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THIS SPACE FOR SALE. Bee. THIS SPACE FOR SALE. " VOL. 7. ATWOOD, ONT., FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1896. NO. 27. (a ~ Lightning Change IS SHOWN IN THE EVERY DAY SALES AT rook? don's The Listowel Clothiers They Sell the Best Readymade Clothing..... Eo the least money. We've no trouble whatever sell- ing clothing where the store is known. But every- body doesn't know yet that we've gone into Ready-to- Wear Clothing; we are already selling more Men's and 30y's clothing than any store in town. We can sdl you a Pure All Wool Suit made up out of our' make of T'weeds from $3 to $9. If goods are not as represented we guarantee you your money back. Call and inspect before you buy your next suit. ™ B.F. BROOK & SON. The Minds of Politicians ! ! Are entirely engrossed at the present time with the political situation, and the probable outcome of the approaching election, but the greatest question witlryo. just now is Harness, etc. 'To set your mind at res just call on us and ex@mine our elegant lines of Fly nets Dusters, Whips, Trunks & Valises, the newest an nobbiest. Just A Word About Our Harness. We are giving the best value in Harness ever offered in Atwood, made by skilled workmen and only first class) material used. Leave your order and if when made up, does not suit you, we do not ask you to take it. Repairing" promptly attended to. Bring along your old collars and we will make'them work. Light Harness a Specialty. tee Eo. V7 LILIA WVES. Bread, Buns, Pastry Flour, etc., etc., at the Atwood Bakery. Choice Fruits, Ice Cream, _Ice Drinks, Gonfectioner, Always on hand. Special arrangements made with Pic- nic and*Garden Parties. Callin and see us. We can please you. Best Family Flour Here. 16 to 1. United States Question. The Silver WHAT. FREE COINAGE. OF -- SILVER EKANS, A great many peoplein this country who ure trying to understand the sil- ver question uf the United States are hampered at the very beginuing: by wrong ideas about our own 6, 10, 20, 25, and 6U cent pieces, Meeting with large bumbers of these Canadian sil- ver coins in the ordinary way of trade, they arrive at the notion, almost as a matter of common observation, that the basis of our money is in part sil ver. ludeed, as they rarely see a piece of gold, and since, as a matter of fact, there is iot such a thing as a Cana- dian gold coin, it would scarcely be surprising if, without further inquiry, many people supposed the greater part of the metallic basis of our money to be silver. At all events, as gold is generally understood to be at the Toiin- dation Of onr mometary system, and as silver is met with in every-day experi- ence, it 18 perhaps popularly inferred that we have the double standard, or, as it is commouly caHed, bi-metallism-- that is, the two metals, silver and gold --under our curreney, But we have not. Canadian money is mono-metal lic; every dollar of it is of the single stundard; it is purely gold money. Suver we do use for many purposes as the material of the fractional pieces bamed--the 5, 10,20, 25, and 50-cent pieces--but every one of these subsidi ary coins is redeemable for its full face value in gold. It is not necessary thatthe substance of this "change" should be worth whatit actually pass es for. It is enough to know that there is gold back of it for the full sum of which the silver coin is the mere tok- en, -A 25 cent plece may not have as much silver imitas can be bought for foc., but the stainp on it makes it good for the fuurth part of a dollar. A sim- ar stump makes the ijutrinsically worthless bit of paper called "shin plaster" of the same monetary value. The matter or substance of the Cana- din Silver pieces is not offered as the equivalent of auy other thing quoted at the Same gold value, no more than is the material of a five-dollar bank note or a two-dollar Dominie® note, We may call the Canadian silyer coins metallic due bills. /fhey represent a promise to pay gold as the papér due bill--the bank note or Dominion note-- dovs. 'They, as does all the money in Canada, rest on gold. Whence,.it mav be repeated, we have but one standard, that is gold, no matter how much small change it may be necessiry to earry iu the circulation, All countries on the purely guild basis use silver coins for their small change, and are indifferent if the intrinsic value of these coins falls away far below their face value. A six-penny or a shilling piece js worth all it calls for in that greatest of gold countries, Britain, though the actual worth of the silver in the piece is not more than half" its stamped value. The United States is yet ou a gold basis, and its token sil- ver coins are good for the sum marked on them, But itis not more "change" the silver Democrats want They demand that the mints of the nation shall be opened to the free coinage of dollar pieces. 