1.V$InCowq-1 -w-- /-- JOUBNAI-ISH. . One of the characteristics of the newspapers of the day'is sensationalism I and unreliability. The writers seem to think that every event must: be dished up in hyperbole or some extravagant phrase- ologyg Plain facts told in sobertphrase can hardly nd a place in the columns 3 Remnant Sale This Week. G mum Atprices that cannot be duplicat- mo REASONABLE OFFER REFUSED- Dry Goods. Millinery, 1 % IMIant1es and Notions jat N0. 7,and 9ADun1op street, also 3tN0- 19 Dunlap street, our stock P9WB&30ml13V Powell 81 G0. s, %. Ends of all goods collected during the season offered at less than cost prices. Ends of cash- mere, Serge, Flennelette, Prints, Delalnes, Ginghams and many odds and ends. Light colored Prints`. Ginghams, etc., at great reductions by the yard; Balance of stock of Blouse waists at 50c. for choice. Swiss Belfs,worth 50c., for only loc, Caps and Gents THE NORTHERN ADVANCE Auusa 8, 1895. b(`(n D-'11` fou far nig ton M0 M0 rec day m;t t 0 gm] CI Cheques cashed, American exchange bought and .splt_i'. tavll SAMUEL WESLEY, PROPRIETOR Draft's issued payable. it in Canada and United States. BANKERS, SINSATIONAL um H . W . % TIiaR-9::-{H'f:l`7`z:df.-A'll`e:gi;n& arpers Weekly, of the 3:11, com- ;kt&o B -I V of Bab`, M . 4- .. - I " ` . I . new on the eonhmnrtr of Rev. John, W. sum, the steadiness of poEiticsI..e;srua2a~inubthopnlIun:aa no-Tuauo . E PUEITIUS I3 I 653333. wmm the Uniteti sum. my . mbinet aIg&.T scones. foxmh. 11-.` elm United scam; the Man: c't_ '*`Wir& t;am"vim ond an MW J. H. MCKEGGI E, An 8 Page 48 column Newspaper,` Published from the Ofce, :23 Dunlop Stregt ` Bax-rie. in the County of Siuicoe, the Pro- ` vince of Ontario, Canada, every Thursday Morning, by BRANCHES ELAMVALE and smusn. us A ? Harper's WkIy', of uh; 3 .:d.,. BARRIE, ONT. Lkzsfnausnzn 1319. Tums or SUBSCRIPTION, "5. co., Manager. vsuccmffzl leadership, _and" whethei in . power or in oppmition the leaders; {hold their places, and grow and gain ` in.antho1-ity. The Weekly proceeds : <.-~- --- - d. rIn the new cabinet, for instance, `thereisnot 9'.` man who has not been i in oicisl life and responsibility. ~ Most of them have been in politics. f since their early manhood. `Even the ` younger men, who heginthere minis- terial careers subordinate V positions, are what w'e-sjouldcall political veter- ' ans. Such a thing as putting a new end untried man in a responsible _'cabi- net would not be thought of. The can do, these things be cause a statesman of eminent ability` can find a constituency to send him to` parliament. "All Britain, . is the district of any member of parlia- :ment and no Englishman of Cabinet calibre need be relegated to private life by the peanut politics of his immediate` locality." y . ((0-..- L1- -.--44-nuooou 4.-ms: an-nan:-inn Transact a General Banking business. - c r Current Accounts kept._ F armers and Commercial notes chscounted. Our contemporary doubt eon- seious. that the British " system is superior to the Ameriean system in other respects. No such change as that involved in a change of govern- -" a general election could take place so nquickly, so promptly and s-:- quietly in the `United States as in Britain, which is done. with scarcely` an interruption to ordinary business or A a. ripple `passing over the ordinary` life of the people, though-' seven million ballots are cast. ` , When the will of the people is ex- pressed in Britain, it is immediately recognized andpacted upon by govern ment and Parliament, but in the U. S. it takes about half the time from one presidential term to another: to give any effect to the people's will as ex- pressed at the ballot box. The British system, whatever may be its defects, is