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Manse colors. ' out at V 0! "rue bl lucuuue Ul. nuuwi. uuu uuuav is a specia Easter story. Otherwise the Magazine isas general as usual, the chief V features being an illustrated article on Manual Training, and an illustrated des- y cri tion of A Visit to Corea. Tue style V value of this periodical improves with its age. The present number is exceedinglv creditable to the publishers and to our Canadian writers; The June Magazine will be the hundredth issue, and the publishers will mark this unprecedented event in the life of `a Canadian -literarv periodical by a special Centennial Number." The public jwill-_awaitthis with interest. .. _ HUNTER BROS. Good Dressing for Dressy Buys. .. _ We pay. as much attention to their needs as to the needs of their elders. If we sell you a suit for your boy that is nt as it ought to be, in style, cut, make, nish, t and feel, we want to know it, and we ll make amends if it comes"to giving" you a suit for nothing. V Never better prepared than right now for the Boys" Clothing Trzule. Costs ` nothing but your time to drop in and see what we ve got. Don t deal here if you can do better elsewhere. But-.-- can you ? BROWNIE SUI'rs-3 to 9 years, $2. 50 to $7.00. Two-Pnrcn SUI'l'8+Pl`u8sian or Step Collar, $1.35 to $5.59. THREE-PIECE SU1rs-'-single or double breasted, $3.00 to $7, 50. Fabrics, Tweeds, Worsteds and Serges, Warranted to the last thread. HUNTER BROS., Bless em~! Make a boy feel like :1 MAN--tlH:n he 1l act manly. You can do so by putting him into clothes that he likes and that stimulate the manly instinct in the little fellow. The clothes the boys like are in this` store. We've solved the-problem of Nlen for Ivleh, and "for. the BOYS, too. The Outtters, Dunlop Street, Barrie. ` Mr. J. N. Key _Tqesday. Maple syrup order of the day. ` `One day last, week Muster H. Robson Ihad a couple of his fingers bruised in a fanning mill `850V Neighbors say l".you want tint-clans Flour to take your Wheat to Wilkin- son : Mill. Barrie. to be exchanged or ; grluted. on Tuesdav of last. week, the little six year old son of Mr. George Hiokling had his left. hand budlv crushed in cogs of e sawing machine jack, while play- ing with it; Dr. Chmon was called in 3 and dressed t-he badly crushed ngers, We one entry to, report the sudden death of Mr. Wm. `Addison, who after only a few days illness, passed over to the vast majority on Saturday morning and was interred on Monday in the Congregational buryingf ground at Edgar. T ` Rev. Mr. McCullum preached last Sunday at Edgar and Dalston, on "Missionary work in Asia Minor. For the peso nine years Mr. McOIllum has been laboring chiey arnongstthe Armenian population of Marash, which was the scene of severe! massacres some ye years ago; __ _ _ . , _ Advance Correspondence. N. Key. left for the Soo on making is now the L.. ..I..-. Alwavs remember that this is a COMPLETE OUTFITTING STORE. DBJBUOD . the E6 `Premier Ron introduces "and his Bill Respecting the North Shore` : gnd Manitonlin Island Bnllivey ln_th o Legislature--Mr. - Whitney `V Say} the , Apparllt Advantages Are "Great, and ` Defers Criticismof the Subsidy. to ` 3} Toronto, April 3.--Premier 1 Ross placed a. six million dollar .1-a,i1wa,y. project before the Legislature last, night in his bill respectlng the North shore and Manitoulin Island Rail- FHLA hill Prnlninr Pnm: maid. A-Im.