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mm 1_sppJ Ban-1e. _ T I 15 of the T:d`;E- .%?z::%.s.,: c:h.:is;e:?~r::m1,. of In a ut the 7th of Se tember. 18b7, I . A 13- eat to prove 9` .}.I.'3. f3'.;.. Egg indretgtlie the animal /3.'.'.".' 4 .TIMBEB ORWBILL. s'rumr.-'1`he B`*.. ?..m..a ban furnish a quantity ofbblgg r-Vmuher or It st uuonnblenwolu A `M ~0- Toronto Farmers Market. TORONTO. J a.n"a.ry 10. per bushel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..$0 nnnga v\uI- hnnlnnl Lr $0 DTOVU ynv -_DV5 expenses and take the awn ` J AMES O BRIE I January I2, 1888. GENERAL PRODUC E. :'TrW11::T ulxnxnrsf Bo'mwm.L`s BLOCK, mnmxs. JOI-IN GALBRAITH. -.2---.._.-2..-.____.-'--:- A . I'll LATE ENTRAN CE EX AMINATION - -|-...-I..L.... -uhinh Kn: hag OR BILh `mum mu furnish a auantitf 0f_b.! m3'u'c'ii . o . a . . . . . ` '.-0-n@ ova C 80 K: E: `I 3)`!- 65. 000. an ouv.. 4%.. 21).. 12.. 1 75.. 0 nn THU IIBIIII Ill` 5 Iillbi van am. up... ... _ .. .. _ . .. . The wholesale slaughter which has been made of candidates at the late entrance examinations is causing, as might beex- pected, a greatndeal of dissatisfactionall through Ontario. Out of 98 candidates here, 21 only passed and 5 recommended ; at Bradfoifd 16 out of 56 passed ; at Sim- ooe. Norfolk county, 30 out of 99, and at London 20 only out of 147. {he same 1.____v `.1: -..-.. . It is easy nu 3 var day. who young or o`d; I. nvery thing :1 ' on. reader. `C rite to us at I. ma mgil fl-Q0 18$ 75. Ill 10.` '7 AI urv.` 7}. 550.` 22. an 11.. ll. 11. 9` I`\ll'IIII-u--V.-- -~_ ,, , ' An 8 Pace. 48 column Nowipnper. Puuunnea n-om the onion. Dunlop Street. Bu:-lo. in the County of Simone.` tho`Pro- . I vlneo of Ontario. Canada. every Thun- ' day morning. by - IAIUBL WESLEY. PBOPBIETOB. DU 63 ill`. In 00 I13 78 46 C: -London" Free Press and the Woodstock \IIC\IVlI CV was-J V..- V- story of failure comes `iron! all quar-I tors and the same complaint of the dii- cnlty of some of the papers. Those chiey. ` complained of are the history, arithmetic, grammar and the geography papers. The history paper killed oi!` no less than 103 of the London candidates. We published that paper last week and we must confess astonishment that practical educators like Dr. Kelly and Mr. Sneath would place such a paper before the children who usually go to an entrance examination. It strikes us as the height of absurdity to ex- pect aniintelligible answer to such ques- tions as the 5th and 7th in English history and 4th ip `Canadian history from young boys and girls. The immaturity of intel- lect of the age of entrance candidates renders answers to such questions, which are worth anythine, an absolute impossi bility. The Hamilton Spectator thinks the Minister of Education should szet a hook on common sense authorized and than sit down and study it himself. The- Sentinel-Review have caustic `criticisms upon these examination papers. The failures of so many of these youngsters who have been trying. to pluck fruit from learning s woeful tree," will be a source of annoyance to parents and in many cases of undeserved blame to teachers. Where the failures he ve resulted from bad teach- ing will be known only toexaminers. 1.. ......a ho. nnfnnh however- to all who 18 I171 (4 The -j'uat.'4n The H 0 W 0` Dan It Ev m.:1=;1 _` So mg 3 ' Br earniv. S`f.r The Batiaf .Th Bndf se/1531 lg Wlll D8 KLIUWII Uiuy uu.uAuu.uuuu:. It must be patent, however, to all give any thought to our educational sys- tem that it contains serious and radical defects In our elementary schools too many subyects are attempted and the ; forcing hot-house methods employed are fatal to the child's intellectual develop- ment. There is too much examination and too little teaching and study in the school room. _To succeed at the everlaat-A ing exsimuations becmnes the chief end '- sud eiin both of teachers and pupils. Cram, crudeness and failure nre the maes- ssry results. It is not the teacher but. the system that is wrong. He is compell- ed to adapt his methods to the system . rather than do the work of an iutelligv-nt Ind skillful educator. The :perina.nency of his position 'depends largely` 'up.m the number of pupils who pass. and therefore he surrenders his judgment tosthefex- igencies of the situation. This is all wrong -Blldiollght to be corrected; The public school is the people's cullege and nine-tenths of our buys and izirls nevergu, to Iny other. It, therefore, ouizht-tota' DI'd All that is needed to fit them for the station in life that they are desiimed to an rm_;. .L...... `D . `cl...