manifestly the-`bestin the world. ment, a dissolution of Parliament and _ LUUWLILJ o Here two successive and opposing Q `tidal waves have swept from the face of politics nearly " every prominent member of Congress from both sides of the house. N 0 one can argue that such `a. destruction of all the gains of ' - pohtical experience ` can be benecial, Our po1i1;_i_cs cannot be better managed under a system which ends political _, careers just when" they aremost valu able. But the sentiment of local pride- : is strong enough to prevent our country from getting the `benefit of any` states- 'm-anshipp that is not hounded by the J:..L_:-A. l:.._:L._ '7 uuxrclran vnnstrs ruvn-1: o'wzcnn- smr or ran PEOPLES nun-s. Professor Frank` Parsons in Ann ex_-A - hatiative disquaaibn of the subject of lighting the towns and cities of _ the United States, makes some very eurpris {ing reveLatiohs.. T ' n..u . an `I , niy UIn oneof the tables given aean illus- tration of the subject, he" has the follow- Q Cost of lamp per year before `and after public ownership, the after sevice being the same or better than the service it replaced. ' T ` 151' ,, 181,, ~ . Bangor, Me.. . . ; . . . . . . . Lewistnn, Me . . . . . . . . . . . Peabody, Mass. .. . Bay City, Michigan. . . . . `Huntingdon, Ind . . . . . . . . rlnnhnn I :-11 SKLUIJ, ,.LlJ`-In E$$iI}'., Ind... Bloomington, Ill. Chicago, Ill . . . . . . mt..;.. I'll 11 LUCSU, LIL o n n o u o n n n I dIU\l IJU Elgin, Ill . . . . . . . . . .' . . . . . . 266 43 Aurora. Ill. . ._ . . . . . . . . .. . .. 327 70 Fairelcl, Ia . . . . . . .-`... . 378 70 Marshaallnown, Ia. . . . . . . ; . 125 27 Jacksonville V . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . ._ 24 5` Look wekl at these marvellous facts-"a. .di'erence Asometimes of ve-sixth: be- tween jthe. two payments, beforeand after ; in one case, more than ve-sixth; in two cases, more than fourfthe. ;: in vercasea, over three fourth ;'in eight ` . 0 cases, over two-thirds; and more than on half in every case but one. The detailed analyses set forth in the after column correctly represents cost of production, operation,` deprecia- tion, insurance, every thing but taxes-, which amounts on the average to` only y$20OaIar_np._ '` the at a total cost. offroui 34.0 1 as $70. is. It: not on obj-,ecl: lesson of ; Vmoet wonderful power? The tax pay- ers. of the world will not fail to see its ' Imagine.-ai city one year paying a private company $200 or $300 for a. street. lamp anti the next year making At:o'w'n s {:0 study` such an obiect 3 I Mm Robt. * .1 x 3 V It `would not he s bad` thing T for V - o ` -Q n o - ' 0- - C ' o u o - u . ]3efore; ilfter. . $150 ` $48 .. I82 55 185 62_ 110 ' 58 .. I46 50 . 156-" 77 . 111_ 51 2505 6 (Inn An .1 ' Juli. .lal_lu\i-.L.nqzu- an gnaw nu Irv ---. buthssnot ' . from` the ` vshock of her recent severe kneas. V nrcnxims at wnrsm: um snarl. Farmers` sale notes cashed or taken for collection. WOO To me these: nothing more inspiring and pleasurable thana morning walk to any of V the numerous points of interest in Barrie and its vicinity. To the amateur artist the : 1' scenes preseoteci to his view could. hardly `fade from his memory, even if not taken for nished pictures at a subsequent period On , the crests of the hillsand in the leafy glades there are landscapes and bits of scenery vwhichifput on canvas by the true artist would imtnortalize his name rr?v,,,, , I_-__1'_..-.1 4.- _......1.._ ..`l'.....` Lina. 1 WOIILQ Lmmurnauuu um unu.L_= _ When a. boy I used to wander along the ` lanes. over elds, by the side of copse and . hawthorn hedge in dear old England .in the ear`)? spring to watch the opening snowdrop, ' da.'odi', daisy.