~.1+ W&.Y- . - .' The bill, Premier Ross _said,- d_ea,1t-,_ with the great .transportation ques- tion which has forced itself -on_ `this, country. Its solution was of -im-- portance to all and vital to the farm`. _ erg, The North Shore.a,nd Manitou. lin Island Railway would shorten" the route from the Northwest and chcapen rates. In the Dominion Par. liament a movement was developing for a railway commission. In the meantime, anything this House can do should be done. Rates were 1m-gcly dependent on-competition. This would give further competition and the _ra.tes would be "under Gov- ernment control." - ,1 A ` Subsidized with Land. - 3 0 ` I The Governmcnt.propose(l to sub. sidize the railway. in a somewhat su-bstantial manner, but entirely with . land. The company would sooner have land than money, The grant would be under very stringent eon- ditions. The acreage in Northern Ontario, north of the Canadian Pa- cific, is some -113,000,000, of which less than 3,000,000 -are occupied.` Iflhn nvrnunvnnhf I\""\l\l\"Iu .. ..-.1. It Is Propos_d to Giv_,e % I Half Million Acres of Land; JLng uheuua \)vv\';v\r\-I vvou vvvuyzuu. The Government expects a. o sub-` stantial revenue from the region" to be opened up. While all the land is not good for agricultural pur-A _poses, considerable of it is. The _I`SL 130 miles will have 10,000 acres a mile, and "the balance 7,400 awres. The land subsidy iseto be. given in alternate toWnship-sized blocks oneach side of the line, so that a Government block will -face a railway company township on the checl~:m`-b0a.rd principle. No lamd will be granted until af- ter a stretcli of 26 miles from" Sud- bury west, so that the Government will retain "the famous V sha.ped'min- 7 ing stretch north of'the nickel de- posits. - ' 'VI\I.a iI"1r\ E11:-\II`r` J-`an lnincnpial-.'-na 1 Ll"lv\D- - ` `J*'rms iine would lay the foundation : for another` great ` -transcontinental T milwuy, of which the Temiscaming Railway, which we hope and intend to build, will form a part. It 39110 `_ lnythical route, but 0. direct -road: by way of the Rainy River districbto 7 1110 west, It will be not only [of] gfom, a,c1v:mt:o.ge to Ontario, but also: to Eastern Canada, and of 'special_ benefit to Montrca1_a_.nd-Quebec_. ' ' l f\.,.1.. J1-.. L;....-_'.__1 ...___. rrin s, awns, e 75c. - 11:: ul uu4;_ until.` wwuuwuva terminal` points. of - the ` rai]w21_V have. so[ far been loc ato but the location must. he subject to the approval of 1110 (`ollmmissioner of, Crown Lands._ The (.'0st of the survey, not only of, lhv rj.1ilwu.y, but. also of` the lands to fw g`.I".1I1tL`(l as_bonuses, must, be de- im_\`-(I -by the company. 'l`l.,. fin".-...-..M....+ ......n....--..... -11 - LL- m u_\ \ - | II_v lll\, u\lL1L|-'tLlAJ u The Gove1'nnient reserves all I the pine, hnth red and White. The- set-' Hm` will be under the same regula- 1iOI'lS as to his proportion of the pine as on Government lands. The x'a.il\\`n_V will have to take the lands as IhI`_V come, good and bad alike, mllcss they can be proven to be 1-`a.b- .<()llll('l_V wo 1'tl1l(-ss.' 1,000 Settlers :1 Year. - In mlrlition to'building. the railway the lconmuny must bring in 1,000 . .Ht'l.UOI`S a year for 10 years._ 'l`hcr(.> is to. be no monopoly` of `the running rights ovcrthe road. It is- m be open `for both G. T. R., .C. P.` R. and` other companies to use gt rams su'bj0ct. to Government assent- Vnl-.. ...___-.,\-_.-- __.._--.. ' -... -..A....u-n-`--6- The company agrees, as incorporat- cd in the bill, to sell the railway to- the province any time within 15 years at an advance of 6 per cent. interest" on the capital invested. They will in that case apply half the subsidy from the Dominion Govern--V mcnt to the purchase, Must Build a Smelter. , - - In addition to building the rail- Way," the compnay must, within six months, conuncnce the construction of a smelter, on the line of the rail- way, to have a capacity of 300 tons, and establish a steel ferry service at _Little.' Current at a cost of not less than $300,000. ' I` .\.....:.1...._L.1_ ___-..__........ ._.:'II I... .....:l. -.uu.An q,1uuu,\ruu. Considerable -progress will be made this summer, and before .many months farm produce will have pro- table access to the heart. of the min- mg district. T `IIIY- ._`I. __1.I 1.