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'•^.. Xh^antt. <s TRUTH BEFORE FAVOR," â€" " PRINCIPLEb NOT MEN." VOL. XVa, NO. 867 Flcsherton, Ont., Tlnursday, October 28, 189'7 W. H. THURSTON, EDITOB * PKorWETOR in ^.-. » â- â- â€¢^-v^ ^l^QcldlTig ^TGSQTits.. Tli'j Ru'.ection of .1 weddinj; proaent is often a ditJioult task, Wut all that will Iju overci'iiio when you examine our largo ;iii(l extensive Htook. Here i'ou will find evi rvtiiing that in usually kept in an up- to-da:a Jewellery Store. Juno 's a nionih of weddings and wo are [jropared for it with a beautiful display of Wediling Gifts. Purcliiisera wi'l find our i)riceB very low. Evury- bjdy is going to make their aelection at W. A. ARHSTRONQ'S Jeweller unit Optteian- Fleaherton, OaUrlo F, T. Hill & Co. ^ARKDALE y^ur customers are always well satisfied when they com- ^"'^pare our goods and prices with what they have been accu,stomed paying elsewhere. If you require anything in the following list we are very conficent a comparison will decide in our favor. Gent's Navy Bine Serge Suit, Sacque Coat, Farmers' Satin Lined, Perfect made and perfect fitting • Gect's ail wool Tweed Suit, Sacque Coat.Faruiers' Satin lined, well made, and trimmed, .special at . . . . Gent's Dark Grey, Halifax Tweed Suit, all iro.'I, Farmers' Satin lined, a great seller at Gent's Dark Tweed Suits, all wixjl, t-quare or round corners. Fanners' Satin Lined, and «.ther trinnnings the bust. SpeC:al at ... Gent's D.irk Tweed Suits, all wool, pretty patterns, double breasted, per- fect make and best trimniings throughout at Gent's Black Wor^rud Suit with Black Stripe pants, all wool goods, best trimmings nnii perfect fitting. Special at Gent's Dai'k Uiown Irish Fieize Suit, double breasted. A genuine stonu- resisti'r Gent's Scotch Tweed Suit, double brea>ted, handsome patterns, well tailor- ed. Special at 61.86 94.65 96 50 96 75 97..16 97.35 97.65 98 75 ^y^fSf^^r.'iit^icit^k/s;^^ :^^c^ OVERCOATS ^ . ''^}^*yjsvi^^i^ ' i ' i '' -i ' ^:^ ' ^y^ Fine Lines tliat have no Competitors Gent'* Heavy (Jvercoats, best trimmings and perfect fitting. A snap at S.'}.3H G jnt's Heavy Froize Overcoats, ( all wool) Fancy Plnid Lining, deep storm collar, throat tjb, half bolt. Spouial 94.65 Gent's Heavy Fr.-ize Over Coats ( all wool ) good wool linin«, deep storm collar, throat tab, half belt, si ash and side pocket. Very special at Gent's Dark Friexo Overcoats (all wool) best lining, deep storm collar, throat t.ib, half bolt, side and slu.sh pockets. An cxculUmt coat at a laodorato price Young Man's Heavy Frieze Overcoats (all wool) medium dark colors.deep storm collar, half bolt. A perfectly satisfactory wearer J5.90 90.50 83.85 Autumn Footwear Specials O/^ I>;iii-8 .Mens' Fine Laced Shoes, solid leather, wliolo foxed, nailed OL/ sold, ia bizes 6, 7, 8, only, worth 91.36, special 91.13 /:^/-\ Puira L.idios' Fine Don'jola Button or laced Shoes, fasliionabln 0\-' coin toe, paieut leatlior tip. a satisfactory wearer, regular §1,60. Wo have all sizes at , 91 25 Q/L ''"i"' ('"'"'s Patent Leather O.xford, in sizes, S, 9, 10, only. Ro- .<UTi: i/ular S-.i 25 goods. Wo boUs^ht them at a very low price and while they last will sell them at 91.50 Cir\ Psirs Ladies' Fine Dongola Kid Button Shoe, Fair Sit tch, 20th OW . Century Toe, worth 91.76. Special at 91-45 O/j Pairs Youths' Solid Leather Laced Boots. The correct gO' ids for ^^ wet fall woather. Per pair. 9 70 You cannot possibly make a mistake if you do all your Trading with us -1 f\f\ Yards Flannelette. Fast Colors, sood quality. Per y«rd.3o. 50 Grots, S.KJkJ'J ^200 spools, cotli>n, same quality and price .is uaual, 2 for 5o. Linen Spo(d Thro^id, lOO yards each, in Black, Orey and Whito,2c. Ladies' Union Vests the lioo kind f..r l.So. Table Linen, pure stock, good width, sp.;cial at per yard, 14c. 1000 Yards Orey Cotton, gocxl widtlj, and very nice quality, per yard, 3c. Bring us all your produce and as usual get the hi;jhest possible prices, and bring us lOoo pairs wool mits to weigh 4J ounces per pair. F. T- Hill & Co. ^^^^^ The Streets o' London Town A* 5een and Portrayed for The Advaace by Inspector Campbell, The naming of the streets of London is entirely diffoient from what it is in Can- ada and American cities There, a street has oulv one name, no matter liow long it is. Here it is ditlerei.t. The s'reet-i are not straiiiht, as in the newer and younger cities, and at every turn of the .street it takes a new nsme. Thus, from Charing Cross to St. Paul's the wiuie street lias three uamos ; Straiul, Floet Street a^d Ludyaiu