-unuulu siinnids-[ad Session` Ind: N) Mr} Iamil ' Re Stay n On] $301) 0 _ -fbii at. M ohcn Th h out Th It Br good Th but `la Th not Iusuon In lllu mun vucy ulu uwuugum. .... ll. The three R : thoroughly mannered would be of more practical value to our L children than the whnle cfurriculumfof ntndiee prescribed, . imperfectly ecquured all now. That 3 change frum the present Iyntetn in imperattvely needed no one will deny and the uoonerit is made thefbetter for the bent intereete of our children and the future gundnf the cmintry. Mr mini work armzq ink Coal` { Th hnvq4 iii`? Two IIIIU lulu! I} up In n-uwgnv-u u-u-u |-uvol nu Osuds 115:9` bo`o"n' denied iudf ohjbtod any form of rooippgojti wjthvthg:D9npi,i9p Tho: own wont do hr at oallupon tho -1-an ovum: 011'! um -wan` 1 2915232 \Ill'i `stair can: unnat- M E3138- . The City of Bronhprly Lgvoiu rul d on the coduh question.` At s`public`m`e`et.ing there I few days :20. held under the auspices ofthq National Faphery Aplooin-' tiou, resolutions of a wild and unreuouable obs:-actor were _ ~_pIuod., fl`hpy. olayggj) _ that the rights of Ameyiom Vohlirmon` `iii . -- -1* = 3 , v 5-_ _I\.Lrl_.r.:".l.4 '3 *6!` CH &l&v'---vv. No new nnmo will bonnddod to the 8'11`- lon Lint until the money is paid. A Iorlbon now in nu tea for than months .... ..m 1.. nha.mad'8l. 60 nor snnum. T:----l? THE NORTHERN ADVANCE: _ .. -- _.- no nannunn NQWCIIIDOIQ president to enforce non-intercourse. ._'.l`he_. < extravagance of than views may render ` thetnharmlesn, but they furnish an index of public sentiment, both with respect to reciprocity and the shery diccuuion; The true atate of the case has not yet been clearly net before the. American people. These resolutions are not calculated to `aid. the Commissioners in coming to a fair and equitable arrangement. The people of ' this country know that they are right and are not prepared to "yield to any arrangement by which no valuable a poa- session as their inshore aheriee will be sacriced. p ' | ' - , `I'll BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION CRY. ., an- --..... hm hm nnllinn-I of I IV.` 'w-V -6 The Guelph Me cury, In Its notice 0 the Empire, in conclusion, say! '1 " ..-.. . ._s__. .1 n... nbnunn nrnfnhnnd \ DWIPITU, III IJUIIUIIIIIIIQI Iv:-aw u But Toryicrn of the stamp professed and acted upon by Sir John Maodoneld endhis followers, in not gaining ground, spite of the shout: that are raised over the gains in the by-elections, which have been won by most corrupt inuences end and unhlushing bribery on a. gigantic scale. The Toryiam of the Macdoneld stamp is doomed, `end. at soon as its head and front in removed the whole fabric will falslll trlnpieces. What will the Empire do t on J AL- 13]-- In view of the revelations of the Elec- tion Courts, it is diicnlt to conceive how any fair and honest journalist can thus talk. about the by-elections, which have been won by unblnshing bribery on a gigantic scale, except as applied to-the Grit party. The profession of political purity has been shown" to be the very quintessence of hypocrisy. After the -general election of 1874, "no less than thirty members of this party of purity were unseated for bribery and corruption. The elections of 1878` and 1882 tell the same story, and now we would commend to the Mammy the following list and ask it to publish it for, the benetit of its read- ers, and tell them honestly how it has been deceiving them with the cry of bri- bery aud corruption against the Con- servatives for the purpose. of concealing .__i ._`i....... -2 la- the vastly more bare-fvaced crimes of its own friends: A rnornsrs mnxsr coxsnnvnlvzs. Kingston, Sir John -Maedonald, dia- missed. ' V A _ ` ` West Huron, Mr. Porter, withdrawn. `Lincoln, Mr. Rykert, withdra.wn.. , Haldimund, Dr. Montague, election voided by consent. Dr. Montague re- elected. - . A Westhiiddiesex, Dr. Brome, judgment _L __L ..-_..-. .v-.- , _, > __ _ not yet gi'$ii 7 South Norfolk. Mr. Tiadale, withdrawn. '- . South` Victoria, Mr. Hudapoth, with- drawn. - ` Dundaa, Dr..Hickley, dismissed- T North Lanark, Mr. Jamieaon, `with- drawn. _ . East Bruce, Mr. Cargill, withdrawn. Peel , Mr. 'McCulla. withdrawn. ` .M\lOli0lKI, Mr. O'Brien, will probably drop. ' . ` Algoma, Mr. Dawson, not yet heard. _ ___.._ _.-.-o. A vn ___,_` - ,_ PROTESTS AGAIN SI` LIBEBA L8. ' Kent, Mr Campbell, unaeated. Prince Edward county, Dr. Platt, un- seated. _ - . East Northumberland, Dr. Mallory, un- aaated, and seat won by Conservative.` -._.:. n-_r....... `M- nmnhnll rn:nnn.. seated, and seat won by Uonservauve. South Renfrew, Mr. Campbell, respon- dent; died, seat won by Conservative. Russell, Mr. Edwards, Aunseated. North Victoria, Mr. Barron, withdrawn. West Durham, Mr. Blake, dismissed without hearing. . - East Elgin, Dr. Wilson, case undecided. Balton, Mr. Waldie, unseated. East 9 Hastings, Mr. Burdett, hearing _A._ ._-.l L-l` 1::-`t\ ,.l'JIDII>I.1DIuu5u, on... -u-----'--, ._.nr ,7 postponed tlll J une. East Simcoe, H. H. Cook, to be heard Jan. 17 . .u1.n:..