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: -- WHAT WHIG CORRESPONDENTS TELL US. The Tidings From Various Points in Eastern Ontario--What People Are Doing and What They Are Saying. Westport News. Westport, Dec. 7.~Sidney J. Sully m, & business trip to Ottawa last week, Mrs. W. J. Wing was called to Kingston on Monday owing to the ill- ness of her daughter, Mrs. 5S. V, White. A. B. C. Diex left on Tuesday for Calgary, Alta. A party of C.P.R. surveyors are at work a short dis tance north of Westport. Doings at Verona. Verona, Dee. 7.~Mr. and Mrs; John Irish, arrived from Vennachar, Mon- day, for 4 visit amongst friends here, Joh Burleigh, and G. Simpson, Odessa, were visitors at Wesley Bur. 's, over Sunday. The section men the remains of the horses killed on Monday. James Craig, is get- ting the rink in readiness for skating. The Ladies' Aid meeting was held at the M. E. parsonage, to-day. A. had several calves killed by the train last week, * At Xonge Mills. Dec. 7.--Preparations are being made for- an entertainment in the Stone church, Miss Mary Pur- vis spent last week in Brockville. R. R. Phillips and J. T. Tennant Cain- town, waned on friends here last week, Mise Agnes Clow. and Miss Forrester, Mallorytown, called on friends here, y. Frederick Robinson has re turned home after spending the sum- mer near North Bay. Ezra Shipman, Rockport, is spending a few' weeks at A. McLean's, Death of a Lady. Lansdowne, Dec. 8.--We regret to an- nounce the death of Mrs. James Rudd, relict of tne late Henry Rudd, which occurred, last night, at the home of her sister, Mrs. W, II. Foley, after a few . days' 'illness of heart trouble. Just last Sunday she came out from + 40. reside here with her sister gir new home. The funeral will | at 2 p.m., Saturday, to the #t church, Mrs. John Stoops, who has been ill for some weeks, un- derwent an operation, yesterday, for abscess. She is doing as well as can be ex . , Mrs. Archie Greer, Lyn, is visiting her gauging, Wis. E. E Sohnson, T. W, Bradley is seriously ill. Preacher Kicked hy Horse, , Dee. 7.--~A number from here wt the funeral of the late Rural Dean Diblk' at Napancs on Monday. Mrs. Sexsmith and daughter, of Empey Hill, have moved in L. V. Storms' house and Mrs. G. Hudgin and family L.ve moved in M x. Sexsmith's house. G. Paul is buying cattle. Mrs, N. Hunt spent last week at Hay Bay. Rev, Mr. Downs met with a painful accident last week, getting kicked by his horse, Mrs. L. Innes spent a few days last week with her brother at Leinster. F. L. Hooper, of Napanee, occupied the pulpit last Sunday night in the absence of Rev. Mr. Downs. J. y called on friends here this . , Mrs. C. Arnold spent a few days with her daughter, who is ill. Presentation at Bell Rock. Bell Rock, Dec. 7.~A pleasant Rime boo spent last Saturday evenifig at home of Mrs. H. A. Martin, when @ number of her friends and neigh. 'ealled to bid her farewell and their regret over her removal from the village. . A short address was read and a purse of money pre- sented to'her as a token of the high eteern in which she is held, as a d neighbor and faithful worker in church and Sunday school. funeral of the late William was held in the Methodist church be on the lst inst, The service was by Rev. B. Pearce, Verona. Pomeroy, who was so seriously on Monday by the K. & Pu train, at the Verona crossing, a little better. Mr. and N, visited at Frank on day. © Budget From Parham. Decl 8. Miss Lillian Killin A Mother's 4 Sacrifice Made In kindness is often an injus- * 'tice to herself and to her family, common thing for mothers to Tiss i comfort, strength, and some- mes life itaslt; for her family. So- o ? that little notice is : rest, So she ne : te until she gets be- bevy bh of ba SH. pnd to hr family, Health must be - 2 Ina mother's uty to gr Sand. to those abou ; Chase's Nerve Food will restore makes new, rich blood. It . The feelings REGULATES BAD STOMACHS, Dyspepsia, Gas, Indigestion and all Stomach Misery Goes in Five Min. | utes. ! | If what you just ate is souring on | our stomach or Fes like a lump of | fod, refusing to digest, or you belch | as and eructate sour; undiges food, or have a feeling of dizziness, heartburn, fullness, nausea, bad taste in mouth and stomach hesdache--this ig indigestion, L A full case of Pape's Dia ig costs | only 50c. and will thoroughly cure your out-of-order stomach, aed leave, | sufficient about the house in case some | one ¢lse in the family may suffer from | stomach trouble or, indigestion, : Ask your pharmacist to show you the formulas plainly printed on these |- 50c. cases, then you will understand | why dyspeptic trouble of all