- .I-_--`I_'..A. _'_. ---_. wunnnn nun; Ayy. We should be derelict in our pres- ent duty if we missed this great op- Dmtunity. It is presented with the <'onfid0nt" hope that the House .will approve of it." - ' " Apparent Advantnges Gro.at. Mr. Whitney asked a few `questions. to make denite some of the forego- ing conditions. The leader.-of the 0D1)osition then saidithat` then.ppa.1`- T out advantages of the proposal were j V 90 great that they [overshadowed all similar enterprises in which th6_,P!'8-- *mier had likened them. A`,I-Ie would.- defer any criticism until the second reading, - ' ` q____I____ __4-._.A cn_AJ_.-6-_ ' ... -.v raw -J-Iran uuuo J --q-------_. The supplementary estimates were brought down yesterday. "They am- ount to $132,334. The jpr'i'nci`pa.l. items are: Public Buildings, $64,050. of mmnn. Qzn nnn :. a.-... c..1...'n1 .-all "3 Clal-U- .l.'l4llJllU JJLILIQIILIEB; VUTDVVVI Of which $50,000 is forAScho'ol. of Practical Science, Toronto; `Public Works. $24,666; Colonization Roads-, 330.750; Teiniscaming Railway 668111`-r V9378 for 106 miles, $10,000; b Pan- American Exposition, $16,000. * Slip shod `Methods. . - I-Ion. R. Harcourtfs attempt 130 Put` the University bill through commit-- tee was a dismal failure. . A --dead-f. `OCR was . speedily reached thr61lS_11.' the amateurish modus opera.ngll-_;:O1\ ?"de_avoring to run bi1ls".throu g'h_ ,3,-A ~0!r1slatut`e on slips` 0! typeWtitf{en?_ "*``-`3&IJhs,V held so1ely'"by' `.j`Qabi!.1_C'15 Milli`-"=tc.~r. ' The 'co1nmit_te"" ep `gr-_QI`l.o5S. I ' - '. . I at ent led O . Supplementary Eltimntu. A__. _ V _i4n`":0,,&_3;..0:"f ;'e';ga;inst~ o_icial_s.: YWPJF: Vixdtoiialye pposc's.d on $119: -`""~ , ernment side and thrown out. n ` _t3ga;t.i:9ne`;eun+IbithA Dominion ind Provl1iol"al\Aooounts L` A` 3Premier Ross continued the `intro- - duction 0! new" Government bills. with one respecting arbitration `of accounts between the Dominion Gt_>V- .. ernment. and the province to SW9 no power of appeal. from. decisions 011 le al '11 . V . Id ' 'g|n:np8II _-_ Q -1 I ' ' _ --vgwo gIUlu|o_c This ,bill is not`. to bcome law u n_-l after legislation by the Dominion . Government. rnI.- .1-7--- -- ' ` Ia v v V: ual-501109 The "House" adjourned from ` i0 o'clock last night until 11 o'clock" this morning. ` . Railway subsidy nesonuuoiu. The {allowing are the aesslona-1 railway bonus resolutions: - \, 1. To the Braoeebrldge and Trading Lake Railway, from the town or Bracebrldge` to a polut in the 'Down~hlp of McLean, at the Village of Bayfsvlnlle, In. "the dis-trllct of Muskoka, a .d.ls1l:a'nIc-e not exceeding 16 ages. a capn subsidy or $3000 a m1le-$48,- 2. To the Bruce Mines and Algoma Rall- Way. from a point a-t the Village of Bruce Mlnes to a point at Rock Lake oopvper mines, in the district of Algoma, 0 distance not exoend.|no 12 rnllna. .. mm). -..1m:m.. mo ..... c-uccuu:.g .10 mues, a can guusmy 1): $3000 a mile-$39,000. ' 3. `Don railway at Bolton Creek, in the Township or! 030, to the Iron mines in tho. Townshtp 01 Lanark, a `distance not ex- ceeding 25 miles, a cash subsidy of $3000 ----wv -u use uusu-wt uu. Anguma, ll uxstuuce not exceeding 13 miles, a cash wbsaidy 1)! $3000 a mI_In_Qonm-sn "- --wIU.'`vtu.UUU. : . 1 f 4. To the Norwood. and Apdley Runway, mm the M889 ofTNorwood, on the Cana- dian Pmclc Runway, to a point at the V11- lane 0 Annhnr u I-I... tV......'a... -11-\..a.