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i lie Bra newt week t VI f two la York combined fa to be the Leading i YORK INTELLIGENCER AND ADVERTISES 8PAGES Give me the liberty to know to utter and to argue freely according to conscience bo v fc No paper sent outside of North York unless paid in advance No 14 Single Copies Each Grit Friday April 26 1901 per annum if paid in advance NEEDS at Binns Hardware BROOMS Good Quality 20c better the Queen BRUSHES in Paint Stove scrub and whitewash Carpet Whips Whiting best lbs for Clothes Lines each Frame Clamps each Carpet Stretchers 50 and Wash Tubs AH sizes Wash Boards 15 25 and 50c Clothes Pins doss Selected Rubber Blinds up Cornice Poles complete PAINTS Ready mixed every can guar anteed Get Color Card 15c per can TACKS HAMMERS All Styles and Prices ALABASTINESV A Shildes Get Color Card A BINNSj GENERAL NEWMARKET The Staff of Life is Bread The Best of it is made at I JACKS BAKERY If you dont believe it ask your Neighbor she uses it Choice Bananas Naval Seedless Oranges from to per m t nu J The Office Specialty Mfg Co Limited WE SELL r xxxxkX Parlor Suites Roman Chairs Board Room Tables Reception Chairs Parlor Tables Hall Chairs and Settees Library Tables Bedroom Chairs Arm Chairs Couches and Sofas Fancy Rockers Office Tilting and Arm Chairs Umbrella Stand and Card Re- Dining Chairs ceEver Morris Chairs Office Desks and Filing De vices The Office Specialty BAY STREET TORONTO Factory NEWMARKET A Brilliant Public Career Hon Services to the Country TV An Appreciative Tribute to the PostmasterGeneral by Mr George Ander son before the Mulock Club From the Globe j J Weaving Itac to public that he moved to Mr Drlls on Mi and that bat Celebrated Iowa Co with all Improvement to date and that he prepared to do Beat Work In Carpet Call Bend your ras Id Early The British House Commons adopted the war loan resolution by a vote to The has had over applications since the 1st January and six new lodges have been organ ized CASTOR I A For Infant and Children A Journey by Telephone a Will give you a taste of I Ideal Rapid Transit and save Time and money Your time is too to spend in letters and awaiting replies The Telephone gives instantaneous com munication Give the Long Distance operator the name the individual you want you will then time talking to an office boy The Bell Telephou Go of Canada OLD FOR SALE AT THE ERA OFFICE At the last meeting of the Liberal Mr George Anderson delivered the following speech on the life and career of the Hon William It is too often the custom to wait until they are dead to pass encomi ums on the ability foresight and character of prominent statesmen Every good and patriotic citizen ad mires the public man no matter to what party in politics he belongs who administers the countrys affairs with integrity honesty and upright ness Canada has no reason to be ashamed of many of its public men who have distinguished themselves in political life in science in literature in art and in law but it is not my purpose to refer to any of these worthies of the past You have se lected with the consent of the Post masterGeneral of Canada the name of the Mulock Liberal Club and I trust it will be considered appropriate that the members should know some- thing of the life and work of their Honorary President I hope too that some may be to emulate his example and citizenship and rise to prominence in the councils of Canadas Liberal statesmen The Hon Win Mulock sprang from Irish stock on the side of his father being the second son of Thomas H a native of Dublin Ireland and who came to Canada in the early part the last century His mother was a daughter of the John formerly of Yorkshire England who settled in Newmarket and was elected as Reform member in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada for in 1S29 He was born at Head Town ship of West in the County of and was educated at Newmarket School and University of Toronto where he was gold medalist in modern languages and graduated in arts in He was called to the Canadian bar in and for a number of years was one of the examiners in and lec turer on equity for the Law Society Immediately after his call to the bar he commenced the practice of his pro fession in Toronto and speedily ob tained a large practice There is no doubt had Mr Mulock remained at taw instead of entering the more at tractive and fascinating field of pol itics he would have attained eminence and become one of the leaders of the Canadian bar He was elected a member of the senate of the Univer sity of Toronto in and and ViceChancellor of the University in which position he held for nine teen years He was appointed a Queens Counsel in Political Career In 1882 he entered the Canadian House of Commons as Liberal mem for North York a seat he has held ever since For- fourteen long years ever true to he sat with them in Opposition years fruit ful at any rate in hopes and plans some of which were carried and others arc being carried Into effect When the Liberal