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i*di A Order, MUCELY Va vuu-pun. Eh: Press adds that wages are lower at the South than in the North, aye, even than then they are in some lines in England. Our Troy contemporary also says that the South- ernera are delivering iron in New York, freight mid, cheaper than it can be mann- faetnred in Pittsbnrff, and does not regard as idle their boast that they will nndersell the English in their own markets ! We do not aoo t this prediction at its value, but there can no disputeas to what they are doing in the Northern States. This is where the shoe pinehefs the New Englanders and why so many 0 them are beginning to covet Canada.-N-'-,Tor_onto World. V -can-van nu; niuvnvlv lliljiio The evil: nttendent upon the bucket shop hulineu are so manifeitythat nblio opinion demands that they, be 3 ' y suppressed. They must go. The recent indictments by tho Grand Juryof most of the managers of V thvlv rumbling den: i; I death-knell to the vuuu suvsuvuuy uuuuuuu Ulll' UULIDUIIDIUH 2 There are plants in the South situated close to iron and coal beds which embrace under one control coke ovens blast furnaces, rail mills, stove foundries and nsil factories The concentration of productive facilities is itself a potent factor in chespening the cost of the out-put. 'l"h.' `D..... ..a.!.. LI..-` ...-...-- -..- 1-_-_ .L n, V LY. LQCIJ VVVCQI The Essa Council met in the Commercial Hotel here on Monday last, 9th inst. The most important matter that occupied the at- tention of the township fathers was the dis- position of a waif now housed in the vicinity of Colwell. The present keeper of the infant was present and demanded some monetary assistance from the Council for his care `thereof. Previous to this meeting of the Council he had approached several members in connection with the matter, but was given but little satisfaction, and so made up his mind to have the matter decided nally. To this end he wrote to the presiding member of the board and ordered him to come at once and take the child away, as he would keep it no longer. Now, being a poor man, he thought to save two cents, and so wrote the above message in the briefest possible man- ner ona post card and addressed it to the worthy above mentioned. Now, to any or- dinary individual such a message would have been quite a startling affair, and to the high- ly sensitive recipient it was no less appalling. However, to his credit be it said, that he considered the joke too rich to keep and un- selshly told the whole matter to the much amused members, at the same time caution- mg the author (who was present) not to dare to ever again address such a. missive to a respectable Presbyterian elder. AA- Where the Shoe Pinohes. The World has several times called the at- tention of its 0. U contemporaries to a fact which they cannot deny but are suiciently E disingenuous to ignore: that the New England 1 manufacturers, who once found an undisputed 1 market for their wares in the Sounhern States are now enduring competition from the quart- er. The Tory press, a Democratic organ, thus incidently conrms our contention : Thorn nun nlnnbu in 6]... Quad-`I. ..:&..-L...l lG'Congregational Church. Preaching ser- vices every Sabbath at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. Sabbath School at 3 p. m. Prayer meetings, Sabbath at 10.15 a. m., and Wednesday at 8 p. m. Rev. J. R; Black, B. A., pastor. Strangers welcomed. 32 `bridge company. Jim is a we wish him success. `nun v uuvv \Jva.I-vD|IVLlI.lUl.lUo [Mn James Massen has gone to Hamilton, where he has engaged as an employee of a. good fellow, and Mrs. Wright still continues very ill. Miss M. J. McDonald spent a few days in Ivy last week. 7 Thu '14`... (`Ann-u`:` .._-L 1.. LL- f`1__,._.-.r,3 ` STORE ! tI{_l_AE. 4% named by none: snaps. ` ..:I- -u.-_.1-_A. ___-._ ;; . 1 , 1 -1,10 Advance Correspondence. |J.M-B0THWEll. U110 II I-IULI-IUD! Where did all the money come from to foot up the enormous bill? A visit to one of the dens soon settled the question. In the motley crowd could be seen the banker's and broker's clerk, the railway clerk, who had learned A "points from his superiors ; the merchant s clerk, who was spending his lunch time in having a yer with his own or employer s money. There could be noticed the railway conductor, the telegraph boy, and the special messenger, all tempting ruin and generally with success.