`cowslip, the sweet scented violet, or the pretty yellow primrose They to me were a. delight and a. joy that it is ditcult to descrilr e. I think. one of the 5 "purest pleasures of mature manhood or silvery age, is the recollection of the delights ` of childhood and "youth in a happy home. A- 34 um... cu 1.4\w9 5.. rings untsn n Envy n Ix-an- OI cn~u ano yogunu 111 'd nappy name. Asih was a. joy to me when a boy to wan-H der in by path and field, commnniug wrth nature, so it is in my adopted land to put- sue the same healthful and calm--producing habit, T TL 3.. Lung bLnb `LA uvn:nn A; Olin `cunts :n `-In uauu, . It is true that the voice of the frog the marsh may not be as musical as the song of the sky latk, or the notes of the cuckoo, yet a. woodland walk or a scroll by streamlet, or on hill top, is full of the ambrosia of health and joyous exhilaration-. ' 7".` 6-Ln L-urn An; Ann-rang Ghana :9 nI\nn;`annn Cl-[Ll UIL' W&LILLLDbLIll.lo To the lover of owers there is abundance to attract his attention and satisfy his love of the beautiful Ioften think how much ; better it would be if the pupils in our schools had a little more at nature and a little less of so called science in their curriculum. Scientic botany is all right in its way, but it has always appeared to me that referring a plant to its class, order, genus and species, xes the mind more on the- classication and . the names used rather than the beauties of ` ower. mass or lichen. It is the same in l the study of literature in the schools. The dry bones of grammar and construction are the main things that find permanence in the student s mind, While the beauties of -thought in poem and essay are lost in the deluge of critical notes and rhetorical non- sense that are crammed into his head for examination purposes. 'T'lnn nannln .1? `Rn:-v-in awn rrvvnn!-. Inn-urn n? U CAIILIJILIQUIIJLI Elli The people of Barrie are great lovers of ` their homes, and well they may be. They love to give names to them, either as mem- ories of other days in other lands or as indi-' cative of the joys and renements which the home itself implies. Almost every home of any pretensxons -has a. name. I think I saw a. number of them in THE ADVANCE a. year or two ago, a few of which remain in my memory. T Rowanhursh, Glenholm, Sunni- brae, Ardraven, Boulderfell, Rockforest, "Sta.tenbnroug,h. VVoodlawn., Sunnyside, Beechenwood, Woodlands, Oveuden, Hill- side, The `Oaks, Carnoevar, Cartron, Rox- L..........L `D1..4.l....l`..na........ I"...-1..- T...J.... nnn l\LC, J. IJW \ {B3, \./ZLIJLC V 15 , \JI'L Ill VII, LUII.1' borough, Blythe Cottage, Cedar Lodge are some of the names of Ba.rrie s homes, all of` which have been ma.d'e beautiful by their owners? taste and renement. . H1! ' I,` 1! , ,,, __ 1,, ,.,e , L.__,_-3_._ L- AL- V W LIUL Ii VIJEVU llllu L uuysuusvu Us This, bythe way, draws attention to the fact that wealth and education are not nec- essarily the main. factors intaste and rene- ment. In goin - along many of Barrie s side streets the Iitt e unpretentious dwellings, clean and neat, a small patch of grass in front and a few pretty owers, are indi- cative of a renement of manner not always found. with a B; A. degree, or the wealth of a- Jay Gould. ' e - . `Shawn canon: I-n ha a J:nnna;;nn nn {aka 3' US \J'UILL\Ln . . There seems to be a. disposition on the part of a g ood':ma.nv of the humble: dwellers on the more remote streets of the town to -beautify their homes and make the exterior and their surroundings not only T pleasurable to themselves, but a pleasing picture to the passer-by. ' fkn :1 nzfw I ha hlnnl-. {EH3 nnnn.!i;nl-I n5 P .Wha.tya. pity it is that the occupiers of property on streets that are boulevarded. do not all keep the spagcevopposite their houses and other property neat and the grass duly sham. `A slovenfy spot here and there on John Street; sadly mars the effect of the nicely kept Iawns and boulevard plots of that pleasant residential street. Ti-. aunt-nva in run that 'hnnTn1-nu-Jinn :1" Han .