Administration of Sir Wilfrid Laurier came into office in the- Hon Win Mulock entered the Cabinet as PostmasterIcneral and was sworn in as Privy Coun cillor The wise and beneficent leg islation of the Administration had brought about an era of prosper ity hitherto unparalleled in the his tory of Canada so that In appealing to the country in the Govern ment was by a large majority justly sustained Thirtythree years ago some of the Provinces of Canada united as a federal dependency with representative and responsible govern ment Happily since that time all the other Provinces and Territories have joined the federation and now the Dominion of Canada covering an area rather greater in extent than the United States contains a free and contented people resources of mineral timber fishery and agricul tural wealth unexcelled and rejoices in being part of the great British Em pire When the people of this coun try learned that our big brother country of the southern hemisphere was about to take a similar step to wards federation expressions of satis faction and prayers for success were frequent and fervent An invitation having been received requesting the presence of a Canadian statesman to represent the Dominion at the inaug ural ceremony of the Commonwealth of Australia which is to be graced with the presence of the heir to the throne of Britain the Govern ment of Canada selected the Hon Win the PostmasterGeneral a wise selection It is not loo much to say that he is an Imperial statesman Canada has done him honor and he wilt do Canada honor on the auspicious occasion Since Confederation we have- had twelve PostmastersGeneral and the present incumbent has held the office for a longer continuous period than any of his predecessors Postoffice Reforms It is now my duty to mention some of the reforms and improvements in the Department during the administration of the Hon Mr The complete reorganization of creating a great saving of time and labor and providing for a much later closing of all mails at postal stations and head office The introduction of paper and parcel receptacles t the principal business points in all cities turnout the Dominion The conveyance or the mails to and from contiguous offices by electric railway thus facilitating Ire quick interchange of business and gen eral correspondence General improvement and con sequent saving of revenue in the gen eral mail contracts Radical change in the money order system greatly simplifying the transaction of money order business Inauguration of insurance on registered correspondence for amounts of and less thereby permitting on payment of a small fee registered correspondence to be insured loss while in the the post- office This has been approved and regulations are now being prepared Completion of a system where by lettercarriers arc permitted to register letters handed to them while on their walks a convenience to the public generally The introduction of small stamp books containing stamps with specially prepared paper protectors one of the complete the railway mail service and unique timesavers of the day it under one chief controller with headquarters at Ottawa and a stall consisting of ten superintendents hav ing charge of districts ranging from 17 The reward of merit The es tablishment of a system if promotion according to merit in all the postal service HON Halifax Nova Scotia to Vancouver British Columbia Introduction of Imperial penny postage making it possible to send onehalf ounce of correspondence to almost any part of the British Um pire for two cents Hear this from the Illustrated Loudon News This cheaper rate of intercommunication between the mother land and her pos sessions is a fosterer as well as an outcome of the Imperialism which all approve It brings men closer to each other and it is a healer of the pangs of exile As such quite apart from its commercial import it is a legitimate subject of pride to all who have brought it about Sir Wilfrid and his Government have much to make Britain and Canada realize their kinship The end of its first year of office saw the adoption of a preferential tariff for Great Brit ain and a year later the project of an imperial penny post had its birth The Duke of Norfolk the Postmaster- General of Britain says that the es tablishment of Imperial penny postage was due lo the progressive spirit of Canada and to the characteristic en- his brother the Postmaster- General of the Dominion 3 Introduction to all parts of the Dominion and to the whole of the United States of twocent postage for one ounce The introduction of postal notes one of the greatest boons to tho busi ness community and the public gener ally The establishing Of local dead letter branches in the chief cities of Canada thereby enabling matter to be directly disposed of instead of ing subject to annoying tho unavoid abledelays under the old system The establishing of a hulk of one cent per pound on newspapers and periodicals printed and published in Canada and regulating