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Farmers Sales Notes Gollcted Tanners? and (Iummarcial Paper .`I`IClIlIIYfl`II'I'| Ln 8 Page. 48 column Nowipupor. Published from the 011100. Dunlap Street Barrio. in the County of Slmooe. the Pro- vince of Ontario. Onnsds, every Thun- V day morning. by ' !LNlUEIa WESLEY; l BOPBIE'l.`0Ro _s AV In ais. Lisa M x_ 0F BUMMERGE. 17 smusus,n um. L OAPITAI. - -4 - - - 86-000.000. cousin? Aoodiaurs onuan he Olco ol mu sun: In has been remoyodto Ihoool-not or Dunlap and Owen Stgeoll The powers now apparently arrayed against one another are the German Em- pire, Austria-Hungary and the kingdom of Italy with an aggregate population of 117,300,000 people on the one side, and . Russia with France having an aggregate ` population of 136,000,000 people on the other. For 253 millions to become involved in war possessing engines of destruction such as the world never saw before. means at something more terrible than it is possible adequately to comprehend. With Truth we can in all sincerity exclaim may a merciful Providence long delay the evil day. no nous: -i-sis-rruozu ans ro numer- no 0!` -ran cnowx. . An important motion was unanimously adopted .by the House of Commons last week. It was Sir Richard Oartwright s motion condemning the acceptance of testimonials or donations by any minister of the crown, or any member of his family, from any persons holding contracts or offices under the government. This isright. No minister of the crown can accept such testimonia'ls without stripping himself of his independence. The testi- monial is simply a bribe for favors expect- ed, in which, as a rule, the public interests must suffer. Unfortunately the accept- ance of testimonials by men in the public service and by those striving for place and power have been` too common. Both political parties must plead guilty to the charge ofacceptiug these bribes. , ' BARBIE BRANGH. F1, P9'- L991*i-!;L; QM N! "I! .5.-j`'_`~A.'I;l"J 1-1; ::-:I:.- Bxuzs, % MANAGER. -. __-v.- v--v --v-uvw that Iovi JVIIJ ` ";g;;o the New` Yorkers the following done of his theology :--"Down South 5 but Provident sud skips`. ~1 . to Ouudg or }ooni>"romi|IonthiI'.ty oehu on Wtho"do.llIr Ind ho : irlght, T; -110,7!` still .0;o19I I..el,: .54)-.0nd'-B9`;i!nd:``1reit. B n_'t ' " } bjueals s;.chioken.and.tho % :.:poqr;o1a4 , , i fume-A '-ha`-* in V. .fn-uh ` -.. ..I "o..v~v....:-;`..*=.4.~':-'.V the lst,te1_'Aput-there was faint .81)- plume in vihioh the lanes did not join. E . mg..- LL- _....-"-4\T-_I___'_- ;1 _ n, in In Znpesking of Gsmbling Sam said :- We'll never make gambling disreput-' sble in this country until we` put down the csrdploying elders snd the progressive euohre plsying desoons. sud stop these home osrd psrties where somebody wins and somebody else loses. and it is all no different from blsokleg gsmbling. (Loud spplsuse, espeoislly from the ladies.) And we shall never` put down shsmeless women in this-country until the deeenj. women g refuse to let men put their. sround; them to, -music ..;when they know they . would ~ -let. no i fellow hsndle them like 'thst=it wss :-no music. " 7 '~ g "'-`7 '.' I ".P0 . ""3. -.3-, I .'7'0II FIG P00!` !.Iim9_l' 5100!. A (Loud ; 3 Oh , well, how 1. it-`up I 7 ;a.,=.,~ wag, Jnlln nhil-n". `II.-'. .1- `-__""1'r-_ `- In these days 0 strange doings there is nothing more remarkable than the ap- parent pleasure which many audiences re- ceive from the slangy, blasphemous r ex - pressions of such men as Sam Jones. To call him the Ber. Sam Jones_ would be u a great misuse of the English languager Some people, think that the `profes- sion _of religion justies almost any sort of conduct out of it. `The vulgar and blasphemous expressions of Jones excite the- multitudes who listen to him to laughter and applausejust as a comedy in a theatre would. The New York `Press says: "Sam wrestled with satan on_Sunday last. His text was "what I have written I have written and his rst declaration was that if every one in _ New York city who violated the law and ought to in the penitentiary should ,-be sent to the penitentiary-, you