-..I_-.... nglish , 50c. ---... - uuAu_\i svu-away, 1.0 u [)0-llllt` at we VII- lage of Apaley, In the County of Peterboro, a distance not exceeding 25 miles, a cash Sggsidy `not exceeding $3000 a mile--$75,-I 5. To the Part Azrthour and St, Joe Rall- way. from the Town of Port Arthur `In a nortftnensterly ddrection ,tow~ands Lake Nveplgons in the district of Angoma, 3, dis- tance not exceeding 30 miles, a cash sub- sidy of $2000 a tune and :1 land grant. sub- ject to the conditions hereinafter mention- ed. or! 5000 acres pun-,u`x.lle. ` r... v--' vu uuu `Iva; uuxcu ttb` IOUOWSS | "Plumer has _occupicd`Ny1stroon1,' and French has capmxred three` guns on the lower. Pongnla. `Thii`ty-one` prisoners have been captured in the Orange "River Colony. There were no ca.sualties._" ' . V \ I ` A Laagor of Sixty of Them [Captured in a Night Attack - Plumer Brbnxght hi 3 Number. Londoh, April A3.--UnderV _date of Pretoria, April 1, Lord Kitchener re- ports to the War Oice as follows: "'D'In~w-gnu 1...... _n-.---=--1` A Night Surprise. ` . `Bloemfontein. April 2.--By a night sirprise the British captured a laager o 60 Boers, near Boschberg, be- . tween Brandfort and Saltpan , Orange River Colony .. Boers Wreck a '1`i'ain. Newcastle, Natal, ,Apri12.--- l`he' Boers derailed and Wrecked a. train' neat Mount Prospect. Subsequently- Gen. Campbell's` column attacked, them, and 'hcavy.ghting ensued. Gen. Campbell being at a disadvan- tage. Owing to the mist on thehills the result is not known here. ' Rand Mines to Start Up. - Cape Town, April 2.--Lord.Kitch- iener has granted permission to three Rand mining companies, which later will be increased to seven, to resume work with fty. stamps each, provid- ed the maximum wages paid to min- ers "be rations and ve shillings a day; equal to the wages of the irre- gular, troopers, to` prevent discon- tent among the latter. : The re- mainder of the miners ordinary pay willvbe devoted. to a fund for the i benet of the families of residents of the Rand killed " in the war. The Transvaal Chamber of,,Mines has is-. sued a circular objecting to these . wages and the,conditions-- of the 4 work, Irish Plan to Help the Boers. Dublin, April 3.--,-The Irish party is considering the advisability of temporarily withdrawing` one of its members and offering his seat to Mr . Merriman, the pro-Boer Afrikander delegate, who could thus address Parliament in behalf of` the.Boers, despite the refusal of the Govern?- ment to permit the delegates to speak before the House of Commons. Miss McRbberts of London Town- ship, and at visitor at the residence` of Mr. Peter Ca.n'te1_on, merchant, is the victim of smallpox at Clinton, .Ont.. - \.ILA\-0 4 bath. J. R. Doyle, county commissioner of Grey, went through the ice on Owen Sound Bay on Monday, with a buggy. _IjIe `escaped with a. Achilly` - _.. 1.1.. .!..}I 1..-}... Sir Henri `Joly, Lieutenant-Goven nor of British Columbia, is going to California for a few weeks for . his health. Chief Justice McCo1l will act in th > interim, At Osgbode . Hall, Toronto, on "T Tuesday began the argument of~law- yers into the Lord's Day case, the question being "Has the Province or i'.the- Dominion theright to pass Sab- % `bath Day legislation?" L . - . vlV__.'_A.-... umnvnhnh II, Unusu- The post-mortem on the dead babe found at Woodstock reveals the fact that the child bled to death. It was born alive. j'1`he body was` buried yesterday. ' ' -r-I-_,. -1 ` 'l -1.. T h.n+nnn1n4'_(1n1rnr_ The 1 Kid, every y cut ots or $3.90 5 find Du bu. `JJQJ `V5 ..-....... -- - _, Di`. Ross, Senator; member of the iLegisla.ti_ve Council- and ex-Prime Minister of_ the Province of Quebec, is seriously ill` in Quebec, and it is stated that there is no hope of his` recovery, V though there is no im- mediate danger. V ' ' ` ' - -- A 1-2.. 'm......Iz 'Dn+`Ind:rn and` meuiaw uu.u5w. Fred Lee Rice, Frank Rutledge and Thomas J ones, who have been in a Chicago jail for a year ghting ex-. tradition on a charge of bank rob-, bery at Aurora, Ont.,_ will have to-, come to Canada for trial, the order; having been passed. A - l 1 .Me8ers.. Stubbs and Moore of the Department of Agriculture. are nowr in Ontario testing cattle for export; to the .United I States. _ Those;desir-.. mg" to have" cattle tested` for this`? purpose should make application to the Department 01 Agricultixre, Otta- :. wa, - so _:1;hat .,ar'range_ments b_e_' {made ;~-ae_ speedily poaeil_)le_ -rte,` ee_ndf._- $7 1 ~`vterinary.ato w3'`.Ai" A'.