kinds| must go, and why they usually relieve | sour, out-of-order stomachs or in| digestion in five minutes. Diapepsin | is harmless and tastes like candy,' though each dose contains power_suffi- | cient to digest and prepare for assimi- | lation into the blood all the food you eat; besides, it makes you go to the table with a healthy appetite; but, what will please you most, is that you will feel that your stomach and intes- tines are clean and fresh, and you will not need to resort to laxatives or liver pills. for biliousness or constipa- tion. : This city will have man { cranks, as some people will call them, | but you will be cranky about this] splendid stomach preparations, too, if you ever try a little for indiges- tion or gastritis or any other stom- ach misery. Get some now, this minute, and for- ever rid yourseli of stomach trouble and 'indi- tion. Diapepsin 5 has relurned from a visit io Westport, Wiliam Black, . Sr., is quite ill. Rev. R. D. Finlayson, gave an excellent #d- dress in the Methodist church on Sab- | bath evening. Rev. A. W. Stewart took his work at Sharbot Lake. Miss Myrtle Smith has organized a class in music at Monntain Grove, A recep- tion service was held in the Methodist church last Eriday night, when a num- | ber united with the church as a ! sult of the special services just' closed. | The children are practising for annual Christmas entertainment. Mies! Lillian Black, of Sydenham High! School, was home over ,. Sundav.| Messrs. Smith and Gates, of West. brooke, are guests f the former's son, G. A. Smith, .ames Davison and little daughter, of Oconto, spent Mon: day at George Killina'. Miss Florence Walker, teacher at Wagarville, was the | guest of Miss Myrtle Smith on Satur-| day. Misses Nelle Smith and Bessie Clow, of Sydenham High School, spent & few days at home recently. Rev. A.W. Stewart, is in Sharbat. Lake, to-day, attending a meeting of the executive to arrange for the an- nual Sunday school convention in January, WALKS 2,800 MILES AT 98. Man Twice Walks From New Or. leans to 'Frisco. Mobile, Ala, Dec. 9.--Footsore, weary and discouraged, Frank Schrom, who is within two years of the century mark in age, has given up the quest of his daughters, which led him to walk from New Orleans to San Fran- cisco and back to this city. He will enter a home for aged men in this city, there to end his days. "Yes," he said on reaching this city, "I have given up the search. I am ninety-eight years old, and I can walk no longer." The old man was led to start on his journey last January by a letter from his daughters, who were in San Fran- cisco, and who wrote to him to come to them. He had been separated from them many years. His banking busi- ness in Galveston wag) destroyed, and he had lost all his worldly possessions in the great storm. His daughters knew nothing of this, and theught the old man was still wealthy, otherwise it is belicved they would have sent him money. Too proud to seek assist. ance Schrom set out to walk to them, only to find when he had reached the Golden Gate city that they had moved, leaving no trace behind them. SEEKS A CHANGE. re-1 the! Wants the Tariff Removed From Meats, Washington, Dec. 9.--Representative Sulzer. (democrat, N.Y.,) has leaped into the arena with an assault on the high cost of living in the shape of a bill proposing the reduction of tariff duties on meat and cattle. "They are selling American meat, shipped to Europe on the hoof or in cold storage, in London, Paris and Berlin for prices that are from eight to fifteen cents a pound lower than the prices for similar meats in American eities," he "Winn they can do that I see no reason for a duty on meat and cattlef I am going to fight to u finish for this bill."" .. ------------------ RESIGNS AFTER 25 YEARS. ~ City Engineer of St. Thomas Will : Practice Privately. St. Thomas, Out., Dec. 9. James A. Bell, who has been the city engineer of St. Thomas for the t twenty-five years, has resigned and will devote al his time to county work and private practice. Mr. Bell notified the city, nearly a year ago, that be wishedito leave the sity's services, and Mason H. Haker, who was appointed assistant, will pro-|! bably be appointed to All Mr. Bell's position. Ballinger Vindicated. Washington, Dee, Secretary of the Interior Balfinger upon ali the charges brought against i him, and ki . ES emarett by a oop Tooling having of ammosity, uit wpon a difference in poliey respecting conver- vation, a majority of the congressional it in ted the so~ called Ballinger-Pine case stbmit- ted ifs report to {eases occur in {ing. 9.