the free distribution to areas of twenty mites each radiating from a central point Inauguration of postal stations greatly expediting the commercial and general postal business of cities where stations are established 8 The placing of city sorters on Incoming trains to Toronto and Mon treal thus permitting a much earlier delivery of letters in all of these cities The collection and transfer of is another department which cannot be overlooked in connection with the name of Mr and that is the Department of Labor By order Council dated July i he was appointed the first Minister of Labor in Canada lie introduced the conciliation act having for its object 1 To aid in the- prevention and set tlement of trade disputes by concilia tion and arbitration To pro vide for the publication of statistical industrial information 3 The pub lication of a Labor Gazette The introduction of the fair wages schedule in all Government contracts The Australian Governments have been more paternal in their labor leg islation than countries The various acts relating thereto and their operation and results will no doubt receive the attention of Mr when in the antipodes I am sure you will unite in wishing as am confident the people of Cana da do a prosperous and safe journey to your Honorary President and a safe return to his native land and shall we not also say success to the Commonwealth of Australia May India have a rich harvest May peace soon come in Africa Brothers all we have on the veldt together We will now beat our swords into plowshares Long live King Long live his noble Queen Ow Toronto Letter City Treasurer Cody reports the cost of the new City Hall alias the Court House to amount to the site cost expend ed on the premises before architect Lennox took charge archi tects fees Clerk of Works or a total of How much of this white elephant will bo adjudged as belonging to city and county ie used jointly and for which the county will have to con tribute has yet to be determined The saving clause as to maximum is what helps the county A 15yearold lad named Fred Hogg was caught in the act of robbing a church on Broadview Ave last week He was trying to carry off the gas fixtures Hogg is to to day Thursday An eightlaps board cycle track will be constructed the Island oval this spring and Manager announces that the best across the lines will be seen here in competi tion this season Already it has been arranged for a raw be tween Archie and to come off early in the summer The bay front is beginning to put on a summer appearance boat crews may be seen taking a spin al most every afternoon these days Rabbi Weinfib of the Austrian syn agogue this city granted a divorce according to Jewish rites one day last week to a Jew and his wife whose name was Oldstein The wife had her husband summoned for non- support which was arranged in the Police Court The divorce in real ity is only a religious separation and has no effect in law Peter Wheeler the church lohler was sentenced to four years King ston Penitentiary When Peter next goes to church hell keep his hands off the contribution plates The alleged bank burglars from Chicago ledge Bite and Jones charged with robbing the Standard Bank in in May last have been scut up for trial They are the same gang that also op erated at Aurora very much as if a long residence at the Kingston Penitentiary will lw their doom The Horse Show is the Bon Ton in society circles this week The pro gram i equally divileu between horse show and military events A youth employed as an elevator boy at the Co on Fri day afternoon fired a bullet from a catapult thru a window of the Co factory which narrowly escaped the head of employee As the boy protested did not lire it intentionally he was let off by damages and costs Some of the of financial fail ure in this city are painful examples of the distress by those who possess strawberry appetites with prune incomes The writer once knew of a case of this kind in New market There was a- foot of snow at Ni agara Falls last Saturday Col Dent horses in London for the British army A number of young people were entertained at Mr Richard Osbornes last Friday night Mr Robert caretaker of the Government buildings at dropped dead Saturday Mrs Lewis has rented her proper ty on Street and left for Pick ering this week to reside Mrs left or Sudbury on Wednesday to join her husband who has been there for some months and was formerly employed at the Speci alty Works Mr V Clergue announces that In addition to the steel plant of 600 tons daily capacity now being built at the another of 2000 tons by automobiles and locomobiles pacfty be added Toronto Stars of The Toronto Stahas published a portrait of King which reaches we believe the highest standard of lithography attainable on this continent That this statement is not too strong will be admitted we think by those who see the work The picture shows His Majesty in of ficial uniform with his decorations in their proper colors The gold of the uniform stands out upon