`c Vh1iittee of the.wI191e ' 9`1v;I"`fV\.l!l;IV:Us4\-" LL- .._-L__ _ _ ,, BOERS GATHEIREDI IN. TAPS FROM THE WIRE. Swoari to Ronouoi All-cglsnoo to LII! other dovdrnmont in the .Phluppinc mud:-on_xo:a1.Now*s to -rum nanot- . Will Still 30 Hold an a. Prisoner, How- 0101', But Probably With a. Greater Dog":-no of Freedom. _ _._._._:.,_j,`_ nuulnnwu mxcsm om `Aocopt {he SLI;5u_|1"f|o Authority ofthe U. S; of America. }.1` 500' "T Twashington, April 3.--Seoretaxy of War Root announces that Aguinaldo has taken the oath of allegiance to the United States. 'l1l-'I1___9__ -, - I vanlv uusvuu &JU@UCD- V Following is the cablcgram receiv- ed at the War Department. yesterday morning,` telling -the news! Mnv|1n' An...-I n ,a:....... _._..:....'| ...a. --VA Mu-5; U91-Azus -uuc ucwu. Manila, April 2.-Since arrival at `:Man'ila Aguinaldo has been at Mata- canan investigating conditions in Jirchipelago. He has relied almost entirely upon the instructive advice of Chief Justice Arellano, As a re- sult to-day he subscribed and swore to the -declaration on page 11 of my annual report. (Signed) MacArthur." . The oath referred to is as follows: I hereby renounce all allegi- anoe to any and all so-called revolution- governmenin in the Philippine Islands, and recognize and accept the supreme authority or the Uinted states at America therein;I do solemnly swear that I will bear true faith and allegiance to that Govemment; that I will -at all times conduct myself as a faithful and law-abiding" citizen oi! the eeid islands, and _wiii not, either directly or indirect- ly, hold correspondence with or give .in-tellligenee to any enemy otthe United States. nor will I abet, harbor or pro- tect such `enemy; I impose upon myself these voluntary obligations with- out `any mental reservations for pur- pose of evasion, so help me God. will Not Go Free at onc. _ Notwithstanding the taking of the oath by Aguinaldo, he still will be held a.s`a prisoner by Gen. MacAr- thur. It is possible he may be granted more liberty of action, but he will notbe atforded complete free- dom for the present. '1'..- .-.n#.`p;.. A8 A._..:.....`I;-Ini""3-.. A--1-:...... sauna.` av: Ualv Ill IatJ\ILLIIo v The action of Aguinaldp ' in- taking the oath, it is believed at the. War Department, will have a. far-reaching result in the pacication of the is - - lands. ' Whieh Stiggutl 3 Questlo is to tho! Status of the Droibund. ] ' .Berlin, April 3.-A Spe-!i'l.1 ties patch from_Mur'1ich to The ]..oka.1 An- zeiger says Count Von Bue1ow.Was met Monday evening` in Dozen by the `German Ambassador to V Vienna, ` Prin ce'Von Bulonburg, and Tuesday} they proceeded together for Venice, 9 where they will. meet Senor Zanar- della, the Italian Premier. A 'I__ A 4 01 fl I1 . `V Boston, April 3.---Sixto Lopez was informed yesterday i that Aguinaldo had taken the oath of allegiance to the United States- Senor Lopez ask- ed for the -particulars. Upon being informed that only the bare fact had been cabled over, he said: I think` there must be -some conditions at- r tached to it. The M announcement that Aguinaldo has taken the oath is very important. `You must give me time to think it over. - 1 I Uerona, Italy, April 3.-Count. Von Buelow was met here last-evening by Signor Giuseppe Zanardelli. The i German Chancellor went to the car-3 riage of the Premier, which was waiting at the railway station, and a. short interview ensued between the two statesmen. On separating they shook hands several __ times. Count Von Buelow. returned to Venice and Sig'nor'Zanarde1li to Modena.