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i sotmorlbcr who do not receive their ptper nourl will plemst notify nsatence j 1 csilalthe office for advertising rtea st0dffyi1le free press thoksdayxov 5 18j the weeks commercial summarr topics of a week a jsuporoe eieou la a fw words for buy beaden canadian mr w x romnsos of consecon was killed la a runaway accident a wo of one hundred million feet of lumber has just taken place at ottawa georgetown won the intermediate championship of the canadian iacrose acfioclatlod mr j b charleston of ottawa has bank of england rate unchanged at s per cent the open market discount 3 78 to 3 per cent the canadian pacific railway earnings for the second week of october decreased i fbeeo appointed supervisor of dominion 73000 from january 1 increase 181 1dg3 public works the open market discount rate in lon- ottawa university has virtually won don is now 3 per cent the same as the the championship of th quebec rugby bank of englaud rate aud it is fully ex- fooltnu union jpected that this institution will today th trade returns for sptember show advance the rate j a j increase over those for tu same i the foreign demand for wheat continues nioncliof 895l at the rate of about 4000000 bushels per m joh herrfnfo of kflpan week the best authorities state that w6l manu died at i this amount cannot be spared throughout a id the crop year many expect the surplus wheat lu the united states to be ex- hausted by the end of december the ontario wheat markets are unusu ally strong with prices of red and white t ruling at 81 to sc at railway points no 1 manitoba hard wheat is selling at c toronto freights the stocks at port arthur and fort william are 1401814 i bushels as against 1 590578 bushels at the corresponding date of last year another method of preserving timber has recently been tried it consists in dis- solvlngin nuptlm the heavy oils and waxes left after thedistillatiou of petroleum and forcing the solution into the seasoned timber in the same manner as in creosot- t ing the timber is then heated when the t naphtha evaporates and is recovered in a cooling chamber while the waxes eta remain be in the wood waterproofing it there were 54 failures in the dominion last week compared to 40 the previous week and 3s in the corresponding week of ayearajio ontario leads with 27 only one of which had a rating as high as 2000 four were rated under 1000 and the re maining 22 had lowest credit or blank rating quebec hud nineteen none of which were of any commercial import ance nova scotia had four new brunswick two and prince edward island and british columbia one each no failures reported from manitoba fpr two weeks i as a measure of safety in navigation says the monetary times the go vermont of canada has had placed at various points in canadian waters between detroit aud south shore lake jfia t ports gas buoys to indicate chants and shoals these are pronqjiaceu successful beacons and the government is receiving thanks from anftican vessel men for its efforts to abance the safety of their craft the canadian minister of marine requested the detroit and cleveland steamer and vessel captains to observe these buoys closely the steamer captains report that they are visible when the boats are from 27 to 29 minutes off on clear nights which is equal to seven miles has contributed to the montreal angus morrl- was found on here and there colonel ingersoll is now convinced that if moses live today he would have no monopoly of the mistake business the coal combine managers say that i prices are not going up any more this i year how grateful everybody ought to be f over 40000 young spaniards have fled to france to escape the draft in spain no wonder the more influential classes in that country are losing patience the ballot printing contract in new york city has been awarded for 26215 there will be printed 1000000 ballots for candidates and 490000 sample ballots nature now and thon gives iceland the cold shake in the way of a volcano but never hits some towns hard enough to shake their names into pronounceable shape theres no place to hide in like a big city david r paige who disappeared from new york in 1891 after the failure of bis firm returned to that city last may and has been living quietly atone of the i hotels there ever since i a single block in new york city the most costly in town is valued at 15000- 000 and another lot recently brought 250 a square inch how nice it would be to own a couple of square inches in that section just for the fun of f cl 1 da maurier did not know that his body was going to be cremated as one of his friends has said if he had ho would probably have died a good deal sooner for he was of a very nervous temperament and the thought of cremation would have tormented him fit was clearly proven in the case of a woman arrested for stealing in new york last week that by working seven days in the week day and night she could only earn 3 a week by her needle probably hundreds of