$1 per Armum /in Advance. LLIGIA Plcll IA L CL\LUI-I Illllul ll]. UV Us It seems to me that bouIeva.rding all the principal streets of the town should be in- cluded` in the general improvements. It would be most agreeable to the majority of the dwe'Ie'rs onithese streets It wuuld not: be a. bad idea. either to assess the property for suicien-ts to ' keep the boulevard in a. proper condition. Marv ctrnaf re nnn nf than nlaannnh Fan`. HI. UECL U\l|.|\Lllll!IlJo ' Mary street is one of. the pleasant resi- dential streets of the town; which itia hoped the council will see its way clear to bottle-- vard this year. I ' prnn ' Barrio Presbytery. T ` At the meetzingof the Barrie `Presbytery at Midland last week, the Rev. D. James, P333102 in Msidlancl, was elected Moderator for the ensuing year. Rev D. D. McLeod was chairman for the day. The resignation of Mr. J. B. Duncan, who, is in charge of the Parry Sound congregation, was con- sidered and nally accepted, to take effect: on the last. Sunday -in September. Mr. James was appointed to declare Vnhe pulpit vagina on the 6th of October. ,, _.__ El`! 11-__ J YT- _ J 1.-_J`___AJ L2- -III VII? 3 V H IICL 3% Bl]? V y Illccilul I was thrown open to the public, and an large l number of the townspeople attended. The `choir of the. _church ably ainoismi in the musical exercises, Rev; Mr. Meiaoni ocea- piexl the chair. and; aha delivered an add?r'csa= `on Mission. Dr. R`.N.Grmtadd:reaaedo.o gnhe meeting on the [dial Missionary. and; ;Mr.. Ron spoke-on '2` Givring:.' Messrs. ;CaI` of tho Methodist `church: and; Ken-' 313931817, 8-180 za-ve~ short eosant and; Lfrmtnrnalf mdmhnmd Nfna'dn'nn= nfn-ml` .L1:\'.`..o. VGUDLIU Ull UIIU UL \J\iIaUUULo Mr. Carswll Bond Head, tend`ererI his re; ignation of Mo`nkma.n s church, which is partof his-charge. A Committee was ap- pointed to confer with the people in the hmatter of this resignation. _ , NIT v_T` NI'n1U|'"'nn n` 1\Tm-1-.h Raw n'n I4"III\Ll'K-UI\JI-I U558 IIIJG IIL\L `J8 WVUWIILIIGLD Mr. Ross, of Churchill, tahied. a. petition . from 8. number of residents of Gilford and neighborhood belonging to different denomi- . nations; asking that Mr. Rossconduct services in atchnrclrthere, which is said to, have been closed by order of the Methodist Confer- erce. The Presbytery agreed that Mr. Ross should hold services as requested; and that he should: confer with the chairman of the district oi the Methodist church in re- . gard to the matter and report at next meet- IIIIHUIICL UL IIIII5 LCWIELIIIULULIO ; M1-.vJ. McMillan, of North Bay, 5'36 ;tendered his resignation of the charge of 1 the church there. This was laid over for ` V consideration till the 3rd of September. Ma page nf 1`.Ivunwnl-|~:rI QQKIAA` u. nnl-NI;nI\ have to: `mortgage the hixrch property at . =Nova.r,` Muskoka, for $350 was-. granted; nnlrMn-hfnnan Fur lun. uncut tang -_.|-.131; mu JIIBIL Bull. ' "likes bust: will have Baygldibstteet wharf at" $9`; 5.. ML... The.ci1:I'uena~ at Ran : villi um untanpuiiug 9 humus: on: Jay, E iE__f..-;`;?.'_'.`?..5_``.E`!"L`E`E _ __ ;;1*;;;*: E No newlname will be added to the Subscription List until. the money is paid. . . * Thecitfzenaowuiewt give Csgtafn; of Palace` Summer Inlay, a `he!m9EtgxeumonsAomvMouduy_nnxr,m Big a TB` Bank will? Hanna. `Dan-Gnl`-`.1? an-.....n. _I.-'..` _;. "WJVTII" L\lIv W `V? 5.