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Aovyerristxo â€"The wise and pushâ€" ing merchant always keeps bis name and goods well before the public. No better means of reaching the people of the townships of Waterloo, Wilmot, Woolwich and Weliesley than in the columns of the Waterroo Cotuxty Cnroxtcrt, as there is bardly a postâ€" oftice in these townships where there are not more Chronicles than any other paper. $1,50 if not so paid, High cias~ printing, English and German,i¢ all its Dranches, Advertising ltates *@ssonable, and will be made known on ap pacation, Public Auctionâ€"â€"Joseph Mickus B-snkrup' Naleâ€"Joseph Mickus Hood‘s Sars sparilla Cares Ayer‘s Pulls ~ Ayer‘s Sarsaparilla Paines Celery (_,'ulhpuund Our Mé+ To Paintersâ€"Conrad Hoffnan Waterloo County Chronicle. Tue Ontario Legislature has been oalle1 together to meet on Thursday Fo»ruary "18t, E.B. YOUNG, New Advertisements this week has just placed in stock the choices line of piain and fancy The steamship Elbe which collided with the Craithie in the North Sea last week sunk in twenty minutes after the accident. The nember of lives lost was 335 consisting mostly of passengers from Bremen to New York. The night was pitch dark and cold and only a very small number were rescued. Beotch and Canadian Agency SUN LAUNDRY Cheap Cash sStoreâ€"Smyth Bros. Great Clesting Saleâ€"83. Sauder & Co Car of Redpath Sugarâ€" Doering Bros. Loceal Noticeâ€"Jobhn Peters Faumted in â€" Churchâ€"Dr. Williams [Medicine Co. Farm for Sale or to Rentâ€"J. B. Oberâ€" [holtzer, Berlin Mr. James Livingston, who has so worthily represented South Waterloo for the past Efteen years was again unâ€" animously tendered the nomination on Monday last anod accepted the same Mr. Livingston is the strongest candiâ€" date the Liberals could place in the field and will no doubt be triampbantâ€" ly returned. Full returns in West Algoma give Mr. Conmee 270 majority. Fancy Vestings and Pantings in great variety and choice., The prohibition case will go to the Privy Council. The Premier of Ontario was waited on by a deputation of the Dominion Alliance last week and they were told that he had already given directions to hare the appeal made in accordance with the provision in the plebiscite act providing for such an apâ€" peal and the case is now in preparaâ€" tion. WORST EDS NOT IN A PROSPEROUS CON-1 DITION. While Hon. Mr. Foster has been boasting about the progress that has been achieved in Canada under the N. P., and the Toronto World tells us that a change of Government would usher in an era of bueiness stagnation, Mr. Hugh Blain, the retrring President of the Toronto Board of Trade, has been reviewing the business situation of the year. This is what he says:â€" â€" Sub Messrs. R, G. Dun & Co‘s report for Canada gives 1,856 failures, with lia bilities of $17,615,215 in 1894 as comâ€" pared with 1,344 failures, with linbiliâ€" ties of $12,689,704 in 1893, an increase for last year of 40 per cent. An exâ€" amination of the details of these figures Wosk‘y Newspaper Published every Thurs day morning, DAVID BEAN, Proprietor, THURSDAY,. FEBE. Tth, 1895 E. B. YOUNG, ‘ription $1,.00 per annum in advanee not <o paid, it â€".Apply to Geo. H. Hutchâ€" {son, Waterloo essage for 1895 â€"The Boehmer [Co. EDITORIAL NCTBS. Merchant Tailor, TWEEDS er shown in Waterloo, Merchant Tailor. shows that the failures in our manuftacâ€" turing i dustries were 12 per cent. less than in 1893, while there were 136 per cent more in purely trading concerns, the ltabilities in 1894 being $11,456,â€" 258 as against $4,830,118 in 1893. This is not the only unfavorable feature We should stop borrowing money abroad. The present drain upon the savings of the country, for interest on borrowed capital, while such ‘immnense sums of money aré held unemployed by our own people is a most serious feature of the situation _A reduction of the rate of interest on deposits by the Govâ€" erument and the banks, with & corresâ€" ponding reduction to the borrower, in sympathy with the prevailing rates in the great commercial centres of the world, would be advantageous to onr business men. _ The merchant who pays the currert rate of interest here is not doing business on equal terms with a competitor elsewhere who borrows at more favorable rates. Besides the presâ€" int small margin of profits will not justify the artificially high rates kept up chiefly through the action of the Government, â€" The