` Chatham, Ont., April 3.--About 11 o'clock Monday morning Mrs. Geo. Arnold, who resides near this place, hervbaby boy, aged` two years` and another son, aged 10 years, were driving towards the village of Louis- ville, the elder boy driving. As the party were approaching the bridge, the horse, which was attached to -a. light buggy. took fright and ran away. They were now going swiftly over. the bridge`, when the boy; in the confusion, pulled steadily on one rein`. The horse instantly swerved to one side, and the whole party pitch- ed headlong over the side` of the bridge to the embankment 40 feet below. .` The baby received only a. few scratches, the boy escaped un- hurt, but the mother received intern- al injuries, from which she died at 5 o'clock the same evening. The horse escaped unhurt, The mother gave up her life in trying to save her child, . who was found `tightly clasped in his mother's arms, The husbandjs fra.n- i tic with grief ._ Pckin, April 2.-Sir Robert Hart, Inspector-General of "Chinese Cus- toms, has sent to the legations. cus- _to`_ms comparisons for the past V ve years. These show a great increase in American trade, particularly in annels and sheeting, and a. corres- ponding decrease in British trade. They also show a great falling off in the American kerosene trade. Russia has a greater part of the business in" oil, and the merchants fear ` Russian 1 `competition, especially in cotton goods, and'oil, While.owing~to the "closed door policy, Manchuria will `be lost ' entirely to international trade. pylish nonf Cape Coast Castle, Gold" Coast Colony, April 3.--p'I`he leader of the men belonging to the West African Regiment, who recently mutinied be- cause they had not been returned to Sierra. Leona. at the time they un- derstood they `were to be sent home, has been court murtialled and pub- licly shot. -The rest of the mutineers have been shipped to the Island of Sherbro, 40 miles from Sierra. Paris, April 3.--Surgeons yester- day operated on abcess under the tongue o; M. Waldeck-Rousseau, the Premijen, _ He hopes to return `to `york: ;'1`b.ursda.- ` ' V 0118.. Mother Diedto Sve Her Babe; A SIGNIFIQANI Mum-Ina; French P1-quiet -Operated Upon Lopez Wants Papticulars. British Trad; Witln China. V below `Leader of Mtlnoers shot. Simcoe County Farmers Institute. The directors of the institute met at the Barrie Hotel, Barrie, on Tuesday. March 19th. the president, Mr. Pratt, in the chair. There were present `sce President W. Taylor and Directors H. Todd, D. Quinlan, James Hamilton, James Robertson, James Coutts, D. Wood, B. Kelly, R. Parnell and Charles Rankin. T ___-_._ - 1_..L .....u.L-`Inn unsung wont` III`-ll` unanes nanum. _ The minutes of last meeting were read and adopted. A letter was read from the sup- erintendent of farmers institutes, asking the institutes, wherever it was possible to do so, to hold their annual meeting in June, at one of the experimental fruit stations. I\... .~...+no. .-.5 .TnIv\n f`.nnf.|'.ll nnnnnrlnd bv 0! me experiments: uuua uunuuuu. On motion of James Coutts, seconded by Charles Rankin, it was decided to hold the annual meeting at the fruit station at Craig- hurst on the 5th of June. ._;_.._ 11-L:.__.... Um-n:I#nn ant` thn nurse on M18 0011 U]. u uuu. Director.s Robinson, Hamilton and the secretary were appointed a committee to arrange for the annual meeting. n... nnnl-inn nc Wm_ 'l`:mlmx seconded bv arrange 101' one annual xuuuuug. On motion of Wm. Taylor-, seconded by H. Todd, it was decided to hold the annual excursion to the A ricultural College at Guelph some time in une, the exact date to be arranged later.