE WINNING CREW. the Great University: Boat AT THE SOAP WORKS INTERFERENCE AND IGNORAN Cl. 'lhe New York Press, has been greatly excited over the Dominion elections. The Press is one of those papers that is grossly ignorant of the Dominion s condition, `resources and the real views of its people. In an article, not long since it spoke of the Dominion as though it was as far he- hind the age in civilization and enlight- enment as a section of darkest Africa, while the facts are that in Educational progress, election methods, impartial administration of the law, agricultural advancement, solid comfort for the people relative increase in population and other things telling of solid national prosperity the Dominion is ahead of the United States. This same New York paper in impertinently commenting on a sensa- tional telegram from Toronto to the effect that the government at Ottawa is taking steps to arrest Edward Farrer and -other annexationiets for high `treason, declares that Sir John will have a big job on his hands if he sets out to arrest and try annexationists, as in this case he would haveto bring to book pretty nearly all those who voted for Liberal candidates at the recent election, that is to say more than one hall the voters in Ontario andiQ1ebsc. Now any body in Canada with one grain of common series knows that Sir John has no intention to arrest either Farrer or his employers who have been engaged in trying to make Canada politically- a partial` the United States. He will with {his good sense leave these characters to sink -down into the oblivion that awaits them, but should the premier vorfderthe of all the active agents in the _'ne!_a`rlousl work, the -job would he much Ilnaller our New York contemporary '_:.1, is a libel on the rank and le of -the Lib?` ' party arson:-mo and Quebec-tc'_f that they -desiI;efIIational,_.; .- ' _. ._.. ., p ; f H i x _ , "._ '1. ,`4_ ` 1 2 , _--.` V . ~ 7 1"" i -` ,`v-1 .~. `.34 --,' * . v, V . . e > :r..-a`-as .- THE BACK. Millinery and Mantle Msnnesnnv AND THURSDAY! ysuowmn Au ELEGANT DISPLAY: We also desire to call your attention to our range 0:` Dress Materials. Our assortment Is now complete in cola; texture and quahty. ` ` ;?*DIv!d`* A hhfriendo andtho nbliofor the her 6113 '1 favored 1 designs; ` f 5 Vhubeen-in.th Oubin ' ' rri : F ty Y it il|F::q, |`:if9Awillut HiIIohI, .?:m]:Iu|l::i':I<::nBl`)onEa1(if \v(i)lrl betting; ~'o`n_ obnninw gluon dumuonnql `rini : hiohh ma In-gen ' Tho Etc Ity1::;d":i:1o of .<.y .:v. V . ,2i -._ % champion condltlon Powders for Horses W Cattle are the very best. Your own favorite receipes made up, and of the 1111*! quality drugs. ~ Another matter we desire to call special attention to is the private water supplies on Dunlop street. The con- tractor will, at the earliest period. be lay- ing the main sewer for drainage on Dunlap street. It would be most desir- ablelthat at the same time the supply pipes for water to the various buildings on this street he put down, instead of continually breaking up the surface of our main business street. If these pipes were laid during the con- struction of the sewer, the street could be properly graded and then left untouched, so that from neither unsight- liness nor the impeding of travel business would be interfered with during the summer. ?cA'r1'LE FOOD, ` CATTLE SPICE, SULPHUR FOR SHEEP, FRASER, CLARK 8!. R0. ])UGALL BBO FARMERS AN I] STDGKMEN! ~'-amoeba. isnmpua gang... o....,;. m... tnounmuditzoompahrwnrypxumgg Sour stomach, lga:og:.lg:~up:tt)c?5n. db honung" ~ 3.`_`.."_nD_ Kills Worms, gives sleep, and pr0m` - I "9 2` :vn-M.n'-,__o-_-- _._-3u-_An__ `ll-y lash. A mo. Of the latest novelties in Pat- tern Hats and Bonnets. SEE OUR NEVV MANTLES. We Invite Your Inspection. rI& Ivwuv-u-._---_ , An I l'axo.48 Column Newspaper. ' _' Plblllhed trom the 01500. DIIIIOP Strut . Bu-do. in the County ot Sunooo. the Pro- vlnco or ontsrlo. Osman. oven Thun- dcy months. by f uunml. WESLEY. I.'noI-nuwon. __'rnnus or aunsonnvrxox. --- -1.. A.I_...... Q1 Prints, Sateens, Sicilian Cloths, etc., in the xmvei-f SHOW ROOMS cl-IANGE or BUSINESS. In large qantities at close prices. APRIL IST AND 2&9, D. H. Macluaren, WE WILL OPEN OUR SALTS FOR GATT LE, 3 Ill-l:vwuu--v- V... I No new nuno will be addodto the Sub- aauut until the money in psld. mu In all quantities. .oN_ Tu Cnxrnun County. 77 Murray Street. N. OIL GAKE, FLAXSEED M EAL. HORSE SALTS, March 26, nnudclsr. ,, who took the greateat chow that such incorporation would not reaultfrom unreatricted reciprocity. We can aaaure the Preaa that any teeling of this sort in conned toa amall noiay group of political Jeckyla and Hydea who, as Farrer aaya, \ have been wearing make and whohappen to have control of the party wire atringa. Should the iaaue be plainly placed before the people of tbil Dominion for their vote whether they would have annexation to the Statea or remain as they now are the number of votes for annexation would ac few as be absolutely buried. The Preaa cannot get the truth about the true state of Canada from Sir Richard Cartwright or the Globe which he controla.