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F F ri b It fof : r 3 Fil 5 hit if Hi i £| { o ve 15 TE nerally, and, adde . dent views which are bei uncigted by governors, stale cers, and vthers, it means a direction of public pinion which cinmot be withstood or resisted. It is og peculiar develo~ment of the times--so corrupt politically --. ond the success of it will be watched collection of valuable information as to changes in the mines. The papers are full of news from Cobalt. Much of it lation for stock broking purposes. The aim of it is obvious. The average individual hax no idea of what is being done in the way of booming the mines. Nearly three hun- 'dred companies have been formed with a capitalization of nearly $300, speculation. Hundreds. of thousands of dollars have been spent in advertising mines which, it is caloulated, will nev vr yield enough to pay for the ex- i> & i FE Ed ¥ Ii ee 1 was at ers, of ths Standard Oil Trust being haled - to Findlay, Ohio, to answer narly a thoisand indictments or go to jail, And liable to fines amounting fo $60,000,000. They need to be in the richest corporaticm in the world | the to stand a touch like that. ceased to be a voice and an intelligence. the member for South York 'retains his personali- : rE tits iH gx! 2b Hegde the right to be called 5 be reckoned with in the liberal of the near future. clean explained the agreement 8s one by a American fishermen * a tax and are permitted certain in Cenadian ports and wat- object of his speech was tc ve t it would be in. the interests Canada to insist on the terms of ugion of American fishermen, ae to councils: Mr. ER £534 5 are outl'ned in a modas vivendi which to the treaty of Wash- ingtcn, framed in 1888. - This modus vivendi applies to Newloundland as vell as to Canada hd The modus vivendi was framed, as its title signifies, to cover the period until the treaty would come into force, but the treaty was rejected by the American senate, and the modus vi- vendi has been renewed by the two governments fiom year to year since. The result has been that Americans have since 1888 profited by the terms of the modus vivendi, teyms which are more ' generous the treaty itself which was agreed to by plenipotentiaries of the two na- tions. Mr. McLean quoted extracts from the presidential message dealing with the tieaty, and from speeches of American statesmen to show that it was re garded as a fair treaty by meny Am- cricans at the time. The treaty 1888, Mr. Mclean thought, would have ieceived better treatment hy the Am- erican senate had its ratification not be n sought just before a presidential was that the fisherm . In support of this proposal he urged two reasons : 1. The supply of Canadian bait was diminishing and was no more than sufficient for Canadian fishermen. 2. By these licenses Canadian fisher- mén were giving aid to their compe titors. Mr. Mpclean announced his approval of the policy of Newioundland, and his hope that the ancient soleny woukl persist in its refusy privileges to the Americans. In conclusion, he expressed the view that reciprocity in fish might be , greater benefit. to the United States than to Canada. Mr. Sloan and - Mr. Mgepherson, of British Columbia, continued the de- bate, yesterday, and on all sides the approval of parliamentarigns was rr ie the action of Newfoundland. Mr. agde the interesting state- ment that in Vancouver the chief fish- ing. compuny was a Boston concern and that the fish caught in Canadian waters were sént direct to Boston. If were excluded would as suredly go to Seattle and poach, and in thet case the government would have to supply faster cruisers to kuews their fishing vessels out of Cana- VS Idian waters. penses. The uncertainty of things bas |' made some people reckless, Others it |e. gq, has trai }, ally the E Aish money holders. Jn the absence of de- finite statements there is huge gambl- cept afford to lose by it. There are those who can drop their hundreds and thousands and still go on, the wiser if the poorer, but the men of small ivomesi should! keep out of the Lz the MeGees, of Montreal, ought to be remembered for the depressing lessons which their follies to sadly teach. ing, and it will hurt the people who |y swirl. The MeGills of Toromto, and | Sir Wilfrid made the announcement NOT A PRESCRIPTION FOR IMMORTALITY Nor a Recipe For Living Here Forever. No, no! We make no unreasonable claims for Psychine. We only claim for it its proper place as probably the most wonderful remedy for all diseased conditions of the throat, chest, lungs, and stomach that the world and med - cal #kill has ever produced. We claim this because it is a fact that is being daily demonstrated in almost every city, town, and hamlet in Canada. It is not only curing multitudes of ple of , colds, catarrh, chills gad nigh: sweats, but Suhariets eaves pheumunia, consumption, wast- diseases py By RA Bibbs January Sale. 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Meny firms and indi- viduals require to advertise, and are at a loss just how to reach in the best, possible manner the people they de sive to reach, and it often happens that much time and labor are lost and® considerable money spent before advertisers learn where and how to get the best possible returns for their efforts. A firm which undertakes arrange for all classes of in all classes of publicgtions, from the daily paper to the yourly volume, is therefore, filling a place in the busi. ness life of Subd, which cannot well b many of way, snl this is what the Woods-Norrie, Kimited, doing. The business, established several y J. H. Woods, one of to advertising i RTOWE 80 rgpid- ly that it mas necessary to add Supa . firm, and Charles Norris, who was on of the best known and most: po. pular liver tining agents in Canada, maearine : other piblication, cnly in Canada, but in any part the world. The all-trained and Norris, Limit. op Hp ed, are commodious, splendidly light- ed, well ventilated and finely equip- ped. They occupy the entire fromt floor of the second flat of the Mail building. Considerable space is given to the checking department, a wery mportant part of an gdvertising agency. Canadign and f Mn papers and magazines glter being ohecked, aro filed under 5 system which will admit of the men in charge placing their hands on any paper required at a few moments' notice. Ewery atten- Uon is paid to- the minutest . details {of the business by a trained and Practical staff, ane patrons will find their inquiries: gre always promptly attended to. ------ After The Election. Resolved : 1. That 1 shall never rum in. 2 T at there is no faith i . a That my wife felt worse than = I al, 4. That T will get iE ig takes me ton Youre, BE, 3 4 3. That the publi * jadg- a e public have poor judg 6. That I will wait t botch they make of {Sid zee Fhat an i. 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