reduction of interâ€" est on deposits would tend to encourage the investment of our idle domestic capital in the development of the great natural resources of the country. THE EMPIRE DISCONTINUED. in view of what the N. P. was to acâ€" coreplish, but it seems to be bere, and the people right‘y demand that those who swept into power with the underâ€" standing that these depressions should be put an end to by the protective tariff, should now step out, since they have not ooly failed to ward it off, but have saddled us with debt and dishonored us with corruption The Empire of Wednesday contained the following announcement under the heading "Good Bye":* It is a little difficult to explain why there should be a depression in Canada Hon. Mr. Haggart, now touring in northwestern Ontario, did not in 1878 believe that the smvings bank deposits were & sign of prosperity,. On March 1, in the Commons, he said :â€" "The bon. gentleman has alluded to the large amount of money in the banks in proof that the country was now prosâ€" perous, but on the contrary, this was alwayy eviderce of depression in comâ€" merce: and in manufactures. When commerce was active and manufactures were flourishing people did not deposit their woney in the banke, but, iustead, invested it in manufactures,. Conseâ€" quently the argument which the hon. gentlenan made use of in this relation wes true in a sense opposite to that whish he intended." "An amalgamation having been efâ€" fected, between the Empire and The Toronto â€"Mail both of these papers cease publication in theirpresent shape toâ€" day, and a new paper, to be called The Daily Mail and Empire will make its appearance to morrow. All accounts due The Empire for advertisements, subscriptions, etc , to date remain payâ€" able to The Empire Printing and Pabâ€" lishing Company, Limited, and all subâ€" scribers baving paid in advance will receive for the balance of their terms the new paper, which there is every as surance will faithfully maintain the policy in political matters advocated by The Empire." â€" i commercial business during the year. There has been a warked shrinkage in the volume of business and a decided fall in the value of goods, and also a consdérable contraction in the margin of profit _ Altogetker, although the total amount of failures for the Domi mion has been larger other years, I am of the opinion that, for purely trading concerns, with, perhaps, the exception of lumber and leather, the year may be regarded as the most unsatisfactory, if not the most disistrous, since Confedâ€" eration. _ It is impossible to give a reâ€" liable forecast of the future. The outâ€" look is not encouraging _ The best that can be said is that buâ€"iness can hardly be worse than it is now and that any ‘hange must, therefore, be in the direcâ€" tion of an improvement. Mr. Blain does not take much stock either in the claim that the savings bank Jeposits are an index to the prosâ€" perity of the country. He continâ€" ues :â€"â€" BURNS Mr. Wm. Waddell attended the anâ€" nual meeting of The Temperance and General Life, held in Toronto last week. This Company hbas declared handsome profits and dividends and is rapidly coming to the front among the companies having gained the confidence of the people sbhd having attained a financial standing second to noneâ€"Owâ€" ing to the severe storm of MC::: Rev.Mr.Slemin missionary ;rom Chi was unable to deliver his lecture in the North church. f conitipatad ho uses the gentlo family laxative, Sprup of Fige. | ; ; with other luxuries A remedy must be pleasantly acceptable in form, pureâ€" ly wholesome in composition, truly The Modern Invalid Waterloo County Chronicle Thursday, MBR JAMES LLVINGSTON, M.P. South Waterloo Reformers Unanimâ€" ously Choose Their Candidateâ€" Hon. James Young‘s Spirited Adâ€" ure. Eminent _ Conservatives _ like D‘Alton McCarthy and Col. O‘Brien joined with the Liberals in declaring it had helped to depopu ate and impoverâ€" ish the country. They had increased the annual expenditure $13,000,000 They had increased the public debt ovâ€" er $100,000,000. They had taxed the masses to benefit the classes, They had & deticit of about one and a half milâ€" lions last year, and it was estimated it would be three or four dvring the curâ€" rent year. They hbad permitted the Dominion Treasury to be robbed by political railways and party camp folâ€" lowers, and then they bled them both for funds to carry