would have -to enlarge old `Sing-Bing until it took in about _two thousand square miles. T ' T ' l nnavwlr -lJ|lIVyV$llD VVIUH TIIIIJIHIIIIIVIIIM The same authority says it is evident from the gures of the Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics that the farmers of the Western States of the American Union are not being crushed under a load ot calamity as some socialist lecturers try to make out, The number of acres of farm land in that State is 34,- `08l_,l80, and of this total'7,965,576 acres or less than one .fourth is mortgaged. The whole number of mortgages on the farms of that State is 90,389, represent- ing $123,733,000 loaned. The annual value derived from the area mortgaged is estimated at $72,229,000 -or about 60 per oent of the principal of entire mortgage indebtedness. It in to be regretted that the motion did not embrace members of parliament as well an ministers of the crownwand take in railway pane: or any thing else o'er- ed to them which in intended to affect their action as servants of the public in avor of contractors, railway corporation: `for, other bodies. In = speaking of thin ni'ir..the Week remarka:-; t ` Thin, nnnever. is the rosy side of the condition of the working man in Penn- sylvania. and Michigan. ' spma 1-nnonoair sun Joxns-` ~n' A 13051.11-Cu VICE III o These gures are rem_arka_ble,~ says" the Textile Record, which journal is disposed . to air-m that they cannot be duplicated in any other country on earth. It would have been interesting" to have pushed the inquiry a little further, and to have as- certained how many men have their houses thoroughlyroarpeted, how many have what are called ` modern improve- ments - in their dwellings; how many have children at school ; how many have esh-food every day in the week, and how many hold positions upon school boards, in borough councils and the like places of trust and honor, we cannot speak for Michigan, says the Record, but,_ speaking for Pennsylvania, we assert that the showing in these particulars would ll most Europeans with astonishment. VIVL- ..-...- ---a.I_-._2A._ ...-.__ 1;. 1- __!.'I-_L III-IV UIIIFIL, UIIV IIVIl'IIIC1III5 the manufacture {of argicul-tun`;-Hi mpl-e`: m`ents--trades that arequite prominent in the State. It was found that of this number 2,328own'edithe houses in which they V lived, and nearly half the latter number had no mortgages upon _their dwellings. Itiis odd to note that of these `house-owners the large proportionwere Germans, Hollanders andlrishmen. .The` average value of each house was $1_ 812. Sixty-nine per cent. of all the: workmen had sewing machines in their houses, 46 per cent. of all the workmen visited being married men. Sixty-seven per cent,` of the whole number took newspapers and magazines, and half of them subscribed for daily. papers. More than one fth possessed musical Instruments of some kind. and among them were found 314 pianos - and 700 organs. One fourth of them were insured, the average amount being $1.500 ; and forty per cent. saved money last year. During that time $175,- 470 was paid for houses and improve- ment of dwellings, and $329,880 in cans was laid by. - mhu-n Rania. nuns n-can-`p-`gin maven GI-us 1 _VV;-f;;16otlio foTl16wi.ngAf1-om the Mohe- itu-y Tunes :- T ` % The number of iworkm_on to whom questions were uctuslly put by the Bureau was 8.838, raprelontimz several industries, but chiey the iron-`making industry and . u-nnlg_ `lb -n-an-c`;4n6ncnn . nu:-u34|n`O|u-Q` e-M- mm V, . in; and the involysd my be to some extent by" the activity of "gures that are heing developed by these bureaus put a Very dierent phase on the than socialist lecturers are accustomed to present. - ` The Michtfgan Bureau of Labor Statistics has beenmaking inquiry about the'eon- dition ofgthe working men in that state and many of the results will be `surprising to those who have been accustomed to put faith in the statements at socialistie speakers and writers.- I II ` Q A` if , and i*h`1*`|1'.01[ 7 man. Tlia"iI_npon.anes' Bureaus of Labor and Labor-}_0ommissions- in diiferent countries.