the picture with striking richness The picture is 18 inches by inches a conven ient size for framing The paper Is of the finest and heaviest quality No expense has been spared in the work The only cheap thing about it is in its price According to the price charged for some other pictures of King Edward which have been dis played in shop windows this one is easily but the Star will send it In a strong tube on receipt of cents in silver or stamps R For the Era BY A BANKER Looking back thru the long dim vista of the past to that far off aeon the third day of the creation when that absolute necessity of modern civ ilization coal was in process of for mation we see a very different world to the beautiful and diversified scene which our planet now presents Al though the cooling down of the earth had considerably advanced as yet the internal heat still maintained the crust at a temperature sufficient to cause perpetual mists to rise from the waters still therefore totally obscur ing the sun and moon But notwith standing the absence of that lifesus taining luminary a considerable por tion of the earth was densely covered with a vegetable growth of a charac ter far more luxuriant and exuberant than exists at the present day The soil was one great hotbed whereon grew with extraordinary ra pidity generation after generation plants many of them gigantic varieties of our humble moss es and reeds while others were to our treefern and The wondrous state of preservation of some of this fossil wood which all those long aeons has failed to destroy enables us lo picture with compare- tive certainty the aspect of those primeval marshy forests Here we sec a sort of asparagus graceful and tapering about thirty feet high here a clubmoss not an insignificant dwarf plant of but a few inches but a noble tree rivalling in height many of our great forest trees and here some specimens of the symmetrical and elegant horsetail or calamite not however the slender reedlike plants we now see whose extreme height is but two or three feet but tail shapely trees perhaps sixty or seventy feet high towering majestical ly oven the neighboring vegetation Truly these enuisoeiae with their ar ticulated trunks their threadlike leaves arranged in equidistant whorls and their regular conical form must have surpassed in graceful appearance almost any members of our present vegetable world Tree ferns too abounded in profuse abundance their exquisite drooping fronds depending from the summit of a lofty ringed trunk still more adding to the match less attract of those oldworld forests Hut though the vegetation was so striking and so graceful yet the sur roundings were far less attractive than the Varied natural beauties which how so captivate and fascinate us For there was no azure sky to form such a contrast with the uni versal verdant green there were no songsters of the wood to charm with their rhythmical carolling cadence no sun to light up the glades and dells and no moon to shed her silvery rays thru the waving fronds and leaf age The distant lowing of unknown and the bark of a dog or the cry of a hawk were never heard For except perhaps for the angry hiss of a few great all was a mute stilled silence a dumb noiseless oppressive solitude And so for a long aeon the great herbaceous trees continued annually to grow up and then fall prone to the ground constantly adding to the ra pidly increasing deposit until at length a sufficient bulk having been accumulated by means of great cata clysms and those rich stores of our priceless indispens able fuel were sealed up for the ul timate use of this favored day And as the beneficent Creator has so richly provided for our temporal necessities and enjoyments much more has He reserved a still more lavishly munificent regal inheritance for those who serve and obey Him who grieve not His Holy Spirit and who thru His power grasp the proffered hand Him who died for them A case of considerable interest to and the public generally was that heard last week Adams drove on the track at the fair in last fall while a race was being run thereby causing an accident In which Tyne was seriously injured The jury brought in a verdict of against Adams Every year acci dents occur thru carelessness in driv ing oh the tracks and it is about time the public learned that while a race is on they have no right what ever on the track and in going where they not only run the risk of danger to themselves but are liable for any damage that may occur thru their presence Not New Dont think our Cresolene is something new for it isnt For mora than twenty years it has been extensively used for all forms of bronchial and throat trouble Mrs Booth said of it years ago that No family where there are young child ren should bo without Vapo You breathein vapor it goes all though the bronchial tubes soothing healing curing Its pleasant safe economical t VipoCniolna told which would of of Crcioio booklet ire Co bo Fulton 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