Hill. W\y them in order let us go. First, it is well to un- deistand what a London omniliuH in, for "iv London omnilius is an inslitutioii by itself " Not to say that similar mnnibuses are nowheiu else to be seen. In inanY places they are, but in no oilier place have they become a necessity, na here. The streets are narrow.. The traffic is enormous. No trams, electric or other- wise, are allowed in the old' city. The omnibus is the chief conueyancH of pas- sengers in all dircctiouH. T'.ij fare is about a penny a uiile â€" many long dis- tauces only a half-penny. The haiisoin and cab relieve the pressure tsi the 'bus So some extent, but the lowest fare ou these is a shilling, hence only ihu woultliy use them, e.\cept for long distances and out-of-the-way places. The nuiiiibus is much like one uf the larue ch)sed-in 'busses often seen at home coiinecling hotels and stationa, only at the resr is a winding: stair, up which, frmn the left to the right, passeni<ers ascend to scats on the lop. These seals are uenenlly six or seven in number, each holding two, so that tw-lve or fourteen peiuons may com- fortably be sealed oiMside. Arouiul the outer lURrgiii of the carriage ia, of coarae, a railing two or two and a half feet high, to prevent accidents. Within the omni- bus un either side is a seat lengthwise, so that in all from twenty to thirty persons nuiy occupy seats at the same tune. The wiiidows below are fastened â€" built solidly ill the wall*, in fact, and not like ours, easily opened for ventilation. The out- side seats aie provided with {ubiier knee ruiis for ptotectiou and wariiitli during inclement weather. All Loudon oinni- buxes are drawn by two hoise!i, and good iioiscs they usually are. In thin country the law of the road for pasHing vehicles IS, 'Keep to the left " â€" not the light, as with un ; go on the left side of the sin uis the btreaiii of vehicles is L'oing in the »ame direction as the rider, while on the right it tio«« in the oppotile direction. Now, having changed 'nusses at Cliiir- ing Crosc, and takiim one of tliu elevntoJ Seats on top, the sti anger has a capital opportunity for "taking in" the sights along the way. The front seat near the driver is to be preferred, for 110 man is mo e willing to answer que.-^tions and to sjive iiiforii.ation on any point of iiiierest idling the route than a London omnibt s driver. As a class they seem to lake a peculiar pleasure in pointing out the glories of theic beloved city. Before eiiiering the S'land from TrafalL'iir Square many places are pointed out which are liisiorically ass'ciaced with lliu un- cieiit jity of Wo^l minster, for, not until we reach L''leet 8t;eet are wo in Old L m- don. The view overlook fng Wliiiehali and the Pailiamcnt buildings is pnbably the best. To the noith is the Nalaoii.il tialleiy, with ils largo collecti'iii of viilti ilIiIo paintings, both Ifiitish and fnreigii, and to the iiorlli-eiist is the church of St Martin's in the-b'ields, wluro liie no- torious Nell Gwyniie wasbuiied. Atouiid here, alfo, are some of the lars;est hottda and ihealres in the city. Passing down the Siraiid, ihu Liuiile poinl.s out iIozohh of places wlioso iiaiin.'S are singularly fii- niiliar, but the half of wbioii I could not now even i;atno. It was but a litilo to the niirlh, ill Maiden L.ino and uemhooi- in>4 streets, that such great scholars .iiid literaicuis as Porsoii, Pope, L'oiijreve, Yongo, .Jidinsim, Ijoswell, UoliJsniith, Ciariick, and Vol aire, when a ^^u;;eo, were wont to rendezvous. The gniuiid is truly classic. Not far olf, on Llie iioitli side, iw Coveiir Uardeu, now fiiiious as one of till' lioat iinirkuts 111 London, nlu.ro tile best cla.saes of the retailers and citi zens gel their sup|ilies daily. The fruit and Howcr market is busy every iliiy, and the dis|.lay one of the liiiest of the kind anywhere. The pries, too, are about the highest. Satiii'diy is about the boHt time to SCO the wliole iniirket one seetb- iti>.' mass of jabbering hiiiimnity ; the iiest hour of the clay is lietweoii 5 mid (i n the morning. A visit to Coveiit (laid n market al this time will not soon he for- g.itioii. To the right, at ilni foot of 6outhiimploii street, on Iho Tliiimcs eiii- baiiknient, is the Ei^yptian obelisk, known as Cleojiatra's Needle. This uneieiii gnm- ite uio.iolith is uiuht feet square at the base and 70 feet h.