-New York 'v.-H... I CLOVERS, TIMOTHY, SEED GRAINS, ! LAND PLASTER, &c., ,FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS 1 H Q K U I-IC vuucscu n Iuuunuu B110`). Until a very recent period the total deal- ings in stocks at the bucket shops in this city amounted to above 100,000 shares per day. About two thirds of the contracts were closed the same day they were made, and this meant commissions on 200,000 shares, or more plainly, about $40,000. Add to this the large number of wipes, the large amount run by the house, that is never passed into an exchange or covered, and some idea may be formed of the prots of the business. `T7L_._- .I:_! _II LL , , I` `lawless and pernicious a gambling which has been carried on too long in this city under the guise of legitimate speculation. The action of the Grand Jury has given great `satisfaction to business rms, as no inuence, probably, has been more pernicious to the junior clerks employed in banks, stock- brokers and merchants oices, than the evil inducements o'ered to them by the bucket-shop proprietors. The Police Court records have repeatedly shown that many young men of great promise, in good situa- tions. have been led into the path of vice by operating in the bucket shop. At first they lost their own savings, and then, in despera- tion to relieve-their losses, they operated with their employers money. Of course, the inevitable crash was bound to follow, and disgrace, social ruin and despair has been the fate of hundreds of young fellows who `owe their fall to the day they lirst entered a. bucket shop. llnltil 11 1791-11 rnnnnlv I'\nh:r\41 I-1... Lad--1 ,J..-I SEEDS! ER ! Special prices` to dealers and others I buy well as sell the above in any quantities. And all the leading va.ri'etiea of taking largo` qglantities. ingots; Stylish, lequab ssum SELEO-' VATEII M! DEAR VS1u,--In your letter of the 5th inst., gun desire, me to say which is the correct say of spelling the festival sometimes written 1(irnzess, sometimes I'ermz'ss, and 1 reply that the correct spelling is Km- I~:r..~'.~ ; it is acontraction of the German word, " l{.irchweihmesse. Kirchweih means in English church consecration. and Messe is from the Latin missa, in English ``mass. ' The Kirchweihmesse'is the mass said at the consecration of a church, and the celebration of the. anniversary of such a consecration has been styled Kir- mess, or " Kirwe in some of the Rhinish districts, the word Kirwe'being a con- traction of Kirchweih, is pronounced Kerrwe, and in some parts of Northern Germany the people even shorten the word, Kirmess by pronouncing it Ki_rms.. These religious festivals date "from the fourth entury, when the consecration of churches 'as introduced by the clergy ; after which he celebration of xtsanniversary was intro- uced, and the words Kirmess and `l{irwe- date their origin from that cus- in. T_hese.celebrations were generally the ause of the gathering of a great number of cople from the neighboring villages, who fter the religious services were over. enjoy- d themselves with dancing, eating, drinking, ames and other amusements, and in course f time traders erected. their booths and often ound good markets. for their wares. `radual1y._however, such markets became onlined to a limited number oflarger places, et these markets-were styled Messe, till u later years only certain townswere. by aw, permitted to name their markets l1es_se ; the largest of those towns were Blpzlg, Frankfurt on the Maine, and rannschweig. - A - by The Kirmiss_ or Kirwe festivals in course` E ALL ABOUT THE GERMAN mmmss. Kirmess the Correct Spel11ng-O1-igin ori the 'I`erm~- The Festival Dying out in Germany--Etiquette at the German Dance. We have been permitted to publish the, fnllowing interesting letter from Mr. Otto Jxlotz to Da.nie1 Spr'y, Esq., upon the origin at Kirmess. It will no doubt be read with pleasure