` The facts 'd. dgmeatic condition of the working man- ' WIIUV VI` IIIW Il I. U ii n'i&;m"- inn: ' `n......a .....u.....;`x :. m. -.. -..u vvuuva s-usvusu U0 UUIJNIIIUII` ed with the same reg'1'1lsrity,'its servants should work with the ssme businesslike methods, and its business" should be ost- ried on on the same principles us the busi- ness of an individual. I see no resson why thst should not be, and 1 know this- thst my eifoi-ts` will be directed towsrds the adoption "of 5 system in which the business of the country will he conducted i It will` be my ambition to so oonduot ~it ssto hsve`it`"regulsted by such. principles '_ss-these, and I hope thst _. by the sppointment of; V s. commission such ` us I have`; shsll he-furnished with dejmiption or I. _a system which -w ill.sns.b_ls>us_t,o on the work 1'*hi9*!!:9Iabv!!l9i..-s D4 . 19-.;i9nds 3 _ is one of ' vital importance at any time, I. and is ofy-_.~.all the greater interest now in connection with the public service, I hope - in so far as the power lies with us we - which those improprieties, although per- ` same _ be considered to-be defective, ~ resulted in such unfortunate circumstances ` during the session-to appoint a royal is `that probab Premier f-;:I`h-e"t{uestion which my honorable friend has proposed consequence ot the lamentable circum- stances which have been disclosed in the committees of both houses with reference to the irregularities or worse in the civil service in the management of public funds. and of course the attention of the govern- ment has been forcibly called to come to some conclusion as to the mode of. remedy- ing these evils or preventing their recurr- ence if possible.` They have been more particularly occupied in the meantime in punishing delinquents, whenever guilt has been brought home, in such a way that no further investigation for that pur- pose is needed. But while we are all engaged on both sides in both houses, so far as I can see, in investigating and ascertaining to what extent and in what particulars dishonest conduct and irregu- larities and peculation have prevailed in have not been found wanting, when these investigations are made, in punishing_ properly those who have offended. I hope we shall be able to adopt a system under haps not absolutely preventable, since human nature must always be human nature, may be reduced to a minimum, and be checked with greater facility than under the present system. My honorable friend s question is directed more to that point, and the attention of the govern- ment has been directed largely to the point. Of course the organizations of the civil service, which most obviously since it has must be taken up-as a whole. It is quite lmpossibie for the government, sitting as a council, and dealing through its various departments with all the business of the country, to devote sufficient time and consideration towards the reorganization of the system; and they have determined , that so soon as the session is ' over-of course it would be A useless to attempt it commission to be composed of probably persons, one of whom it_ is hoped we shall _be _able to select from the civil service itself, where he is practically beyond partisan control, another probably , having a judicial character, and the third probably having experience entirely cut- ' side -of politics `in the management of rge numbers of people--a gentleman, if pos_si_ble, who` will not have engaged in politics and will be free from any imputa- tion of partiality on that score, though 1 do not see why partiality should exist in V matter in which both parties are equally _int0eIt0d,._ . -A "person will be selected who is _ independent,-of politics and `party, and -who will have had wide experience of: the management of men in ,.`a~ business w_ay. I _y `nture to suggest as my view, . with regar to the business of the country _ ly` one of our greatest defects hitherto basbeeu that public business _ha`s_n,0t bean suiciently regarded` es the bllllell _of any private individual: would _ If `it w.erepos'sible,5'and; I no reason, to r.doub_t'.;that< ilifll - ible, the business or en. country shoul "be conduct- d. tflh Imsnm -gnn'I--=5-. `ll... '-A-'----`L- --.