theirfelections with, (Hear, bear.) They had juggled the votors‘ lists by the franchise act and the constitnencies ty the gerrymander, and there were few political sins of which they had not been guilty. Such was the Gorernment that the Liberal party of the Dominion were making a supreme effort to dislodge from power, and it would be a bright day tor Canaâ€" de if they were beaten from ocean to ocean, ‘(Great applause.) But he had other reasons for wishing sucsess. . He believed the adoption of the Liberal policy would reduce taxation, take the shackles off our commerce, restore prosperity and good times It was well known hedid not quite approve of the trade policy advocated by some Liberals at last election, but the platâ€" form adopted at the great Liberal conâ€" vention held at Ottawa was entirely satisfactory. 1t was attended by 2,000 delegates from all parts of the Dominâ€" ion aud was presided over by Premier Mowat, exâ€"Premier Joly, Fielding de Lotbiniere of Quebec,Premier Fielding of Nova Scotia, Premier Blair of New Brunswick, Premier Peters of Prince Edward Is!and and Attorneyâ€"General Sifton of Munitoba. It was by far the grandest political convention ever held in Canada, and we bave now a platâ€" form, and a written one, on tarriff reâ€" form, on reciprocity with the United States, on economy and purity of the Administration, reform of the Serate, sale of the public lands to actual setâ€" tlers, on temperance, and on restoring to the people fair elections and an honâ€" esy count by abolishing the franchise and gerrymander acts, upon which he and every true Liberal couid proudly take his stand at the coming election. (Loud cheears.) But he must not deâ€" tain them longer. He would conclude by saying we had a good platform of reform, and whilst proud of Geo. Brown, Sir A. Dorion, Alex. Mackenzle and Edward Blake,their leaders of the past, | they had found a worthy successor in the person of their present able, eloâ€" quent and stainless chief, the Hon. Wilfrid Laurier. (Much applause.) His labors in Quebec, his remarkable. campaign tofthe Pacific and back to the tour he yet contemplates in Ontario testify to the great exertions which he apd his able colleagues are making,and he ventured again to predict, as he did at the Ottawa convention, that this time the Liberal party are going to win all over the Dominion,and that the Lib eral flag will oifice more wave over the glittering spires of the Ottaws build. Galt, February 4â€"The _ South Waterloo Râ€"form Convention was held in the Town Ha:l here toâ€"day, 253 of the 271 delegates eligible being in atâ€" tendance. ~The â€" greatest enthusiasm prevailed. Hon. James Young, in opening the proc edings, said he was delighted to see the convention so largely aud influâ€" entialily sttended. _ It showed that the heart of South Waterloo was still true to Reform, and the veterans he saw present, as well as the large number of young men, the flower and hope of the party, assured him of victory in the coming contest. (Cheers ) He had now ‘ought many political battles, but he never felt a stronger desire for the success of the Liberal party of the Doâ€" minion than at the present crisis, _ His chicf reason for this was that Canada bidly needed a change of Government, We had bad fifteen years of Tory misâ€" rule, and the recent visit of Ministers h ishhit: ts ied stlith tb on adl ioi ralloeiee bldia enc Foster, Ives, Costigan and others to (ialt proved that the CGabinet had beâ€" come us weak in talent as the public records prove it is wicked in practice. (Applause.) With Sir John Macdonâ€" «ld gone, their brilliant though un serupulous leader; with Tupper and Tilâ€" ley out; with the tragic death of Sir Jobn ‘Thompson, suddenly called from before his earthly Sovereign into the presence of the august Sovereign of the universs, in whose presence all honors pale, and Prince and peasant stand alikeâ€"with thâ€"se and other emiâ€" nent meu out, the once powerful Tory Cabinet had become like the play of "Hamlet" with the Prince left out. (Loud cheers.) Their boasted National Policy had proved a fraud anod a failâ€" 5o . (then) :s: ho"o:& Mom e arly all the dele,; s at poanl Lo P it seat he w say sn:o:“gb.nt t » had nothibit? disparsging to say o| Hon. . dress. NiÂ¥ Senn txtke radat i once more: carry the Liberal bauner to viectory. _ (Lou and longâ€"continned »pplanse» ) It was moved by Dr. Cameron, secâ€" ondei by Mr. W. D Hepburn,aod reâ€" s ;Jved :â€""That this convention of the Reformers of South Waterloo tender to Jame»s Livingston, M.P., a unanimwmous nomination, and that one delâ€"gate be »ppointed from each municipality to meet with Jawmes Livingston and en deavor to induce him to accept the same." _First vieo president, J. S. Brierly, St. Thomas. Second vice president, Capt. J. B. Mcâ€" Lean, Toronto. * Secretaryâ€"treasurer, J. A. Cooper Toâ€" The election of officers resulted as folâ€" lows:â€" J President L. W. Shan non, Kingston, by acclamation. _ e The thirtyâ€"seventh annual conventâ€" ion of the Canadian Press Association closed Friday afternoon. l ronto. Assistant sec.