^h, very like in ap- pearance and size to the sister culunin which uiaces Cuntrul Paik, New Yoik city. Faitherdowii to the left ia Drury Lane tlicaire, so (ain.ius in the literary life of the past, and almost opposite is Somerset House, one of the finest build- ings of the kind in London. Suiners.t Uojse hoa n history wbigh dates back to the time of Lord Protector Somerset in the eat ly Stuart timos, but it has been rebuilt ana reconstructed until little of the earlier budding remaiiia. It is now occupied by goveninient nttices of one kind or another, among which are the Audit office. Inland Revenue ottice and ihe ofiice of the Re^iiHlrar-deneral of Births, Marruges and Deaths King's College and aoliool also occupy a portion of Somerset House. In tins tichool many uf the Unest British staesinen and schol- ars received their early tiaining. Not far lielow Somerset House the Strand d - vides into two, the inuhllu apace being occupietl by three buildiin;s, a church at each end with an opeia comnpie between. On the north aiile of the StriUid hero are the famous Iiins-of-t'ourtâ€" a beautiful and artistic series of structures ezceiiding a C'liisiderHblu distance Lack, hut all con- nected fer the convenience of the admin- istration of the law. Here we had the pleasure of being courteously shown by liveried servants into galleries where we cou!d wilne.ss the niaiiner in which the ditferent courts wore conducted in Eng- land. Strange, but perhaps the most in- teresting suit ill progrebs then was a di- vorce case in nmliUe class life. The min- uteness uf the details of evidence brought out by the crofs examination uf some of the witnesse. by the legal luiiiiiiaries was ludicrous in the extreme to the unin- itiated. It seemed ci uel to probe so deeply into, perhaps, the greatest heait sorrow of huinau suffering, hut in the interest of justice and muraaty it way be oecessar}'. But now we are at Temple Bar and we enter Fleet Street. Time and space will not allow details. Suffice to aay that this is one of the ureatust, if not the greatest, puhlishitt^ street in the world. I sup- pose every form of newspaper, magazine, pamphlet, Uiok or folio ia produced or re-producud here daily. From this street coiue most of the great English news- papers and unigaziiies, illustrated a: d otherwise. Then are, of course, some D<>ta'jle exceptions. At length Ludgate Circus is reached, and altera short ascent of a few hundred yaids St. Paul's Catheilral rears its massive pillan'd dome he.ivenwai-il right in front The oninibun turns to I he right down Camiim Street to Queen Victoria Street, up which, at no great diKtaiice, is the Mansion House, the Uo\al Exchaiigu and ihe Bank of Eng- land. Here, taking leave of our diivir and rewarding him with a " hub," which hii giatufully accepts, another omnibus is hoariled uoing auain west hut along a totally dift'oreni route. The stroot.s now traversed in order are Poultry.Cheapside, NewL'iito. Holliorn Viaduct, Holborn, High Holboin, New Oxford, and Oxfonl westwaid to the Marble .-Vrch, at the corner of Hyde Park. The best known of these streets ate of course Chcapside, made iminor'al by Cowper in his cele- hinted .John (Mpiii- â€" a story so well known and so universally admired that comment is supertliious. Next to Cheip- aiile in intoiest is Newgate Siroet, on ac- cniiiit of the fainotis old prison, and be- hind it (ho Old Bailoy. The prison evm now looks teriilil> grim and ilepressiiiii, 1 a tirtiiig eiiiblotn, perhaps, of the feelings 1 fthuli must tiike [lossession of the fettered I prisoners within. The .scenes that were I enacted here in " the hanging daj s " of , Old London imiKt iiave been tingtu in the j extreme. They are yet .spoken of liy those iic<|iiuinteil with the history with a I i-orl of sniidned horror. All the streetj I aliove named are really oll(^ with very I little dev iiitioii or turn, anil nil are busy I with that tratlic which can he seen in London alone. From the Marble Arch I one can tmn iioithwestwavd aloig tlio lOilgeware Koad, also noted in Ihe history of London, or soiithevftwaid along Pai k Lane to Piccadilly, thence eastward along , this busy thoroughfare to Uigent Street, which cros<e-i llieso stivets northward : fioin near Chaiiiig Cross. (hie other street mu.st be taken with these to g't Ihe g'oup of btreets which enjoy the distinction of being the busiest in Loinh n, indeed ill the world ; this is King Williiini Stieot. which leads from the Bank over Lond"n Hridga. If you wish to L'et rai.'iilly over any of iheso street! during the busier hours of the dny, then yon must take palieticn in your po.ket and hope in your hand â€" hope that you have no train to caicli in a limited time. For the liaflii; heio is a thing by itself. There is iioihinu like it that I have seen, and no mcaier a'nuseinent was ad'iideil 1110 than Wfttebiiiu it froni some vantiiue point, generally the top of an omhibus. It wore vain, 1 fear, to at- tempt to give yon an idea of this traffic. Take the Strand and Fleet street, for example. To Ij^t Paul's from Charing C^lS.s is nearly a mile in length. The sireits, tlions<li iiol so wide .is in New York and Ti^r. iilo. are .'