women were thus struggling between death and the temptation to steal or commit worse crimes the judge discharged the woman how long can the t sweatshop system and civilization abide i together i itching burntnc skin disease cnrd for 30 cents t dr azncws ointment relieves in one day cures tetter wilt rheum piles scald head eczema barbers itch ulcers blotches and all eruptions of the skin it is soothing and quieting and acts like magic in the cure of nil baby humors 85 cents i th bettor half carker say its a wonder your wife dont kick about your being at the club so late night after night barker sadly so long as she spends all my money she dont care how i spend 1 my time dr j d kelloggs dysentery cordial is a speedy cure or dysentery diarrhoea i cholera summer complaint sea sickness and complaints incidental to children teething- ifc gives immediate relief to those suffering from the effects of india- icrttlon in eating unripe fruit cucumbers to tt acta with wonderful rapidity and v nevar falls to conquer the disease no one need fear cholera if they hart a bottle cf this medleine convenient napa nee sir donald smith five hundred dollars firemens relief fund the dead body of mr son n railway employe the track near london albert st john was struck by the m c r mt press at niagara falls his skull being crushed he died in an hcur mr james collins a north kasthope township farmer has been left 38000 by hit brother who died in michigan mr duncan mcphedraln an old and highly respected citizen of dutton ont was found dead in his bed on sunday cyclist r e axton was well ahead of the records in a trial against time at brantford whan he fell and broke his collar bone mr e stewart d l s has been elected mayor of collingwood by acclam ation tho other five candidates having withdrawn the appeal of the city of toronto against the c p r in tho king street subway case was heard by tho supreme court and judgment reserved the residence of the late mrs grant corner of bay and herkimer streets hamilton has been purchased for a see house for bishop damoulin monday afternoon mr tv r mcrossie of klngson ont a prominent lumber man and temperance advocate died at bis residence in that city aged 57 the dominion lines new steamer the canada made her last trip from quebec to liverpool in seven days and five hours which beats tho record the doctors investigating the causo of william rogers death- at belmont be lieve it was foul play but the neighbors are of the opinion that it was suicide postmastergeneral mulock has pent man up to the rainy river district to enquire into the best way to improve the mall facilities in the gold mining region in saturdays ontario rngby union football matches toronto university won from qneens and the royal military college defeated tho toronto athletic club one of the greatest blessings to parents is mother graves worm exterminator it effectually expels worms and gives health in a marvelous maimer to the little one chief monab of tho stratford fire brigade has resigned after nerving twenty years he was presented with an address by the council and with an ensy chair by tbo firemen the government have determined to appeal to the supreme court of canada against the decision of the exchequer court in favor of the canada sugar re fining company of montreal an order in council has been passed renewing the contract with the allans for the carriage of the- atlantic mails from december 189ti until december 1897 for a subsidy of 120000 one dollar and one cent per bushel was paid for wheat at quappello on wednes day this is a recordbreaker and was tho result of millers competition for wheat which they must got at any cost the montreal cultivateur suggests that an ofliclal golden book should bo kept by the high authorities of the land whoroln would be recorded the heroic deeds which so often take place in can ada tho dominion government 1ms de- elded not to make any promotions in the civil service until after the revision of tho civil service act which will be kod for at tho next session of parlia ment dr darby bergln m p for cornwall and stormont and surgeongeneral of tho militia diod thusrday morning as the result of an accident sustained some weeks ago tho deceased wa seventy years of sge there is a coniddernbla stir in com mon stock lumber among tho ottawa lumber merchants simultaneously with tho rlfio in tho price of wheat the price of lumber has gone up but tho cause in as yet unknown mr james sinclair of birr ont ono of the oldest and bestknown farmers of middlesex died suddenly on sunday of heart failure mr george stall wood an old settler of london township died suddenly of heart failure on saturday the official halfyearly report of tho grand trunk railway was issued at montreal tho gross earnings show an increase of 54448 over the correspond ing halfyear the report praises tho efforts of general manager hays princeton university conferred the de gree of dootor of laws on messrs gold win smith james loudon of toronto william