__;..... Ml ... Qnmnln in `an `Jan. .1`: . ` Centre 'Wellington,`Mr. Sample, to be heard Jan. 24. A_ Glengarty, Mr. Purcell, {to be heard Jan. 31. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 31 Per Annum in Advance. $1. . `ran: onrraruo ranumn. There has been a great deal said of late above the farmer and his hopeless and helpless condition, and much of the dis- satisfaction which a certain portion of the farming community `feels, arises from the exaggerated statements and fallacious arguments of the Commercial . Union stumpers, the subsidized press of Toronto and `the Grit papers that follow" in their wake. ,That prices are not as good as they were a few years ago is true enough, and it is also true that crops have not been as largefor & year .or two as they some times are, `but, after` all. the griev- ances and hardships which it is alleged , _the farmer is suering from, `contain a T 'large,elem'en_tr`)f'the imaginary.- `His case is neither so .bad_a;_snd_,hel'plessi as `he has _ been tanglit by`_design_ing men to believe, nor is theremedy recommended anything `but a delusion and a snare. The Ameri- can farmer is nojbetter o` _thap the On- t..a.;" farmer ; his "lands are `as heavily niortgayed, the prices he gets forhis pro- duce,`-nn the avenue. are no better, and he pays in many` cases, a' higher interest ` fur money. If the condition of the Ontario farmer is -`helpls-an .ggd hopeless, hi, Americana bl'uther'lB`7ilu` better off. "But the case is neither `fhelpless nor hope- less " ' , , ,u.2A_-~-n.Av_- _;.;.I_| __.1 _I| gL_ : IU DD Thecondition nfths wcrld and all its industries are changing and farmers, as ` well as utho-rs must, recognize the fact and prepare themselves to meet these ever varying phases; While the world is moving all the farmer must not stand still. He must nut conclude that because under certaincircmnsteucss he obtained $1 50 or $2 00 a. bushel for his wheatltbe r-st of ` `mankind -have cunspirednto chest him since he cannot ohunn the same nrices. new Iudis, Russis sud other whestprodnoiuu countries are in the same" market as ccimpeiiters ; `even the .=Nurth- West farmer with his rich virgin had, by means of the o-vustsmly increasing rail- way facilities. bec~ome's,in.sss_nse `s loom-1 petiwr of th_e}0nts`i'*ilo fa`runer.. `To meet std. ....-.Ahh.`n' -Chin n-[nuns-khnl rs-5 `ulna...- PVIIIUI-VI `II '19 FIICUTOQII IUIBUIIVII L`, UIUVCU um c..naiioa, the proverbial gwo blades of gran or um head: of what must be " made to grow when only one grow ht-iure, lo tut roduwtion in price may bi counter-_ .bnlsnoed'_by iuoreud in quantity. Better. methods must bqomployed and his luudb` Iv. voov tr---J---V` V- _ , , bare-faced ._onri:l;`ad... Ifho -nglait Will I-0* P3? mm tbnius what, he I! have to do some- ] .L Good butter [good cattle I-fun.-en: Ant` anal` fI`l"Iit Blw3Y; fltoww I pg-, -- n --- good_ horses and good` fruit will always command a fair price. The world is look- ing for better things of every dencription. The scrub cow, like the long snouted pig, must step down and out. In the Liver- -pool market the other day three cents a pound more was paid for fat cattle from Canada of one grade in.preference to another. It cost no. more to raise the one than it did the other, but the better breed commanded the larger price. . The motive power for streetcars in thefuture will lessen the demand for horses of a cer- tain class. Such horses will ere long be unsaleable. A better class only will be worth raising These are all suggestive of the course which the Ontario farhier ought to pursue. Earl Cathcart, when ' administrator of the government, paid a _ visit to Western Ontario. A number of l farmers met him at a wayside stopping I _I--:.... -...1 --1....: t.:..... 4... A- ......,..,.|,;...,, *thi`i"ag el's-e:" Good better, good cattle, 2 Illfllletl urul ulus no. u vynyunuv uuvyysua placing and asked him to do something for them. His reply was: Help your- selves ' You can do more_than any govern- ment can do for you. Those words of truth are worthy of calm consideration. Skill and thrift are more potent factors in producing good tunes for the farmer than tariffs and free trade. His future success manifestly lies in recognizing the world's varying conditions and wants and going squarely to work to meet them. In nnin A` ftlln `ulna tnnnlsinal hf dl3- aquuuuy Iau wuus uu ulouu uuuuu In spite of the false teachings of dis- appointed politicians. it is nevertheless a fact which the Ontario farmer should bear in mind that the average American tarmer is not_in a more prosperous condition than the average Canadian farmer, and that the freest interchange of their products would have but little etfect upon current prices. mvoncn: cotinr. The following article on the necessity of. is `Divorce Court, from the Manitoba Daily Free Press, will be read with inter- est by those who take an interest in what is now acknowledged by a large and in- uential portioniof the press and people of Ontario. The time has evidently come when a. move will be made for this impor- tat'i`t_, reform : ._,-.:-_ .1 .LL.. 1-... Ac .l:.m.