'To-dayif any citizen brings to the mint 258-10 grains of standard gold he is entitled to have it cvined intu a dollar piece if that is his wish, orto geta goid dollar for it, or the equivalent of a gold dollar in United States currency, Now the silver Democrats require that the mints shall be opened as freely to silver, so that whenever a citizen brings a' piece of standard silver of J6 times the weight ofa gold dollar, he shall have that silver stamped 31, or in lieu thereof receive a coined silver or gold dollar, or $1 note, whether issued by the United States Government or a National bank. Though in this country we have 25 cent and other silver pieces, it must be remembered we have no mints open to the free coinage of these, Miners iu" British" Columbia cannot bring their bullion to the Goverument and require that if shall be converted ten cent pieces for them. If they had such rights of money-making we should soon have the buying value of the subsidiary coins down to their actual buliion value on the market, which is at present not more than halt their money value. Similarly, if the United States made doliar pieces of all the silver the mine-owners of the West chose to bring, those silver dollars would drop from the value they now ossess by virtue of their gold backing. They would drop by sheer force of over-supply. 'To-day the mine-owner, nov having any mintat his commafid, has to sell his silvér in- the open market, where he realizes about 25 cents for every 412 1-2 grains. But if silver free coinage were established in the ratio of 16 to 1, he could have every 412 1-2 grains of his metal turned into a full dollar, which is a good deal better than 25c. Then what mine- owner would want to sell any more silver for use in the arts? -All would bring their product to the mint, and with such a sudden boom in the price HAMLEN BROS. of the metal every mine wo into half-dollars, quarter-dollars, and | ¢ worked to Its full capacity. Their con tents would be turning into money. A tremendous over-supply of money, thatis an inflation of the currency, would be the result, and the value of the dollar would fall still lower than the 25c. which is the present bullion value of the material in it. Ip Britain, an American dollar would be reckoned as one-tenth or one twelfth, instead of one-fifth. of a pound. In Canada it would be 50c., or less, Trowbridge. Miss Jennie Cosens; of Berlin, is the guest of the Misses Cosens. Miss Rilla Hunter, of Brussels, is the guest of Miss Mamie Moore. Rey. J. S. Fisher and wife, of Gorrie, were calling on friends in the village Tuesday, Miss Martha Collins left on Monday for London where she purposes stop- ping fora few months. Mrs. Rev, Robinson was called to Rock wood this week to help wait on her father, who is very ill. Master Darby and his brother Clar- ence, of London, are spending part of their holidays with their grandpa Mur- ock here. W. II. Moore, of Manitoba, is visiting friends in this vicinity. We under. stand he is taking the trip for the good of his health. The village is unusually qniet these days owing to the fact that the farmers are busy. harvesting, They haven't time to call and see us, Miss Lena Cosens and sister Maude returned home Wednesday after spend ing two weeks with their brother, Rey. T. W. Cosens, of Fordwich. Brussels. © Mr. North accepted the position on the teaching staff uf Brassels Public school and will be on hand after yvaca- tion to begin work, In refer¢nce to the woman referred to in last week's Bee, who asked assistance of Mayor Davidson, of Strat- ford, to pay her fare to Brussels, the Post says: "The above mentioned individual, who gives her namevas Mrs. Hugh McLean and says her home had recently been in Londen, Ont., arrived here in due time, spent a night at the Queen's Hotel, then posted off to Lucknow, and arrived back te Brussels ou Thursday night. She assumes a very sympathetic, religious strain in outliniug her woes, but if not treated as her ladyship considers in good taste she is well versed in both blaspliemy and black.snardism. The Reeve fused to pay her fare to Goderich on Monday and received a "reeommend" from her. If "Mrs, McLean" has relatives or friends they should see that she is safely housed, instead of dead beating her way from town to town as she is pow doing." Elma, Wm. Shannon and family Sundayed with friends in Wallace. The apple crop is all that could be desired in Elma townslup. Burns Hamilton, of Mount Forest, is visiting friends on the 8th con. Mrs. J. A. Vandrick is the guest of Mrs, F. J. Curtis, con, 8, this week. __.J no. Morrison,--blacksmith, abd son paid Mitchell a flying visit on Satar- av y. Miss Eliza Hunter is spending a few days this week with fmends in Kin- eardine. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Brook, of Palm- erston, spent Sunday at Phos. Hunter's, Sth con, Henry Watt, of Mitchell, has been visiting the past tew days with friends in this locality. Geo. Adams and son Bert drove to near Mitchell Thursday to visit Chester Adams, a relative. Samuel Armstead and wife, of Belle- ville, are the guests of Wm. Shannon and famiiy this week. ll Wheat cutting is general this week, The yield will be better than anticipated in many localities. Farmers are cutting their fall wheat. Some of it was winter killed, but the sumple is all that could be desired, Newry, Donegal and Maitland factories have. shipped their June cheese, They Wold at about seven ents. Miss Alice Turnbull, who has been spending the last couple of weeks with friends in Luther, returued home Saturday. Mrs. George Hamilton, at one time a resident of this line, but now of Mount Forest, is renewing old acquaintances on the 8th con, Wm. Gilmer, 10th con., has been very sick for the past few days, but we are glad to learn that he is 'getting better under the care of Dr, Douglas. Eva's "JACK, THE HUGGER."