peterson of mcglll montreal and tho degree of doctor of divinity npon tho rev principal caven of knox college toronto the tariff inquiry will begin about november 10 and will bo conducted by sir richard cartwrlght hon mr fielding and hon mr patorson ar rangements have been made to visit montreal toronto hamilton london quebec st john and halifax for the past three montns tho imports into canada were 82684242 nn in crease of 8268000 over tho correspond ing period in 1895 the exports aggre gated 38642000 for tho first quarter of this fiscal year as compared with 35- 873000 for the tame period last year jlon dr borden at a banquet to col cole commander of the shoe burr- ntjsi artillery team nt montreal an nounced tbat he intended to place a sum in the ertmtca next yea for the pur pose of bringing the english artillery- mpn hereto compete with the cana dians the annual financial statement of the dominion for the year ending jane 30 1896 has been made public the deficit for tb yar is 363 481 and the increase of debt o528831 the net debt is now 258 528304 the revenue on account of con solidated fund was 36617484 and the expenditure 36980966 the medicine for liver aud kiduey complaint mr victor auger ottawa writes i take great pleasure in recom mending to the general public paruielees pills as a cure for liver and kidney com plaint i have doctored for the last three years with leading physicians and have taken many medicines which were recom mended to me without relief but ter taking eight of paruielees pills i was quite relieved and now i feel as free from the disease as before i was troubled cxitew states joseph wechslr tho brooklyn tuition- aire merchant died suddenly on wednes day evening harry furnlss the famous caricaturist of the london graphic arrived in new york friday a death occurred on swlnhurne is land new york from yellow fever con tracted at havana the remains of exspeaker charles f crisp were interred in oak grove ceme tery in amerlous georgia exspeaker crisp democratic leader in th united states- house of repre sentatives died at atlanta georgia of heart disease gifts aggregating 1353000 have been received by princeton university of which 600000 from a donor whose name is to be withheld is for the library mr edward a bok editor and part owner of tho philadelphia lnaies home journal and miss mary louise curtis daughter of mr cyrus curtis proprietor of the publication wore married thurs day tho united states government will shortly issuo invitations to all the coun tries of the world to sond representatives to the meeting of the universal postal delegates to be hold in washington next may a short road to health was opened to those suffering from chronic coughs asthma bronchitis catarrh lumbago tumors rheumatism excoriated nipples or inflamed breast and kidney complaints by the introduction of the inexpensive and effective rem dy dr thomas eclec- tric oil forkign snow to the depth of a foot has fallen in many parts of england the distinguished english engineer mr greathead is dead queen wllhelmlna of holland was confirmed at the hague on saturday news received from constantinople says that widespread fears exist of a re newal of the massacres lady pauncefoto and her daughters will leave england for washington next saturday to rejoin the british ambassa dor the london daily mall refers to chi cago us the queen and guttersnlpo of cities the cynosure and cesspool of tho world tho paris figaro referring to the in tention of tho unitpd states to interveno in cuba says the civilized nations ought to protest tho duchess of newcastle has estab lished herself in the eastend of london in order to devote her spare time entirely to the poor dr nansen has sold the english rights of his work on experience in the polar sens to messrs constablo for ten thou sand pounds a despatch from pretoria denies the rumor that the transvaal will make an immediate demand for indemnity for tho jameson raid the english and scotch farming in terests are urging tho board of agricul ture to prohibit tho importation of live cattlo and sheep tho late archbishop of canterbury was engaged in a reply to the papal bull on the anglican orders immediately prior to his death princess helone of montenegro the affianced brido of tho prince of naples was accorded a profuse welcome upon her arrival at rome at the first annual exhibition of tho british farmers dairy association at islington last week there wero more than seven thousand entries an irado has boon issued by the porto levying extra taxes to ralso funds to forward military preparations this action excites much comment tagshooting in scotland is nearly over and tho champion bag fell to lord tweedmouth who shot one hundred and fiftyseven head during tho season it would seem that there is more truth than the german press will admit in the storlos told of a rapproachment between great britain franco and russia the civil and religious marriage of the crown prince of naples and the princess helena of