-/m and H145 tam` rerorm : . 'l.`he.queation of the law of divorce and the machinery for its administration in Canada, is receiving attention from the press of On- tario, andwill probably occupy that of the Dominion Senate and Parliament at their next session. 14. 1- .__L 4.... -.--unhn `A can Orhnf. nrlminill. 'I'IT"|6i'lber| in rear: to: our ....... III over will be charged '01. next 86881011.- It is not too much to say that the adminia. tration of the law on this subject, as it at pfeaeut prevails in Canada, is anomalous and absurd. nu_- l-_. -8 A: uuuu an :I\ (`Amalia `II `II thnnrv ansura. The law of divorce in Canada is in theory the same as that in England, but in practice weare about in the same condition as pre- vailed in England prior to the passing of the English Divorce Act of 1855. -_._ .. ..... .....-.:.... -5 n..+. mu-. Hm thnnrv lsn nsn Ulvorce race 01 tom). I own to the passing of that act, the theory of the law of England on the subject of divorce was the same as that or the Roman Church, namely, that the marriage relations belonged exclusively to the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts, and should be dealt with according to Canon law. According to the canon law the marriage tie was indis- snluble, but separation from bed and board was granted for cruelty and adultery. The ecclesiastical courts also exercised the juris- diction of annulling a marriage on the ground that no real marria e had, in the view of the canon law, taken p e : where, for instance, the parties to it were within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity or ainity. ' Th- raslaannn s-A nf nirnnmntnnoel in individual degrees 0! consanguinity or Iusuuy. The pressure of circumstances in individual cases was, however, too strong to be bound by this theory and practice, and Parliament being subject to the constitution, supreme, a practice of obtaining complete divorces by private. act of Parliament came into existence, and was pursued in disregard of the theory referred to. Parliament did not. however, disregard the existence of the ecclesiastical courts or refuse to recognize them ; on the contrary, the practice was to require it to be shown by the petitioner forthe act of divorce that a separation frum bed and board had, been obtained from the ecclesiastical court, and that an action for crim. con. had been brought against the adulterer, if the separa twn had -been granted on the ground ;of adultery. ` In..- I ....:..l..tu-a Hana rnnnnnimn the nr-anti. aunuerv. The Legislature thus recognized the practi- cal necessity ot an enlargement of the doc- trines of the canon law, and in particular cases gave effect to a right, and granted a remedy, to which it relused to give the sanc- tion of a public and general law. This posi tion wasiou the face of it unjust and &l10l.Il8l' one. It is safe to say that it could not have been maintained for a moment but for the implacable hostility of the clerical party to any infringement of the doctrines of the- canon law. The remedy o'ered by private act of parliament was, together with the pre- limioaries referred to, enormously expensive. The position was in eect this : The public were permitted to understand that subject to the existence of certain facts, they had a legal right toa complete divorce and to marry again. but that owing to the desire of the oleiical party to force the rest of the nation to conform to doctrines which they would themselves in any case confcrin to .as a matter of. conscience, the only method of securing that right was so tedious and expensive that only the rich coul-l take advantage of it. 'I`l... ....6-unal axial-noun n; `r Justina Mnliln only nne rwn C0lll.'l Dun: auvuuulgu us ua. The satincal address of Mr. J uatice Mauls to a poor man convicted of bigauny in 1845 put the absurdities of the existing law nu a an In nnr_`IIr'nIu tn hd fiuronrjan Thu nridnnel- n Pub Inc lllIH|IILII'I"B UL IIIIU UAIDUIII5 IIIVV Iu II way nonlikely to be furgopten The priso_ner s wife` had. robbed him and run they iqjth ..a...oIn..