` D. Quinlan, W. Taylor and the secretary were appointed a commit- tee to arrange for the annual excursion. nu nnnl-dnn A` R ndd bv W. E88 50 arrange I0! ILIIU annual Iukuuuuuuo On motion of B. Kelly, seconded by W. Jlaylor, the secretary was instructed to make a `report on the work of the institute to the County Council. n.. .......:.... at We "I`nv]nr: mmnnded hv R. uounty Uouucu. On motion of W.` Taylor,` seconded by R. Parnell, the secretary was instructed to ask the superintendent to make the next regular and supplementary meetings continuous instead of a month apart, as heretotore. ` A u\IIUU\`\l\n A` nnnnnnf warn nu-Annnta and I IDBIIOBQ OI 8 monun upuru, an ucnuuuuuz. `u A number of accounts were presented and paid. The meeting then adjourned. V ' G. 0. 0As'roN. Secretary. bois - Uraignursn. Advance Corresbondence. "Miss Lily Caaev is on the sick list. Miss Preoilla. Craig, of Moonstone. is via- iting friends here- A I ,1 1\.I_;.._ :. 4.1.... -...uu.b- AC cllu lllllalll uvu-vvuu Mr. John Davis. of Midland, visited friends here on Saturday. ' ` ' 1- 0 I , _-__ ._-..:-.-_`I.. IUIIJB Ll lwuuw saw. as Miss Osborn, of Dalston, is the guest: of Miss Maggie Boulbon. . n-..:_ -: u:.n....A ..:..a+...: ILIUIIMIU uvnv vu \l~vUun\aIvu u Mrs. Abraham Craig. who was seriously ill 13st week, is reported slightly on the- men . Mr. John Snider is suffering from a brok- 3 an arm, caused by a ladder slipping at the toot while he was ascending a` loft to get hay tor his horses. l ` .1 ,_ .,..-__-.__a....... -C Ll... -(nab, Innnlr ha: II: `VI lulu uvnuvu. The `low temperature of the past week has prevented any commencement of sugar malt: ing. On Saturday morning the mercury { registered 9 above zero. It In 11 |\. ..S_ -8 a.....n`mh-`lo Mrs. W. B. Davis, of Sunnyaide, Mid- land, was the guest of Mrs. A. Keil on Sat- urday aad Snndav. She was attending the funeral of her father, Mr. Johnston. e ' .L2._ _'l..-- ...-- Isllaiil cu I7 Bllvvv uvuvu Mien May Tndhope, of aca. W88 called away last week to attend the funerol of her father, whoeedeath from pneumonia took place unexpectedly at Hilladole on Wednesday. ` _| __LL --:-I4-4:1 4-1:`: nvindn-` V` Ulllulllnlye _ The grim angel, Death, visited this vioin-' ity last week and claimed for his victims two of our most highly respected residents, the first being Mr. John Whitney, son-in- law of Mr. W. Quail. of the town line. Oro. Mr. Whitne succumbed to typhoid fever on Tuesday. e was in his 41st Year and` leaves a widow and three small children. In" politics Mr. Whitney will 8- lltannoh Conservative, in-`reli on an member of the Church of England. is remains were laid to`. rest in HS.` John's church cemetery. on Thunday. "The Rev, J. B. 'l`ene7 conducted the funeral service, pi-eachlnz O Vo.l'y'.ahle .`fl{0| the ~_-words,` . `:First' death and then the judgment. Two sisters of the deceased, one from Owen Sound_and the other from Tilburv Centre, were in attendance at the funeral. The second_to be called was Mr. Wm. J ohnston. A who died at his residence near Dalston on Thursday. The deceased was born in this village about_76. years ago and followed farming all hislite, his farm being in Oro. - He leaves one brother, James, of Flos, and two sisters. Mrs. Saunders. of British Col- ; umbia, and M_rs. James Cockburn, of Oro. I ; Mr. Johnston in life was regarded as an ex- ` ce_llent neighbor. In politics he was a| Liberal, andin religion a Congregationalist. ` His remains were interred at the Presbyter- ian cemetery here on Saturday. The Rev; Mr. Kelly,` Congregational minister. of Ed- I gar. conducted" the funeral service. The Dalston Congregational choir sang in, a touching inanner Some`Sweet Day " at the `grave. I . . An" Easter Number. I A hendsome, seasoneble cover in green and gold encloses the Easter number of the Canadian Magazine. Professor Clark writes of`The Si` icance of Easter. and there -as specie story. Oth_erv_vise _tpe_ 'V_y Juana cent.