.till of rcspoctn' lo width. Tlio sidow»lk« ill e also in moat places from G to 10 or 12 ft wide Thii space then, along ils whole width and len;;th, is, one wouhl think inextririibly crowded with people, horses, vehiclef, including every sort iinauinable, all mov- ing in one direction or the othtr. On the otwiUks men, Women and childre|^, of all classes, conditions. aspects- -well dress- ed, ill-drcssei', hiipio', unhappy, stolidly inditl'erent, are jostling each other i.>> they pass or repiifs, each bent upon somo object unknown to and uiuared for by the rest. Between the Nidewiilks ou the north side all horses and vehicles aio heading for St. Paul's, and on the south side for Chaiinii Cross. A Ineak in the continuity of tins living, nioiing uiasa i* j scarcely seen, except at the cro.-s street*;, when tributsry streams uf pi-opUi and vehicles are as anxiously waiting i.< crohs as the others are to go im. At these cross streets may always he witn* kn- ed what I think one of thj siul.ti of Liiidon. U II ess somo system weio adopted to regulate so imuien-e a tiatlj â-  in such small space, tliu sre's wmild soon become hopelessly blocked for a mile â€" perhaps miles back each way, until it would take hours, as it doessometinius, 111 spite of the greatest precautions, to get the moss again started on its way. At all the busy crofsings, or " circuses " â€" the name given when a number of streets conveige, for, in very few p'ace^ are the streets at right-anulea as with us â€" are stationed, two, four, six or moru policoinen â€" generally one for each street- â€" who are placed there just lo regulatu the tratlic. These nu-n are usually picked from the best in the force and are ml- inirably adapted for their ditiicuit tusk. They are tall, handsome, cnol- headed men â€" men to couiiuRnd respect, evuo without the authority of law. Hence thu average Englishman, who always lias great respect for law and order, raiely it ever questions the wisdom or authority of the officers. These p<dicemen simply stand before one of these atreams of vehicles, and at once, witbout(|ueiiion 01- argument, the whole stream comes tu .t standstill, till the conireation along .1 croi.8 street, whether of pedestriuii or vehicles, is relieved. The uflicer then moves aside and the traffic ro-sutiies iln iinirch. as if nothing had happened. Uuiu is where patience is needed, and indeed excu:'c;sd, for 1 have yet to see one per- son who did not seem to take a phUosoph ical view of the situation and decide 10 imike the best of it After viewing tho manngeineiit of the traffic of Lundoii at London Bridgn, ni the Bank, mi Clioap- hide and on iheStnmd, I do nor wonder that Von iVJoltke declared, aiUr he had henn shown everything of iiii[i<irlaneo in the city, that the most womlerfid thing he had .steii was the hanilbng of tho tralhco at tho foot of Cheapsido. Foreign- ers find it hard to uiiderstuiid how it British police oMicer with tio symbol of authority visible â€" thu London policemeii carries his b.itoii under his coat -secures a Jegreu of peace and bai nionv which ca;i usually be .secured elaewliere ciiily by ^ show of Krmsorothersigiiof legnlstrenurb. The explanation lies, it seems to me, iii thu British citi7.tn himself. He lovi.{ fair play. lie exacts the penalty of violated law, therefire, as a nile, ho obeys law. Ho recognises that all undi.r the llag have equal right- , and llint the business of one mail is just as itnpuitni r. to that man as his own is Lo liim. Tlio di|.iiily and iiinjesty of the law hio siipreinc in bis eyes, hence he is willin.4 for the yood of all to idiey Iho oIlicciH whom ho himself haa placed in uuthoiily. One other thiiiL' I must say for tbo London police. They are npi>nrcut1y : t home iis to thu locii'.ion of every siruet, toinice, square, lane, road or avenue ui the city, or at least within a coiuidti- abiudibtaiico from their " beat." I do Conduiled uii latt paije !Proctor ^ The Tailor Will supply you with a nobby .suit for fall. Woik- maiiship and tit guaran- teed. Stand â€" In Clayton's Brick Block, Fleshorton, ^ proctor The Tailor BU^MMi __ k^teiiH dMIiadMlitalMMii kdiMli MMiHIiaib «t*.- â- d^