- nnnn N`/nvn qlxnnl hAhA'hInlItiht .wa uuu-unvny Du U0 uu nuouzu cup .1! Iwvf-Iv! Iv w.r e~ aimther man. You should. have brought an aot.on, he told. him, and obtained "_da.ouau,es which the other side __Wou_l_dV prob- ably not how been able to pay, end you -"would? than have had"!o pay your own`-ecos,ue, "perhabs 3-hundred top a hundred ohd fty pounds. Y ..u should then have gone` to the ecclesiastical courts and obtaioed _o divorce `.9; menu at thor_u..Ind than to (the House of -`I..orda;` 'where. hiviug proved that these ppelnminaries` had been gcomphed with you - "'w`uuldo huve. bum. nlbled to fnarry ogmn; "The expense might amount to ve or six hundred or perhaps a. thousand pounds. "You any you are 3 poor man. `But I must 3 ` tell you that there is not one law for the rich and another for the poor." '41: .nnanf.in`nI n'nnnnnn' I.h" n }|::nrliinn nf tln "vi M thqnin Enuland, except thatin Canon 5 M apropi_u-. practice `in that behalf. -=-I1I.=.0IllId' V qtginod it ;:: Pt`[iIInont. -It it not I IUII CCU DIJIIIIIICI IIll' IIIIIIU _ I no I . . For practical purposes the condition of this qu-union in the numeric Canada to day as it there is not any court with I: recognized jurisdiction over the marriage relation even to the extent of granting divorces a. menu. at tboro. If married pgei-pun: desire to separate and make an)? nrrqog-incurs for distribution of property, custody of children and so in, it ia--apart from the universal rigiit to petition for 5 ..pl'ivate.qct.rof4 |"&'l.l.lll0`ll,--_-[)_l!l`ely 3 mattei-'6f`c` `It is `not so very long" ago since: `cap;-ovoaaiounl-manin Winnipvg of high` oilgijiltsndihg draw for` the parties on agreegngntb wherqigy "fone_ 1'. min acid his wife` to another - -for whom she had phidniinbly I grutigr iinity-A-f-ir of anullignumc ; ' pod--thuI got rid of Jditcnlty, ,whichi,only wctltlgier people" oonld" havo-solvo<`l `according to tlio. the only method by which` a divorce n7'bo KinOn_uA;a. A -u Olllillll ll 9.! F DI ,1 OPIQIWQHE ' Q0 ` I5 I105 .pft}e,dI}'.%1Iq`t!|; . i-Mir, or `e. `. . *5 Fe unit 5 nus :-ii:1niiL&. 1-attic ' . to -_. run waunnuuur. A number of candidates are seeking the Wnrdenehip of the county. - This is very neturcl, and it is a poeition which any one ehould be proud to occupy. There Inn be no doubt had Dr. Kirkland been elected Reeveof Nottnwuega, the covet- ed honor would have been conferred on kiln. Mr. Switzer, of Sunnidnle, is e ------L La nanunnxhnr N01iT1i1*33'N VANCE Goods House! been supplied of administering it. As 3 ` matter of practice, bills for divorce are re- ferred to the Senate for coneiderotion. for the taking of evidence, and in order that they may report to the Common: in the same way as a committee would do. The proceedings :_ LL- n__-4.- ....-.. - I..:II 8.... . Jinn:-no gr-A " `subject is one which demands and is well I! I Oolnmllitea wuuiu. uu. .I.uu p-uuuuu....5.. t, in the Senate upon a bill for a divorce are - ` much like the roceedings in an ordinary law court, with t e di'erence that they are 2 generally more protracted and the discussion *- from the comparative informality of the form I V is more desultory, and the result very likely r to be inuenced by preponderance of individ- q nal prejudice. The decisions of such av: tribunal must necessarily lack uniformity. 9 1 The expense is great-much greater than it 3 would be in the conductof similar matters in i an ordinary court; it may be estimated at ` H $1,000 a case. It is a reinedyeopen only to the rich. This is most demoralizing and subversive of the first principles of society. I` It is utterly impossible for a lawyer to advise his client as. to whether facts submitted to ` him will be sufcient to obtain a report in I favor of a divorce from the'Senate. It is one of l the first principles of justice that the adminis- 7 I tration of the law should be uniform and ex- . act, and that it should be available to all 1 The condition of the question in Canada 1 should be altered without delay. Opposition i may be expected from the same party that I opposed the English act of 185.7. It is, how- | ever, not possible that a relation which is so I important a subject of civil concern to the state, should be left undealt with owing to sectional inuence, or be left in practice to the danger of the same kind of inuence in a representative body. Either a. court with proper jurisdiction ought to be established or proper jurisdiction given to existing courts, -or a judicial committee of the Senate similar in effect to the judicial committee of the English House of Lords, and composed en- tirely of lawyers, should be created. The I sun:-tl-in nf nnnnitlnrntinn, THE IRISH RENT QUESTION. ' The commission on judicial rents in Ire l 1 land is said to have made reductions 1 I I averaging fourteen per cent. Some were reduced 20 and 25 per cent. Neither landlords nor tenants are satisfied. The landlords think the reductions toomuch and the tenants say `they are not low` enough. What may be the nature of the ' relations between these Irish landlords -1 1 and their tenants it is not necessary to ' 1 inquire. That Irish tenants have privi- leges not