montenegro took place in rome on saturday omld great popular rojololng the empress frederick is to visit the queen at windsor in the middle of nov ember and will stay it month in eng land before going to berlin for tho win ter the london speaker calls attention to the persistent rumor that mr chamber lain was cognizant of the jameson raid before it took place and asks for a dls- proval mr walter castle has engaged sir frank lockwood q c as counsel for his wife who is accused of shoplifting in london in addition to sir edward clarke q c dr sunyatsen the chinaman who was kidnapped and detained in the chi nese legation in louden was released as the result of a strong protest from premier salisbury right hon and right rev frederick temple dd bishop of london pro vincial dean of canterbnry and dean of the chapels royal has been appointed arohbishop of canterbury a despatch from constantinople says that a conflict has taken place at the ylldlz kiosk the sultans palace be tween the turkish and albanian cnards during which several men on both sides were killed tho lrades issued in constantinople in connection with the recent purchase of arms have resulted in n stato of affairs which are regarded as very grave the ministers are opposed to the poll tax im posed on tho mussulmans only those whohavo bad experience can tell th torture corns oavue pain with your boot on pain with them off pain night and lay but relief is sure to those time about op so he thought taken on time dodds kidney pills save a life once more the absolute truth it was diabetoft and thought locurabt but vhn the 1roper treatment vsctl the latlnt ilrcovvtrrd yva barrie oct 20 special your corres pondent had no difficulty in locating mr frederick stokes of this town as he u welt knowu and enjoys the confidence of all who know him the particulars of his recovery still excite enthusiasm as marvelous cures everywhere do when found at his business he said it was about a year and a half ago that i began to suffer with lameness of the back i soon begun to run down rapidly lu flesh becoming in a short time also very weak i u misery and unable to work one of tho best doctors in town when consulted told me that my trouble was diabetes meanwhile 1 had lost fortyfive pounds in weight aud his medicine was doing me no good i thouuht my time was about up until a friend told me that he knew of several cures of tassa similar to mine by using dodds kiduey pills this gave mo hope though i felt ashamed to let the doctor know that i had changed ray medicine however i was en couraged by the help i got from the first box aud so kept on to shorten the story all i have to say is that four boxes have completely stored my strength and i have recovered my lost weight with something added in short i feel better thau for years and perfectly cured the successes of dodds kidney pills have been won in just such contests as the above described in hopeless cases when the sufferer lets go his hold on other remedies and realizes the fact that this great kidney treatment has never yet failed then he demonstrates its value by using it and getting well in huudreds of cases of dropsy brights disease diabetes and paralysis when friends had given the sufferer up to die dodds kidney pills have promptly saved the patient with such power to cure in extreme cases can ir be doubted that the small beginnings of these diseases will yield promptly to the virtues of dodds kidney pills dont worry about winter youll feel ready for anything ind everything in the way of r weather if you have your cloth- ing interlined with fibre chamois lust years experience has proved it to be the only perfect warmth iriver because it is light adding neither weight nor bulk and yet offers a complete protection from the fiercest blasts of the coldest day waterproofed by thcrigby process neither rain nor sleet can penetrate it ami every one can enjoy perfect outdoor comfort and healthful warmth all season by using it think ahead and ensure your comfort by having it ufin all ordered clothing and always find the fibre chamois label on every readymade garment you buy it sells now at 25 cents a yard these fkmiliar brands telegraph telephone tiger are synonyms for the best matches made ask your grocer for e b eddys matches one 011 tho old man mr crimson beak the time for a per son to learn is when he is young as a proof of this remember that a man never forgets his letters mrs crimson beak he may not forget his own but i take uotice he often forgets those of his wife man and wife in distress from chronic ca turrit hut instantaneous kclief follows the first application or lr acnow catarrhal fonilerdout neglect the sfiuplcst cold in the head it may develop into this dlscusiln malady almost kefore you can realize jt rev dr bochror of buffalo says my wife and i were both troubled with dis tressing catarrh but we have enjoyed freedom from this aggravating malady since the day we lirst used dr agtiews catarrhal powder its action was instau taueous