â€"treas., (J. E. Atkinson, Toronto. The committee then retired with Mr, Livingston a: d urged bim to reconsidâ€" er his decisiou to retire. After a lengthy consultation & decision w»s ar rived at,avd finally Mr.Livingston conâ€" sented to again accept the nomination, which was tendered to him un animousâ€" ly. A population _ of _ 5,000,000, supplying 1,000,000 families, to consume $200,000,000 _ worth cf of agricultural produce, all form a glorious figure of speech. _ The weakness of Mr. Foster‘s argument is that he musters both consumers and producers in his estimate of the purâ€" chasing power of the home market, A large proportion of the 5,000,000 peoâ€" ple and the 1,000,0 00 families are proâ€" ducers of agricultural stuffs, Their own industry directly supplies their own wants, and their needs do not go to sweil the home market for farm products.â€"Telegram. ~ _A resolution expressing the continuâ€" ed confidence of the Liberal party in the Hon. Wilfrid Laurier, and its enâ€" tire concurrence with the Liberal plat form as adopted at the great National Liberal Convention held in Ottaws in June, 1893, was carried with great enâ€" thusiasm, as was also a resolution exâ€" pressive of the confidence of the Reâ€" form party in Sir OQiiver Mowat and his colleagues in the Ontario Legisls ture. Executive Committeeâ€"C. W. Young, Cornwall; J. 8. Willison, Toronto; W. S, Dingman,8tratford; 8. Stephenâ€" son, Chatham, and A. Laidlaw, Galt. Messrs. J. A. McKay, Windsor, an | T. A. Bellamy, Ingersoll, were re electâ€" ed auditors. M.. Livings:on has represented South Waterloo for the past lifteen years, and the Reformers of the ridâ€" ing will return him again, if possible, by an increased majority. For, instavce, Hon,. G. E. Foster declared in his speech at Galt that there were five million people in Canaâ€" da. _A gross population of five milllion means one million families. Each famâ€" ily, Mr. Foster went on to say, conâ€" sumes $200 worth of farm produce an nually. The million families in Canada would consume $200,000,000 worth of produce. Therefore, Mr. Foster said, the Canadian farmer bas preserved to him by protection the home market, which takes $200,000,000 worth of proâ€" duce, and he asked his audience to say whether this home market was not betâ€" ter than the foreign market which took only $50,000,000 worth of farm proâ€" duce annually. An acquaintance with statistics inâ€" troduces public men to many absurd: ities of speech,. Politicians presume upon the unfamiliarity of an average audience with figures, and cloud the truth with arithmetical arguments. Short speeches were made by other prominent gentlemen, and the convenâ€" tion adjourned after_giving three rousâ€" ing cheers for Mr. Livingston, the popâ€" ular member of South Waterloo and Hon. Wilfrid Laurier, Sir Oliver Mowâ€" at and the Queen, Mr. J, D. Kdger, M. P., read a paper on "Copyright," endorsing the Canadâ€" ian viewy.nfir. Willison of the Globe wanted the reâ€"imposition of on newpaper, which 5:8 defemm- er action, and Mr. Cameron, of the Advertiser, opposed unsigned letters. port showed a The annual meeting of the Holstein Breeders‘ Association was held in Toâ€" ronto on Tuesday. The following ofâ€" %en were eloostdâ€"-Pnfi;:,' Mr. T. * Ch“u"n + Gm‘,‘ t Vh- President, R. B.W Ancaster; Second Viceâ€"President, A.0. Hallman, Canadian Premb Association. Holstein Breeders‘® Moot, Figures of Speech. Febrvary 7. 