-TJUCZO o Standing colmmhtees for the year was Iusu-\vmnz`. W|`Ii4U& In the: evening Pusbytry meeting" urn hknnnnn nitnn n. hn. nnkfin nnJ on. `n-uDa| I'iom*HmN ADVANCE. "G RICA; IE1! ms mmmnm suzl Luann:-nun` orcanupnduec` Does n otlecaus_rnvIn1`Ilr_tlIatWcIold '1'heonlninnoftl|oW`ri_tar.- V ` The folldwing letters addressed to e editor of Tm Nommnx ADVANCE have been received. for publication : ` JJ'aa2A-macaw In explhnation as to shy the p'Cen- iwith` the money voted for the purpose and the cheapest of everything pe - fectly regardless added together, it footed up to more than the- total amount voted for school improvements. Furthermore, a prominent contractor sent in a letter, stating that it was use- -less for him to tender at all as he specications could not be done for notwithstanding a portion of the money would be required for the East and West schools. ' 3 Ar T\_ 4____ tral School improvement has not been i and which could not be carried out A In proof of which, when the tenders` were opened and pulled all to pieces` found that the improvement `Fas per the whole amount of money voted, Subscribers now in arrears for three months and over will be charged $1.50 per annum. Sells Brothers purchase. our groceries while they are in town. Why? because they are the best `and Cheapest, and go: further than . those e from_ any other house; A Bircus R. A. DIITTIIN .GO"1-`O `AND H. ||.lltton JOBBING OF ALL KINDS 131 NDER TWINE, HAY FORK ROPE, I-IAVEST` Mms, RIXFORD " HARVEST TOOLS,` MACHINE OIL, CYLINDER` OIL, CASTOR-OIL, EAVLTROUGEING, "ROOFING; PLUMBING, STEAMFITTING, com. on woon % N N The Grccer. 7 most likely lost. Itiywas further stated V number of Cansdianpapers, which have - of some of the city papers. Some story spiced up for the occasion is told under glaringly large head lines, the whole lling, perhaps, nearly a column and then a few lines at the foot of the page announce that later information shows the story to be untrue. ,Mur- : ders, suicides, railway smash-ups, elopements, prize. ghts, poisonings, church scandals` and the like are en- larged and painted with all the art of the sensational. reporter, much of ..it entirely unt`, to go into the family circle and all of it demoralizing in its tendency upon the mind of thereader. The papers of late have been lled with stories about the murders by Holmes," many of them coming from Chicago, and other places have been shown to ` be pure inventions without a._ tittle of proof. This modern Bluebeard is bad enough, no doubt, but to invent mur- ders only to deny them the next day, s to minister to a morbidand sensational `spirit should be condemned` by every respectable journal. Last week a story was sent abroad that the Sunbeam a , Canadian yacht, was and was that she had on board Lord Haddo, a son of the Governor-General , and at number of young men belonging to ` important families in the country. It A turned out that Lord. Haddo was not ' in such company, and that there was , no such yacht as the Sunbeam on the` lakes, and that the story was a pure '_ invention. It was copied in a` large 2 now to say the whole story was , 3. by myth. It may appear to he the ; thing to pursue this style of journalism ; to suit the taste of the people and he cause there may be money in it, but it is entirely outside ofthe. cg-,,.,,,;,, tions of a. good newspaper as an ietiu-_ ; cator in truthfulness, , H. H. 0tton,& Son s.I Preserving Kettles Preserving Utensils & 30n s.i L . L EIJDJLALV \J 9 of the minority. Km as Habit." for us. FURNACES- H-|-FHASERMU. % BARRIE. No. 7, 9 and I9 DUNVLOP-ST. Having leased the large three- story double store, Nos. 6 and 8 5 Fyfe,rWeWi11 until date of removal, [offer for sale our entire stock of tDun1op street, occupied by Mr. J. Special attention given to collection of notes and ac- counts. " " ' `