giving the most grateful relief within ten minutes after first application we consider it a godsend to humanity and believe that no case can be so chronic or deeply seated that it will uot immedia tely relieve and permanently cure hop fbrisvery inebriate our la long distance testimonial was from toledo ohio another of our grad uates who completed his course of treat ment for alcoholism nearly three years njo has written us from his home in brandon manitoba in enthusuiatlo strains respecting the benefit ho received at lakehurst institute oafcvllle ho says i am todny us much interested in the institute as i was the day i left and i thank god that there is hope for every drunkard no matter how bad ho may be to become a sober man if he has a spark of elf respect i have since tasted nothing stronger than lemonade and that only in my own house the whole province of manitoba could not induco mo to put my hand to a glass of whiskey to say nothing of touching it with my hrs you may publish this throughout the dominion and give my name in full i believe i was the worst case you have had can any sufferer from tho fearful appetite for strong drink desire greater encouragement send to lakehurst institute oakvllle lor pamphlet and terms no one to kill the cat a little tragedy was enacted on the west side the other day two black cats which had been killing their owners pigeons were in turn killed by him the curious part of the affair was that the owner was unable to find anyone to kill the cats for him everyone that he tried to bribe to do the deed remarked ki11 a black cat never i i dont want seven years of bad luck buffalo courier precaution little ned must i sleep in the dark mamma yes little ned well then wait a minute ill get up and say my prayers a little more carefully cleanlnjr furs and hue to olean furs and skin rugs take equal parti of flour and powdered salt which hould be thoroughly heated in tho oven and thoroughly rub the fur it should afterwards be well shaken to free it of the salt and flour 76 york street toronto oct dominion regalia co manufacturers op regalia uniforms banners and all lodge requisites emblematic pins badges charms in silver gold enamel 7 societies i ajc in siatai to order dcpt and aamo tho society tou belong to and we will mail you a beautiful ide lokt rolled gold screw and spur fasten- button in proper and durable ele- j or present to stupid mau you seem sad love didnt he pro pose after all oh yes ho did well then whats the matter why of course i wauted pressing and refused him aud he didnt uak me the second time hearts healer airs muccer wife ot capt charles mug- ccr of sydney clt got keller jn 30 minutes from heart disease or four years standing and declares she owes her life to dr airnows cure lor the heart it affords me great pleasure to com mend dr agnews curo for the heart i was sorely afflicted with heart trouble accompanied with dizziness palpitation and smothering sensations for over four years i was treated by best physicians and used all remedies knowu to man i determined to try dr agnews cure for the heart the first dou gave me great relief iaide of thirty minutes 1 used two bottles and feel today i have been completely cured itetter than gold care a woman of florence mo recently threatened her druuken husband that she would go with him and get drunk every time he did she stuck to her word once and her husband has not touched a drop since deafness cannot be cared by local applications as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear there is only one way to cure deafness and that is by constitu tional remedies deafness la caused by an in- named condition of the mucous lining of tho eustachian tube when this tube gets in flamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing and when it is entirely closed deaf ness is the result and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tuoc restored to its normal condition hearing will be destroyed forever nine cases out of leu are caused by catarrh which is nothing but an inflamed con dition of the mucous surfaces we will give one hundred dollars for any case of deafness caused by catarrh that can not be cured by halls catarrh cure send for circulars free k j cheney it co toledo a wsold by druggists 75c mlsruided smartness one reason why some smaht men doan git along faster said uncle ebeit is case dey loses time showin oft how smaht dey is stead o trabblin right erlong as parraelees vegetable pills contain mandrake and dandelion the cure liver and kfdney complaints with un erring certainty they also contain roots and herbs which have specific virtues truly wonderful in their action on the stomach and bowels mr k a calrncross shakespeare writes i con sider parmelees pills an excellent remedy for biliousness and derangement of the liver having used them myself for sometime who use hollowsys cora curv obvious dusty rhodes gotadlmc partner william ann what do you want to 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