--Vindicating |' THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY, PAWNED FOR DEBT "Widespread. Custom" in West Africa: Discussed in the Houte of Commons A question ws asked by Sir George White in the House of Commons as to evidence given at the recent Nigeria Liguor Trafic Inquiry that "thousands of children are pawned by their par ents for gin, and kept in a condition of domestic slavery for many years." in reply, Coloney Seely, Under Secre- tary for the Colonies, said: "As re gards the widespread custom through- out West Africa of pladging or pawn- ling persons--not necessarily children ~a8 security for debt, I cannot do btt- ter than quote from the recent report of a Committee, composed entirely of pative gentlemen, on the laws and customs of the Yoruba country:-- "When a lender advances money to a borrower, he asks the latter to pro vide an acceptable surety, who is re- sponsible in default of payment by ithe borrower. The borrower is drawn in- to service for the lender one day in the week, the service repreesuting in- terest for the money advanced; he lives in his own house. But If a child is provided as a substitute he is to live with and work for the lender as his child; the consideration for the loan being that the borrower is de prived of, and the lender enjoys the services of, the borrower's child. But by this arrangement the child does not become the slave of the lender. The child does net forfeit his rights and privileges as a free born. He can behave to the lender precisely in the same way &s to his own father; in- deed, he enjoys more freedom with the former, for he can at any time re- fuse to live with him. On the other hand the lender is responsible to the public authorities for injury to the health of the child and for his death. "The custom, although not involy- ing slavery, is discouraged as far as possible by the Government, and ap pears from the evidence of Father Coquard, a missionary of nineteen vears' experience in the country, to be becoming less prevalent. Should . which the person pledged is put into a condition of servitude, the offenders are punish- able under the law against slave deal Certain statements were made by | witnesses before Sir Mackenzie Chal- mers' Committee as {0 the pawning of children for gin, but no evidence what- ever was put forward K to show that the practice had more connection with debts for liquor than any other debts. Indeed one of the native wit- nesses, Bishop Johnson; questioned on this pomnt, replied, 'People who drink certainly got into debt more than others, but the habit is general all over the country, whether they drink or not. It is an Institution in the country." ' WOMEN AS_PARMERS ' - ) A Pioneer Urges Others~to Follow Her Example After twenty years' experience as an English farmer Miss V. Courtaul recommends any woman fond of cour try life to follow her lead. She ad- vises them, however, to think serious ly about it first. It was absolutely hopeless, she sald, for a woman to think of successnasiess she had prac- tical knowledge and experience, suffi- client capital, country tastes, perse- verance, and a capacity for hard work. When she firt told her father that she wanted to be a farmer, Miss Courtauld said he regarded the idea as he would have done had she suggested she should enter the Army. Curious rea- sons, she proceeded, were given at that time why women should not farm, One was that they could not pinch fat beasts at rket, and bargain for them over pintf of beer in smoky iun ether that was the way did their business own account was quite ¢ She had done so for many years, aid had never met with any thing but the greatest courtesy and consideration from her brother farm- ers. A woman who could manage in- door servants should be quite capable of controlling farm hands. POSED AS A BACHELOR Assize Sequel to Frustrated Wedding at Ramsgate At Maidstone Assizes a man was charged with making a false declara- tion for the purpose of procuring a 'marriage. The accused, James Henry Herman, aged 37, a traveller, made the acquaintance of a young woman, d representing that he was a bach- r, it was arranged that they should be married at a local chapel. When he was taxed with being married he strenuously denied it, and in support of his denial produced a forged tele gram purporting to have come from & fletective at Jersey, stating that it was a case of mistaken identity. The woman, however, declined to him. She was about to receive R Jarge legacy left her by a relative. is lordship, In passing sentence of Jutive moths' hard labor, said he ad no doupt that the prisoner wanted to get hold of the young woman's money. 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