possessed by tenants in any other . part of the British empire is evident. But . : theypoint we want to understand is this : I If the British Government can either as an executive act or by commission step in between landlord and tenant and modify the contract by lowering the rent, why not on the same principle modify other contracts, lower the `price of wheat or double the laborer s wages? or as King John Lackland was wont to do, cancel the 1 debts of his favorites by royal command 'l To peopleon this side the water, who as I tenants are accustomed to pay their rents L. as an honest duty and for landlords to re- ceive them as a matterof right. the action ` oi the government in the reduction of E Irish rents has a singular look about it. It may be one of the steps in solving the Irish problem, but unfortunately neither landlord nor tenant can see it. BUUJCUU ID VH9 vvunvu uv worthy of consideration. Heavy Dr.eesCl.oth l(_) andnlf cents. Beautifnil Patterns in Ginghams at 5 cents vard, READY-MADE CLO'l`HING AT WHOLESALE muons, at the ' 0. -vonnlpw--cu-vv v-.q----- Is it strange that politicians do not care to risk much for the temperance vote? Mr. Thomas Robertson, of Shelburne, was recognized as one of the leaders of the Prohibition party in the house of commons, and his name is identied with the promotion of some important temper- ance legislation. Still, he was defeated in 9. close constituency` by a. man who refused to give a pledge of support to temperance measures. Therein no record that _a single Conservative prohibitionist gave Mr. Robertson a vote and no tem- perance paper or temperance leader has said a wnrdof regret over his defeat.- Toionto Globe. _._ _,.__-L _1__I -2 L_.. ;L :- BARBIE CI-IEAP DRY GrOODSI-EIOUSE. R.%A. STEPHENS & CO. I.\|l.'1'lIlll \IlUUUn ~ V _ There is a very ereat deal of truth in 1 `what the Globe says. Temperance people 1 are prone to be politicians first and tem- 4 perance men only when their political . party is-not likely to su`erthrou2h their \ temperance. Here s a case in `point: . There is in`Tor-onto a temperance paper that, if one may believe its utterances, is heart, soul; body and boots in favor of temperance, and bitterly and uucompro-A ; misinuly opposed to- the awful sin of \ drinking. Recently a glaring case of iu- r temperance occurred in Toronto. A Mem- bers of .the Ontariogovernment took the money of the people out of the provincial treasury and 9 purchased high-priced champagne wine, which they fed` in run- Iimited quantities toiuien who came to bid for certain timberlimits. The more the bidders drank the higher they _. bid, until the .su_ecess oflathe sale surprised everybody. Did` that "Toronto temper- ance paper net up on its hind legs and howl about that doubly sinful-`transaction --misapplbriation of the people's money and `.`guzzlim'r'."ot- champagne? Did that Toronto temperance napoervpoint out the `awful wickedness of puttingthe bottle. to the mouth of a . neighbor that he might lose his senses and `hid more than he. ought to for a timber `limit `ls Did that Toronto temperance`.-journal preach a fer- ` vent temperance sex-rnon.; denouncing the o awfulness of that public drainlt 1: "It did; ` pot. ` It,utt`e'red"not one 1 v,vord';upo;hj_ the `L i | 5 pnidlntsirflliln `me 1111' DVVl|a&ur, U]. Nluaoncuyuu---, __ , candidate, but it must be remembered that Mr. Paton of that townehip wen` We_rden_in 1885 and that the Directorate -- "' "` ' r~4 L__ -`_A `\QnI'l hnrnn GREA'l` -|)|u1s:s - GOODS - SALE - NOW GOING ON.* li UFFCTUII I105 nua WOT `upon Kalli! non. _ i _ j -`u`bieot :And% ..Iwhni -i ..Pr.9 . mi-n ,9!-i-t=r:% '!`!'?!i.ri=!Ir9'=*5. -i`.".9~ W'- DUUJVVUC : Slllyl Wllqll C 5 VIII-0" It_w|II-u miniatar, ~ wonddfiiig : c>_- in iiloince. ven- .t.m"ed tb Ml! it'dpi'ui`uin of "thej'a`ir.,thst :'1`o;-unto tatnperauoq journal '. Qalled 7 the "cod ~91 , ' man `s_. _crnpk; f uid .huj(d in-A-`hm :refi-!iic:.t is vhrd b`,i% who public xii nk; . L. That 1`nr.:mm..spep. , meg _j0,i1.l'l,L_l( viafthgj Tiyuvxpgy (j|obo- itbu _in ;n`>`w-' V-ginnoyd. .I.t-,...-h`;#&l1.o2I#a`! ta;:._n`.`.9f ~. rhnnsdn-gi-nsIu3n&&L L;n-3n`b Jun. `JVIFC I {now ,g.x.noy' W" " `GbII`r't!iV9P?9i!!`!i!iiI;-in Sheihwno. hi, ,;~ -L - 3`_--'II u..`..:i_L\'i.'-`` w: L ~- emperance Oman. - How; They VIOW It. The Mail : Let ' us have Commercml ' Union without any adulteraticn. ' - lI'I|.- (V1-1..- Id- `I..6n.l>\ - 1.4:]! 11- `ggug wpp. Union Wllollta any Iuullavlnvlxun The Globe (It! latest) : Let us have Free Trade with all the world and Direct Tum I tion. ll , $1011. 3 The Montreal Herald : Let us have Un- restricted Reciprocity with the United States. 11,. rI-I.1_:._ ...2LL . H` n. I-unun nnrn- Wlruuu In Luau uuu nu..