--T wo young Elma ladies, who were berry picking the other day, were chased by an unpknown man and 'had some difil- culty in making their escupe. 951 cheese, two cirloads, were ship ped by the Elma factory lust Friday trom Listowel station, It. comprised all the June make, and the- biggest lot cheese ever turned out by this factory in one month. Ballantyne & Sons, of Stratford, got the consignment at Tie. lb There were eight car. COMMUNICATIONS. The Manse ie All Right. To the Editor of Tar Bre. : DEAR Str,--As it has been widely circulated that the manst here has been damaged 'by not being fully occupied will you please insert the enclosed in you next issue to reileve the minds of any who may have been misinformed in the matter? Yours sincerely, ANDREW HENDERSON. * Atwood, July 22, 1896. "This isto certify that I have this day inspected the Presbyterian manse here, occupied by the Rey. Mr. Hender- son for the past three and a half years, and with the exception of the pointing of bottom part of outside walls of cellar, do not see that the building as sustained any damage whatsoever The house seems to have been wel! taken care of and_is certajnly in not as.bad a conditién as it would likely have been if occupied by a family. (Signed) W. E. Binwina, Architect, Listowe}, Atwood, July 20, 1806." Mitchell, Firg.--About 9 o'clock on Tuesday morning fire broke out in Trinity church rectory, occupied by the Rey. J. T. Kerrin. 'The firemen responded promptly and soon had the flames un- der control, confining them to the part of the house where the fire started. The furniture was badly damaged by water and smoke. The fire was caused by Mr. K6Mi's little boy playing with matches) "Phe insurance on the build ing 18 $1,000; on the contents £80. Loss about 83800, Donegal. Our factory sold the June make for 7e. Robt. Buchanan is erecting a new barn about 56x70 feet, Gertie Weir, Milverton, is spending her holidays at Mrs. McFarlane's, iu Eima, Miss Annie MeFariane will couple of weeks yisiting fr Brussels, Miss Lizzie McFarlane, of Milverton Public school, is enjoying her vacation among former schoui mates in Listo wel, We are sorry to report the illness of our popular cheesemaker, Alex. MuKen- zie, the result of a severe attack of sci- gpend & jiends at re- | alica Allan McMane has made consider- able improvement on his new farm this year, and willsoon have it pretty Weil under cultivation, Allan MceMane has a clock that abso- lutely refuses to go since Lauriertame into power, unless laid on its face; It weeps for the departed, as it were, SF Perth County Notes. \ Lord Aberdeen and Lady Aberdeen Will visit Stratford on Sept. 28, next. Mr. Ballantyne, of Stratford, after a visit to Manitoba thinks that the out- look for dairying in that Proviuce is yery good. W.R. Tiffin, of Stratford, goes to Montreal as assistant to Gen. Sup. Me- Guigau of the G. T. R.°G. ©. Jones, of the Wabash, becomes trainmaster at London. ' The London News says it is ramored in railway circles that Mr. Irwin, of the Wabash, is to assume control of the Northern division of the Grank Trunk, with headquarters at Stratford, Mitchell 7 at present in a yery bad predicament. On aecount of -breaking away of the dam in spring there is no water to draw upon for any municipal purpose, 'The health officers are likely soon to haye their hands full, but what they can do Without water is the 'problem they themselyes will have to solve. Dr. W. N. Robertson, of Stratford, has selected Monday, Aug. 0, as the date for his second annual road race to be held on the St. Marys road. Tt promises to be an event of. cousider- able interest. The Canadian Road Club has arranged a century outing from August 8 to 10, inclusive, the latter date being Torvnto's civie holi- day. The party will go by rail to Stratford, thence ride a century on the Sarnia road, and return to Stratford for the Robertson road race on August 10.- Those who do not want to make the century will ride to. Goderich and return, A medal will be given for the fastest century. Judge Bell, of Chatham, and-Judge Doyle ef Goderich, who are the com- missioners appointed under the County Councils Act, 1896, to divide the county of Perth into County Conneil diyisions, have decided to begin work at tlie court house, Stratford, at 10 a. m. on Wednesday, Aug. 5, coWtinuing from day to day as may be necessary. County Clerk Davidson hus been notified and in turn has to notify the yariuus municipalities composing the county, 'The County Conneil of Perth at present consfsts of 28 members, - but under the pew dct passed by the. On--- tario Legislature, the County Council is to consist of not less than 12 nor more than 14 members, that being the er 1b. loads shipped from Listowel altugether Friduy, appertionment for counties of betwee 40,000 and 60,000 population,