__-. v....- - - wv-- -v---snare The mle is one which will commend itself to the sense of propriety of every, one inwhom that aenae exiete in the moat moderate degree of development. The wonder, and we cannot refrain from add- ing the dingraee, ii that it_ should have been deemed necessary Parliament should aolemnly armench a principle. Had not hiltoty and expeno enee taught the contrary one would have been glad to believe that such a rule could be left to be elegantly undei-etood,_ c' as the old grammariane need to_ lay of, `a certain Latin eonltrnction. The arma- tion of the principle gave come of the Opposition orator: and nevgepapere an opportunity too good to .be.reauted-to @1539 "One unkind but the Government wieely b_r_,o9ked th_e` `taunts and acted tlieir'follotrei"`e'jt,t.v" yojg, forir BichardfIamendnient. A` , The"Week`-ehonldc`ho';iever in; ' gases at that the Canadian` 'wi;;;:..;,; }i$}"Js_ iii; _iri'e:gvn'l7:,i.1-i"'Vt'ie: ' sud `violations of the Civil Service Act recently discovered, it is the intention of the government Institute on investiga- tion by commission or tpke such steps as may be deemed` expedient to secure the better administration of business; own. slngrcn nnronu. Last week Tn: Anvmcn emphasized the neceuityof Civil Service Reform and also of political service reform. We are glad to see that thegovernment. -has de- termined to make athorongh examination of the public departments and brush away root and branch any abuse: or viola- tions of the"rn1ea of the service. Hon. Mr. Abbott in ioif 3 query by Hon. Sonata: Mclnnel of Burlington. language. waa `spoken ' before an audience of .4000 people many .of- whom laughed" and applauded him an a quaint, odd and funny preacher. Our impreaaion, la that this money getting Rev. adventurer ahould be auppreaeed as an unmitigated nuisance. ' A ._- He {then .breah `oht inmthil cultured wstrainabout -certain legal gentlemen :_-- f ,`.`.[vlik.e a good lawyer. but I despiae one of thoeeihean. eneaking attorneys who goes W! ICIIUO - thensaying; `Why, I did that as an attor- ney-' only. And I suppose while he is hopping around hell re he will be doing that `as an attorney, too." - Further on he is reported to "hays said : `-`God taken his anger and bores right down through a fellow's head to his heart and into hi: packet. which should spurt like an arteeian well. He don t jpegin way down and bore up.` If he did, `what would "He do with the dirt? He can't do` much with a fool, though, and there are some pieces of hickory that the Lord could not make an axe helve out of to save his Soul. A around doing all sorts of dirty things and` 0.. ...- nu... ..... lprooy thou yon" hove ninda about all the `dovilinhnou and hellilhneu that ha been going on in theoity for ten you-u, and I tell yon those two leper: are nothing compared with the Iin thutoovorn New Y!= Th-*1" -+.fr**-`V A .n ` .1-us .g.;~...:;. teront- new dot on-at-ad; -:79 3....` 7,118! iioi chain:-u L iron I: .,m.wa mun onn elopmonti aid squam- noqoyho In New York last week there were 1,005 deaths reported to the health authorities. Of this number no fewer than 841 were of children under ve years of age. This is the evidence of a fearful slaughter .of the innocents. Other cities presents statistics through- .out the hot months which constitute only less shockingproof of infant mortality. The difference is one of degree only. Such a rate of mortality among infants is a monstrous indictment of the present civilization. It is -the ghastly evidence of gross ignorance and shameful lack of moral responsibility on the part of parents, as `well as of pitiable poverty -and inability to escape from nnwhole- some surroundings. It is the' proof of wide-reaching lntemperance and beastll- ness, of, overworked mothers, `crowded and nolsome` tenements, and _ lnsncient or improper nutriinent. Probably ;twoo thirds, at least. of the babes and young children whoiperish eve'ry'_;ys1ar in great cities would be saved` if --properly, geared for fro I.n?blrsbj,- a"nde_nntil_esomeIjoheek can be pu'},ut>n;:,tho 0l|0|'i.lIol|l;:3`fI..?fI_It`sf- of ~ human` 115.0 which such nns_`i'u iply,?