by the many friends of the ;`x`u\`A:\'C`E. ` n____._____ nu, A___,:1 1non' o _ )n 2; iv! _Spr_r/V, I2'.'q. , 'Bm`rz'c. AN INTERESTING LETTER FROM MR. - OTTO KLOTZ. and became exclusively those of mitt , ilarity and enjoyment; and in later years they have most remarkably decreased in describing the Rhinish Kerrwe, gave it as his opinion, that as the German peasantry had, since 1848, become modernized, the Kirchweih festivals had become a dying custom ; and it may be inferred from present appearances that for the next eomin gener- ation a Kirmess in Germany w` be as are as a genuine Indian war-dance in Ontario. Be this, however `as it may, who- ver has had the pleasure of being an invited in which the people, young and old, enjoyed themselves, will ever have a pleasant recol- lection of the same. There was an abundance of_ coffee with cakes, meat with vegetables, wxneand beer and no exeees visible; plenty of singing, music, dancing `and. gamla no thiziproper or immoral; eonduog an ' i iv` . Let :::`.s:`::':::-.":::.::"2:'::.2.': ........... number; a writer in a German periodical, guest of a well-to-do and hoe itable farmer at -a Kirmess, and witness the manner If you Want the Newest Styles in tDress-Ma,king, Millinery, Dress Goods, and Prints, Away Below City Prices, uuusuwu PIOIIIITO, MOTYIMOIW IIIII Illo * Let me givebyou 3 little pilode rfect ease a setting of vision- light, and r hereto- April 12, 1333. NEXT DOOR WEST OF THE BARBIE HOTEL. PgEs'1`ox, Shh April, 1888; istic of the people. While dancing was ` going on upon the smooth and hard clay I threshing oor of my host, a stranger came in through the open barn gate, and without ceremony took hold of a girl attempting to dance with her, the girl looked at him in amazement, and at the same time two stalwart young men grasped the intruder, carried him bodily into the road and return- ed to takespart in the ' dancing, the whole episode did not last over ve minutes, ' and nobody else appeared to be disturbed there- by. This was certainly the best and most expeditious moving _and seconding of an nvnnlninn T nlan man infra-snot` nf o non!-o-in UULIDCHEVIIUVB VVIIEU I-IJIIBII UUI-IUI VVIUU VI-IBIIWO In supporting this resolution, some startling statements were made by the mover. He said within the last ten years there was indubitable evidence to show that owners and occupiers of land had sustained a loss of 600,000,000. The ave e loss .to the growers of wheat alone had on 17,000.000 nnrn1qI}u1 ' Tn lnnnn 1.-nnnh Izlnnnn urnlln fnrlav ?.Y;'&ifyT` 'i.n'&1',v""1.oe."1'{3'I` v$Z'2. or_ fty per cent. 0 the land owners who were` not eble to live in their houses. while at the same time 900,000 of the working- population could not without the greatest .-Nllhnulbcc R-ulnar: on-nnlnnrnnnle TBA un.nAn CAPUQI UIVIID IJJU \ II-I5 _ GII\L DISUUIJULH5 UL all expulsion, I also was informed of a certain rule of etiquette which obtained among those people; it is this: The girl which is brought to the dance, stands under the immediate protection of thegyoung man who brings her, another `person wishing to dance with her has first to ask and- obtain his permission before he offers his arm to that girl who may or may not then accept it and dance with him; thedancc being over the girl must be brought forthwith to her protector with thank you ; to ask such a privilege twice of the same party is not considered proper. mm... H. Iemn .::......:....`4..,..... .g..... It is a very common thing for the advocates of Free Trade to declare it the panacea for the ills which are alleged to afflict those lands which protect their industries from outside competition for the benet of their own mechanics and artizans. But distrees is a chronic complaint in the manufacturing and agricultural centres of free trade Eng- land to an extent that few in this country seem to understand. Ashort time ago the Earl De La Warr, moved the following resolution in the House of Lords :e That in the opinion of the House, considering the de ressed condition of agricultural and other infustries of the country, and the distress among the working classes, it is incumbent upon Her Majesty s