- ---- , __ , of the N. W. Railway has also been borne by a representative of that township. e So far as locality is concerned Sunnidale can- not fairly claim the honor again just yet. While the questionof locality is admitted` to be a factor in chosing a Warden it is not the only one that should he consider- ed, neither is extended service in the council. The position requiresa tness be yond a knowledge of municipal forms. During his term of office the Warden is . the municipal representative of the people `I ~--- `v-A `u-nslnhf. intn mates. [ Mr. Goldwin Smith : Let us have Com- dperclal Union, [and take all the conse- . quencea quences I ' Mr. Lanrier: Enlarged Commercial I` relations with the United States are de- sirable, but I confess I see great difficulties in accepting Commercial Union I 0:- `l)...|.....A f'!o-onus-inhlt - T urn in fgvnf In accepuug Uuuuuotulua uuauu Sir Richard Cartwright : I am in favor of Commercial Union. but I appreciate the obstacles in the way of its acceptance. ` 1'1 .. 11.4...- Macnknll `I An nnr. fnnv 003330185 In E116 Wily Ul uu 3UUCl1IIIIl_\1Uo I Hull Peter Mitchell. I do not. fu1ly endorse WIman's scheme. I prefer Unre- stncted Reciprocity. c<;_ 'l'_.|.... M....A......lJ . Thorn QFA Ihrma ` strlcten rueclprucuy. { Sir Juhu Macduuald : There are three obstacles to Cummercml Union. England `doesn't. want it, the United States dues not want. it, and the people of the Du- miniou do not want it. I Tremendous smash -no on the C. P. 8.. Two freight trains colidmi at a place between , Sudbury and VVinnipeg lasl Wednesday on a. trestle culled Horse Sh-se Curve near Red Sucker Cove It is the wildest and must dangerous spot between- Sudbury and Winnipeg. It consists of an immense series of trestle work over a heavy ravine three quarters of a mile long and about 120 feet high in the centre. I The two trains met on this trestle, broke through, and both engines with the trains went down 80 feet to the gulf below, utterly demolishing the trains and killing ` seven men. The east bound train was; laden with Manitoba grain, and thousands ' of bushels are lying on the ice at the place i of the accident. The conductor of the | - train going west is said to be in fault, as , he failed to have his orders made all right l at Schrieber, which required him to side track his train at `Steward station. Everything was smashed to atoms. | tn I No Annexation Party In Canada. Sir Charles Tu pper, -after apendiniz a . few hours in Chicago on route to Washing- ton, left Friday afternoon. In speaking of Canadian annexation. Sir Charles said : | unu ,, __ __ __-_A_ ... l"....-An in Cnvnrl OI Uan8UIIIl BHHUXHIIIUII. Du Vuul sun uu--u . There is no party in Canada in favor of annexation to the United States ; there may be a few individuals hereand there, but no person has ever been elected to the House of Commons who declared himself previously in favor of that measure. We believe that there is room enough in North America for the Dominion of Can- ada as well as the United of America, and that while it is very desirable that there should be the freest possible intercourse between the two countries, we think it is rather an advantage to both of them to il- lnstrate each to the other Republican Government as shown by the States and the Britishsystem as practised in Canada. The Pope said Mass at St. Peter's at Rome last Thursday for the benet of the pil2rim's remaining in the city. Thirty cardinals and 189 archbishups and bishnps were pres:-my. while the congregauon nnmbered 20,000 persons. The Duchess of Tuscany occupied the place of honor. The Pope looked well, but at the con- clusion of the Mass appeared much fatigued. After the service the. Pope re- moved his vestments and ascending the sedis geststoria. was carried around the church amid cries of Long live the Pope- King. The Popewss deeply moved by the enthusiasm. Int? Iuuluuupuu cur-.....-..-..--. _ `of the county, and may be brought into contact with Provincial and Dominion Inthnnties. He needs therefore an edu- cational and business equipment, not possessed by many others who might othgrwise worthily till the Warden`: i ' Arotntor tormuinesa men. I never in my life, says Jno. Wana- maker. the merchant prince of Phila- delphia. used such a thmg as a poster, a dodger or a handbill. My [plan for fteen` years has been to buy so much space in a newspaper and ll it up with what I wanted. I would not give an advertisement in a newspaper of four hundred circulation for live thousand dodgers or posters; If I wantecl to sell cheap jewelry or run a lottery scheme I might use pn8tB"a, but I would't insult a decent reading public with handbill. The _Postma.ster-General : Report. A The Pcumnaster-General expects to save ghout, $15000 a year by this change in the service. The annual report of the Post- Imascer General-will be printed in a few duyg. It. is understood` 't_ha.t the net rev- enue for"the- ti:-`cal your endmg June 30 last will reach 32.603255 azainst. 