-tho`. '_.IpDrehensions` felt by students of social DV951`?-'!!'e -?!l.`,eo9nnt.},9f 0` birth ..... ,... uuuuulwiou, want :1 needed in the saving of 3 larger part of the children now brought` into the world tether than 3? `?~` ` ""e:'.`.""'" f. L".{1' ,;m.nP -A arm 1 RUSSIA HASSING TROOPS. The story comes that Russia is musing troops on the Austrian frontier; that-she i could be ready to invade Austria in a few hours notice. The world is thus kept in a state of chronic unrest by one of its powers threatening to disturb the peace and disorganize all its commercial and business relations. Russia is to all intents and purposes a semi-barbaric power? that is not moved by the same considera- tions that aifect more civilized and cultur- ed nations. It is a part of Russia's settled policy to possess herself of Con- -stantinople and it ought to be the duty of the rest of Europe to unite to prevent it. ` ' -5 unorougn Investigation of all the 4 departments of the Ontario government It needed. A . -A e in d I Then]: lvlng should ecappollrtyed `tor the pezgle to show their gratitude for the reeult of elections last March. -now ulelr zrumnuo last March. ..... IJU suuunguu In a. ousnness-uxe way; and if we carry out what we further contemplate we hope to obtain the ser- vices of a. person of standing who will have the condence of the public, and who will make it his business and duty from time to time to supervise the opera.- tion and working ofevery department of the service, and by these means we shall hope to prevent in future a recurrence of the unfortunate circumstances that have developed themselves during the present session. i Mr. Abbott-W_'e have not considered the Dropriety of having a- permanent civil service commission. We propose the ap- pointment of a commission which `shall investigate and report upon thebest mode of conducting the public business, but I doubt if circumstances would justify the expense of a permanent commission, and I think moreoverthat the measure which I have stated we contemplate would have in a large degree the same_ e'ect as a permanentcommission, that is to say the appointment of an oicial, `standing inde- pendent of party and of the government of the day, to a large extent very much as the present auditor-general does, who might be called the comptroller or inspec- tor or any other name that might proper- ly describe his oice, whose duty would be something analagous to that of the inspec- tor of a bank. He would have a right to enter every department _of the service when he chose, and investigate the con- duct of the employes and ofcials, scrutinize the management of the nances of the department, as well as the way in which .tne work was done, in fact to look thoroughly from time to `time into the mode in which the business of every department is conducted, and the mode in which the clerks and employes of that department - are doing their duty. And report upon those subjects accordingly. What we hope to attain by these methods in `Inna I-in Q-n-:-4 4 L - `- - I 1 u can-U vvv uvllv IOU Dlllilll U `[1536 is this-we hope to arrive at a better system, by which th affairs of the country will be managed in a. business-like we can-v nnt chm. -. ;...'..1..... aclnnes (Burlington)-Doee it i:- olnde a permanent civil service commie- eion `I - ; oflmcrality among our _p`ublic"mefn, or to. l termsin common use in-the pfall. I d0 u not desire to minimize, the gravity of the i the evil as strongly as possible consistent our country._'to thO'I1'ni79l'II1 characterize our country Othelil 1!! $11.0 situation. I would like to characterise with the" truth, `-but I-do not desire to promulgate to, the world in language stronger than necessary _these lamentable delinquenciesbf some of our public of- licials. We have here over 1,400 employ- es in` the - civic service. About one per cent. of them, after a great interval in which there does not appear to have been. any special investigation or scrutiny into their conduct, have been found. to be guilty of irregularity