Government to take into their serious consideration`, what i measures can be adopted to avert the grave 1 consequences what must otherwise ensue. Tn annnnu-Irina kin v-nnnlnl-inn nnvnn nl-nu-Janna f)ep'1;l3.ti~<>"n_eot'1rlc1-'netV: Vviihdnt the giami diionlty ndeany employment. The wsgeu in than narinnltnml districts were nethnn UVIJDLILUI ULI FLU .II7I I Excuse this little diversion `from your subject of spelling. Yours truly, O'r'ro KLOTZ. Agricultural and uanuraoturtng Dxltreu ' UIIIIUUIUY HUB CH in the 'oultural d1atrio:we;; lower, on there was every prospect of their continuing to do so. He` made the further statement that therewere _1,000.000 acres of grain-bearing" land which had either _been thrown out of cultivation or turned into pastures, in Enplnncl and "Scotland, and over A rnininn :1: run and and Qhn Anal: 1 Rn D IIILIIJUII BI-I LIUICIIU, CIl\I UNIV` UVUI J-.UVV VVV Eamon: had been thrown out of elnplo ment. his etete of nhin had had the e act of oensin a great immigrltion to London and other rge cities, of persons who found them- selves in n woreeltate of distreu-end dietitn- tion. London shops were lled with foreign goodl, which were tekinq the of English oodl. . fltre silk of we oguntry 11:41 enalmoe ruin II `eree oeuooeeef foreign competition. .-The lent engpr menu- factory in I.-ondw hidpbevn `-`\-ed. .-nidin 9.. anganrnsiuuu; 1.1. :.l--I.1u:.-g am! siua` `3Z.1':`3.,"i"m` 1.".i`.i"2I.'1"0'3o7ii..{3,``& 333? 5 million in I d, and that over 1,300,000 Iv:tll'1er Iuch_ nroIeI,- THE NOTED CHEAP AND EVERYBODY PLEASED. were driving English manufactures out of the market. The iron industry had been sup- planted by Belgian and German productions, while in Sheield thousands of men were out of employment. Thus a man who was dependent upon his labor for his very` existence, found foreign workmen doing in another country, the work he ought to be doing at home. Lord De La Warr contend- ed that the country should look at facts as they existed. and that the time had passed for theorizing on questions of political economy ; he held that facts were daily brought home to the people of the country, which compelled them to turn their attention seriously to the question of their failing industries, and to consider whether some protection should not be given to those engaged in. particular industries`; and he urged, in view of the fact, that the enor- mous sum of V l00,000,000 out "of British capital by foreign labor, that the situation was suciently grave to claim- the serious consideration of the government. 'l"II' ;I .l\ I-Ln C-`nan-:-nun UVIJDILIUIDUIUIJ UI. UIJU Hl)VCl'LlI-I.lUluIIh This is the condition to which the theorizers and political agitators would reduce our own prosperous country if they had the_ power, and under the, pretence of cheapening goods for consumption, would destroy the manufac- tures of the country, and render it necessary for our mechanics and other workmen to go. to a foreign country for work, and leave the farmer in a really -hopeless and helpless condition, " instead of enjoying the prosperity I which he now possesses. t Down the clouds. P?6fessor' E. D. Hogan performed a drop act from a balloon with a `parachute at Jackson, Michigan, last VWednes_day, which indicates _that the fools are not all killed off. The balloon had attained the height of 9000 feet, and the parachute hung from the out- side of the balloon and the jump was made from this height. a Atthe moment when the air ship was stationary, the daring man swung himself off with the parachute` closed It descended for 500 feet like a stone, then gradually opened when the velocity was not so great. He swayed to and fro for a short time, when the chute became steady, and the descent was safely made. The `professor said it took his breath away for a little while, but he gained it before reaching terra hrma. , ` -- Elan-Inna. [III - _ 0 maxing on, . On Thursday afternoon lightnin an oil tank belonging to the Nation Company,` located at Parker, Penn. tank contained 35,000 barrels of oil and is situated at a hill immediately above a dozen other tanks. There is great danger that the re will spread to them. Gangs of men were at work during the night throwing up breast works and ditching to turn the stream when the oil boils over. The loss will be great. _ struck Transit The ` 1 V Burned by mug wnukoy, Mrs. _Mary Sharp, of Waunimec, was en- %Iged m the mounfnotnre of whiskey. last '15`! Wl,l6n_ the pot the some P131011 Over mto4the,re_.