82.469,- 000._ orun increase of $134,000; exm-ndi- turn fur the yeartudlng Jgnw 30 $3 458_- 100 and for the pre.viy|.l,I 033 380.000, or mi `increase of $78 000 ' This shows an extsess of receipteof "$56,000 as compared with. the previous year. A Nebraska runner Poison: his Parents. 1' -,. I),_-L_A:_I.| __ _ ___ __ l,___.._. I:_._'_ -uv-f-,_uw- -v--v--y--- -vu-v: Buttetield. ayouug farmer living near Palmyra. Neb., was arrested a few days ago, charge with murdering his father and mother. On December 24th he took home some whiekey which it 1.` claimed be poisoned and gave to his -parents. Last Sunday. he father died euddenlyend on Wednesday his mother also died under the same mysterious cir- cumstances. The motive for the prime is unknown, unless for the purpose of eecur- . ing their property. A Ilxnlloont Honor. At about 12 12 3- m, of the 5th, 3 msg- ._nioo_nt l_net_.or, travelling from out to west. bunt, apparently Rut north of the foundiy at Bellevillo ` 9 light` oftho met`oor 'e`oocml_Iy pilad that of the moon 46: 3 liI_nicod>"sie's.` A long train win loft -by-%h_a=Inidniul|t~viIito'r and nneotibn of "it '7 V33 -TIKUIIIIU VIUIUUI CIIUA C DCUUIIIII VI IU rdIuingd visible. in tor fty or Iixtylooondi; ., V. The Pope at Mass. Tollendal Roller Flouring INNISFIL, ALLANDALE no. Gash paid ft}: wheat._ ALWAYS open `w BUY in quantities to amt those offering or do. airing to sel. Wl:ea.t taken in exchan e for Flour. FLOUR for sale AT MILLS or do ivered. Y chair. :1 Shorts and Bran a1w_a.ys on hand and for asm at moderate CASH pnces. The Prices Ruling in the Barrie and `re- ronto Markets During the Week. HARRIE. Janumry 11, 188& manna: GRAIN MARKET. AnIvA.:n Alu- Qpring Wheat. Full whe tv Bill ley . . . . . . . . . N113 . . . . . . . . . . . Pena . . . . .. ttye . . . . . . . . . .. UCBI n HH(]l|H-l'l| Jl'l', [U1 4-: f, forrqu rtvrs. per cwt.` Dressed Hugs percwn. .. .. .4 Mntvon. c mass, per cwt... .~`- ring Lamb. per quarter. .. Va-al per 1b.. .. .. .. .. .. Chicks-nu per pair . . . . . . . . . . .. Turk-ye mu lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Mutter. roll. per lb . . . . . . . . . . .. Lari` rer Ib . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. '|'a.l10w per1'b.. ` Eggs per dozen . . . . . . . Potatoes prrb -g . . . . .. ` P renipr ner bushel.. Hay perton Straw per load............. Tallow. P`a.rmer's Cake. oer Woo), was-hed. per lb . . . . . . . VVool. unw..rhed.1e n>..... Flouv, !-aker'a per cwt.. Fluur. Family. per cwt .. ... Flour. Pwtry. per cwl... .. . Oatmeal per cwt............ Cornmeal per cWl... .. .. .. ROUGH HID U`V|4o: B91. 01` C-8.I`('.8.S*'. I 8!` CV-VL - . Beef ndquarlere. 1 ercwt. m f fnrrnn l`lrI`i-1, ner cwt. }Cowpercwt........ I Ste-er ner cwt...... } Snee skins ea.ch..., Lam Skins each. `Pena Wheat per .. Wheat goose. pr-.1` bnehel . . . . .. Barley per bushel . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Oats per bushel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Peas per bushel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Hay.perbon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. straw gel` ton....... Dreeae Hogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Heef. tore umters, per cwt... .` Bat. hin quarters. per cwt. Mutton per Lambpex-1b.......... . ... Veal per . '-`utter lb 1-olls................. But.ter.la.r;ze rolls. per m..... :3 per dozen............... C eeaenerth ................. .. Tut-keysuer1b.......... Phickens per pa.il'.... . . . . . .. Geese per .. Ducks per pair.... Potatoes. per bag . . . . . . . . . Auples per Beeus Der bushel . . . . . . . . . . .. Chopping also attended to. DIAMOND HALL Our stnckis now commute far our Xmas frnd-5 and con prises a full lme of Fine Gold Sc-Is. Flue Gold Lockets, Chains and Charms. ` In Silver Plate we have the lnu-~t 1m'lc-.118 out. vonsimivlg of Tea Sela. Cake Baskets. `Cruels, Butler lllulnev-,. Knlvor-. Forks. Nil-t-crackers, ltlnlldrems Nlu:_::-, and P-clue DI:-hes. Val] m d he cum mrod mm. we intend L-~ do the J:-wlr\ busim 83 uf lmrrit`. Christmas will soon be: huff , no call curly und net. tirst. choice. R. A. DOUGLAS, THE LEADING JEWELER! . A chair. T The two main candidates Wlll be Mr. Swilzer, Reeve of Snnnidale, and Mr. E B.- Sanders. R-eve of Snayner. They are both good worthy men. but as honors of this sort. have recemly been worn by Sunnidale, andso far as we remember Suayner has not received any. the same arguments which were used in favor of Alliston last. year will apply whh equal force to Stayner thisyear. We hope the Council wall wisely choose in this matter and for the best. interests of the county. _