and some of gross dishonesty.. `There . has been a group of contractors who have succeeded in impos- ing. greatly to our loss, upon one of our departments. I hope we have put a stop to that, and I hope we have put a similar stop to all other delinquencies. I do not despair of my country because we have , discovered that we .have some rogues amongst us. It is the experience of all communities. I venture to say that there are rogues in all communities, and the best we can do is to prevent them, if possible, from-_ doing further injury and punish them severely when we discover their offenses. But, in answer to my honorable friend, I have to say that, for the prevention of these circumstances in the future, we have means In contempla- tion of taking another step with regard to the civil service. If we shall succeed in obtaining from the commission we. pro- pose to appoint a sensible and practical scheme for conducting the business of the ' departments, we have in contemplation the appointment of a person who shall occupy a position similar to that of the auditor-general, that is to say, independ- ent to a great degree `of the government or party. in p ._ _. . _ -4 II'IIh line-tleauon inn the lepanmenu Ontario n-mun-.......... not question 6:! arty -fat` any-j-.tI have regretted to nd suchfextrafaazant `lang- uage has beemhahituallyapplied to` the developments that have been made in the various committees. ~ There is no doubt whatever the discoveries of irregularities and dishonesty -have been serious, most ser- ions and V most lamentable "I regret it extremely and I am sure every honorable gentleman regrets it, and I desire most earnestly ,that we shall be able to so improve our system as that such miscon duct may be minimized or prevented iri-ithe future. But I see no reason because `of those discoveries to assert the decadency of ---__ __._._L..._ 4- _..-_I-:... AL. ......_.._..I I..-- S1a.uxh_urot Inllllti. "When the dogs of war are once let loose no one can predtct what will be the 45 ultimate tesult. , ~ THE aoA17aun.nzn. Bostatorhln _thehour dny, week or union. Y . ' . ..... ......... .:a'*'i`m'"- .1`.`:';';i`... :`;:...":;':I _ iIIhII:l1noAdono with neatnbu and do- .- ~noa':"A._nounaT J 1 iv T in out own Railway I thovtootltblluloutor 881103. ,. Th; I`-`Ive Points Drug Store. i ilson s Fly Pads are the best Poison Pads, being neat, handy and always reliable, and are very popular. Insect Powder -+Some prefer using Dalmatian Insect Powder to get rid of ies. Our stock is` of select quality and fresh. ' y The y, poor fellow, is never appreciated. but TANGLE FOOT FLY PAPER is. It is the stickiest of the _t11e stick)` y papers, Try it. ' ' " ""` """' O"" J accompamed hlm, months visit. ` We takeno. note of time, but by its loss," but we are compelled to notlce les by, their presence. _ The festive frolicksome, inquisitive, jmpudent. y is here m all hxs glory. and as his trunk and other belongings nnnn*rnnn~n:nJ 1.1:... 119;; .'..'... L1--L 1 1 ----run-owuunaupuoaeoenndrenum , V".Y,00l;l_II0!ldI8I`IIlll'I0l't0lAlIypruc1-[og wggon. . ; Iloiphxno 3;` `$3.. 3.1;" Kllb Worms, gives sleep. and pr0m` d ,3_,33l*'||il3`-3I||%r-Nit. wn%'i33m-bu mwcouou. TIME FLIES. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. `$1 Per Annum in Advance. $1. i C` No new name will be added to the Sub- Iurlption List until the money is paid. V Subscribers now in arrears for three month: end over will be charged $1.50 ner nnnum. III` H 11-! for Infants and chlfdren. as 1118 IITIDK and 0131181` DlO11g1I1gS mfer that he has come for a three ASSOCIATION. AC` ORth Go` W thlos .3, F 6om:=I. ilxl:uut:3nant o}1&'dwo31ra..dh';2 Q1 C . ltnot collected. This Association M, 3,, Hi $00 1.1; Canada andd IlJ11ii5dt;t_5`I,,;, Tatum omoo.60iAoe$o E001, """'-""_________._,--// I-V UNIUN CIIEIJIT & PROTECTION .TiI I"Cxzi'nmi Comma, 77 Murray street, 5'- ` Boar Stomach- ggcggggu August 27, nmmrs ISSUED payable in an ts of Canida, Great Britain, the United tastes of America, and "elsewhere. - - GHEMIST. My 1:>::1=An.':n Erna: 7 Deposit: of $1 and upwards `recived and.` Interest allowed. ' .