` The hid blazed, letting re to her clothing and Iht woe burn- ed~t_o death in a few moments.` Three of her children, who tried to. save ` her, were also Mid `The husband and ither re reported toshove become insane. . { unuxu aulnaupuo tdh 'in th ,IndV dx 13` 391989 from hggltid Anya tltat th:p%m't`ed States government refined. to accept `the proposed modintidn ot G'erm`ony "in the ' tewith Ilnuumn nfvanunqniia "no1lznI:In 3h Avninn 5\l'UII.IIlIUEU IUIIICVC T U U UIIU PIUIIUBUII o'G`ermuny_ in "t'hovd' `tow-ith Mprqooo 3nd" demmdysuitghlo in, emnitiea and opoioazie-1 The United stem -to-mar Enterptiso threatened to: bomb-d ~'.l`nngier. Slithu `gone . however; 19 _1Iibo:= to `await nnnnn _ . uncle aamuga. AS, CIAN I .453 4 `t LE! CALL AT I week-A line of Dres Goizvds at` 10c. worth 150. Ben Marche, R. A. Stephens. & 09. : stand. . T f(;ThZeonoicest selection of spring goods in Boots, Shoes and Slippers to be teen in the town at W. J. Paul's. ' '1`hin week-Snita to order, 20 per cent. less than other houses. Ban Marclze, R. A. Stephens 8; Co. u stand. . Iuouu uuvv nnl!Ul'lIllll.lI .Ul. l.l'Ill.lKl | .nE'-v`I1iaau. Oallandaeo them. No trouble | `A -`uni-0 swung`- V T 'D-_I- ;.:*:..:.:.".,.,.n ..""v1=:"3`.:";.';`.:' uw mun: vvvun-.-xx uullulaulu June 01 nrenon at 15.` and 200. worth 25 per cent. mor`e.- Ban Marthe, R. A. 'StephenI& Co. '3 ntmd; ` _ [TABLES ULUK I-IUKIIJI-I Will | l_;iu"tatho; s busino.ll.___ Sqiittfgufbompany .p..f`. ?3.";1J`3.L'a':`. 1{'.'."LL._ `-:'~'n.'..." .....'..."3.. ..' uvpuuunu vn_uu uwuu .LI|UIv_ purluul I10- Iironi of dopoo_itinntheir mon for short or long period! mll wellto on] on than at then oioo. in Bane. - They ndvum money on.InortgIgo| only. ` --. . : v'Innure( `iii i;1i"1-itish Empire Mutnal and get 20 per cent for your money as well as insurance on your life. - ~ A gifdii Reid nu secured the Enterp rnglrn Kin Iinnnnrfgua kl: Hun-in (V.-nl-, yeuuat a rental of 8700, and he mll T1.-A uun ;v_.ua Law a |uuIu|_vL OlV\.I, uuu III! W111 make hm headqunrtenmt, me. Capt. Jim McPherson will" lhv-it home; And mlndan --Grand Trunk engines and cars are often seen on the Northern now. --Mr. J eee1ii1`iV\Vi1;l-er_i;:)-ri -i;_g:>i'r;'g to bke up his residence in British Columbia. mi in -- -l 5?"aii.{.iI.I.&'I.ZpZ';l3"Laa V01-v 311168 at the Mechanics Institute next Mon- `ya `I 19 pa ' --- -- W-l-'Bailey, S.. ptirposea puttig on 8 line of states to connect Orillia with the C. P. R.` ` at Barrie. ` i i Z U135 ll -I).l'I'IUu WIPE Illul McPherson wxll sjsy -at home and mango hn~fn.f.}mI- n |I1l;lIAll_ ice. [-1-Robins are plentiful ih this neighbor-` hood. -Vote on the Scottv Act Repeal this day week. V -C. P. R. engineers were in town `on Monday.- ` ` - V : --Bazxrlss of ice yet on the north side of Dunlop atreat. [ - ` --Ti1e lette1;ef S. B. ,_ Ivy, unavoidably left over till next week. ` 'The bet"our Men : Buckled Work- ing Boots at Paul's. .w\ gnu... voffliopov at Parochial School to- morrow at 3.30 p. . ` d Grey QA 7);: Tuesday lessened the size of the snqwbanks. Ea-7fhiiLTaLrt'ueLe of Ladies foot- wear in the county at Paul s. A `II I -An impetus `be 5;} to manly sports here this summer by the boys. ' `I)__I 12.. __ ._ J , -v- - ---- -~.----- ~.: --- -'4 -- I --Building and general improvement will` be the order in Barrie this summer. |PAB.AGRAPHER S PENUIL Palm UTA brand new `assortment of 'l`nm -.2 .TT-I-..- I`|-`l| -.'..1...-- 1.1.... `L7. A__,,,I_I_ - "'.l`~_'- lv3;a_n'1;iT:lLine of French Iu'un-I-n ma`- -G `IE- ' __J nn- ._-..LL nz _-_. Chapter ot'i-.::a`.1 History. In --Town Council next Monday. -~Ice-boats on the Bay last Friday. -Va.nsickle s mill is now in full blast. -Vast quantities of lumber going south. H'Fresh pork and sausages at Maundrells . 1I_!'.:_.. `L-_,-__ W V ~ Fisl`1{1{gr1)voxes nearly `all gone from the 1` muck