1895 â€" We also wish to again remind our many friends and customers of the fact that we manufacâ€" ture the above lines and that when buying from us you are saving the middleman‘s profit. PHILIPSBURG Mr. Theodore Schmidt is at present enjoying a few holidays to recuperate from an ailment that bas troubled him for some time.... The recent storms bad drifted the roads so badly so that there is & continuous up and down goâ€" ing in several places....The yard of D, Ratz is rapidly filling up with logs and in course of a few weeks the work of the swampers will be achieved . ... By all appearances one of our young men is making great preparations for a wedding, an wccount of which will apâ€" pear later. FLORADALE The roads are beginning to @@tle again, and business is picking up. Saw logs are coming in fast, . . . Mr. Waiker is doing a large chopping trade. The flax will be done in few weeks,. Some of the hands will be out of employment .... Mr, A. Ruggle is doing a large trade in potatoes and apples ‘ lately. He apparently supplies some of the Berlin grocers with these articles.... Mr. C. Musselman was to Berlin last week on business. He reports a good trade in his line. He has orders for a few weeks. This is as it should be, as Mr. Mosselman is a firstâ€"class shoema er..., A few of our young people a! tended the cantataat Elmira last Friâ€" day night.... Last week a sleigh 1 of our young people made their way Mr. Jscob Weidenhammer‘s, where th night pras %lemntly spent. It is ramâ€" ored that they arrived home at abou 4 o‘clock in the morning. If you are thinking of buying Furniture make no mistake and do not miss examining the largest and best assorted stock in the county. We are continually showing latest designs in Great care is given this department. A largestock of Underâ€" takers‘ Supplies always on hand. Courteous and experienced attendâ€" ants and at prices lower than the lowest. Remember the spot. . BEDROOM SETS, SIDEBOARD S EXTENSION TABLES, CHAIRS. crystal.... Next week Mr. Snediker propriétor of the Bamberg Creamery i going to put in 100 loads of ice. H hhndrwdonbigbnfiuumtnm mer..;. Mr. Peter Straus took a fin KING BT., BERLIN, ONT. Mr.. H. Keil hurt his ankle ‘ast wee while juinloading hogs at New Hambur & . . « Wood choppers and teamsters ar complgining now of too much snow. Our obliging hotelâ€"keeper, Mr. Jc Kieswetter, is putting in his supply ice. goiccnwing it on his own ds It is 16 inches thick and as clear BAREGAT\ UNVDERTAKLN G . (Too Late for Last Iesue.) FURNITURE. The SIMPSON C0., (Ltd.,) Furniture Manufacturers, else. ... Mr. P. S. Held is manufecturâ€" ing clothes borses and barley forks . ... Our hotelkeeper was laid up with a sore throat but is bettter again. The Waterioo County Chronicle covers the field by reaching more inhabitants in Waterloo County than any other paper io ;>»for bils and advertising at the ._ CHRONICLE Office. to advertise these well as on thi depends greatly the succes of the sale. AuctionSales Auction Sales Railway Time Table. Grand Trunk Railway FANCY ROCKERS, ETC.; ETC will soon _ be conducted throughout different parts of the county. It pays a Hundredfold See page 8. GOING wWEsST, GOING KAST. \I During January Men‘s Winter Sults, Boys Winter Sults, Boys Ladies dackets, Men‘s Bricker& Dichel. Furs Shawls, BLANKETS, &c., &c., &c at cost and under for Spot Cash. Winter Overcoats, We will sell the balâ€" ance of our Winter Goods such as of every descriptien Overcoats, â€" CHOI GONFECT! ~FRU Rteiss and BERLILN NOU to learn Doering M(mdu_\ 11 tip Berlin 1h) Su-“}"'“‘i i cigarettes Guelpt of & t tained lent si â€"â€"Tit knsd W : was kee CQUlub w« having At ”'t the bri mornii! to 3~ I gaume is w the forward were with mere from that ered. ist of "Cirip meeting of t ers‘ Associsa Berlin, Feb this opportu "Grip." â€"Tuesday nigt registered 205 belq cold wave seetns L throughout O‘utari 20 and 40 hbelow The loweâ€"t vemper â€"â€"â€"The Berlin B missibpners are aski purch«se and purchase of the pr 86,00“ for the im pi It is thought that & revenue of at le obtained from the ice, boating, and d not n â€"â€"fn the conteé troplL' last week,. Meaforth was victo sbot from the Galt Berlin, on the tirs ton butfwere in ti by on« shot, the & â€"The Berlin P last meeting, disc Berlin street rails mittee was appot Town Council an« necessity of secur with the C.P.]i. & assistance as they granting a bonus Nt â€"A Horticulti be organized und.i the Agriculture order to do so e be obtained to ai in the Act, and a paid into the fun list is now being is no doubt the signatures will b â€"We are in r of a special editi Co‘s Canadian printed for the of Hâ€"H. W arx ~don, England, prietors of ‘W #ull of valuable credit on the p the enterprisé ¢ Ar J WÂ¥ :1 Mi th sn ly 41 b m Hl] TO AUVER 0C AJ ho THE CRO ruUaAry w