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_ among thos tisers desirg t or & rloo ty Y in a nedim ation, character tes are found it tSIn0 is an, P pape. 5 more Peadens loo County â€" that Waterloo, send Afty Subseribor SIX Right icle I9IVTH BROS. 40c on the $ Just Think Of It! See Dur Show . Window This Eveâ€" ning. immer Underâ€"Clothing Cheap Cash Store. Terms Cash and One Price. D 3.10 PantSale THE LION 200 Pant Lengths. IR WORD! . D. Wiliamson & Co., eTC Is Something for AND TOP SHIRTS, KIXCL ST., BERLIN. yodham & Macdonnell streets, CE BAT immings and Workmanâ€" ship CGGuaranteed. facturer‘s stock of you our wordfthat our care worth from $4.50 to $7.00. GUELPH, ht at about purchase sold ceedingly Low undershirts good : each., \An exâ€" ) undershirts good oc cach. Men‘s plendid value for rx fast at 40¢. ce of a lifetime râ€"hirts and top AT You THE FALLACY OF PROTECTI We commend to the farmers espéciâ€" ally of Waterloo County the following very pertinent remarks made by Mr. Charliton recently agt Southawmpton;they are very suggestive, andâ€"should |be carefully considered by at least every farme ,in order that we may be able to vote intelligently at the appromching election. PROTECTION FOR THE FARMER. | ‘Lhe advocate of the Nation«) Policy assures the farmer, said Mr. Charlton, that he needs protection against che«ap American cattle, bogs, sheep, lambs, wheat, oats, barley, hay, ergs, etc Whenâ€"the policy was under distussion | in 1878 he pointed to the movemernt of American wheat, flour and other farm produts through the canals we had | built to unite a part of the transportaâ€" tion business of the great west, and he asserted that this deluge of cereals was crowding our own productions out of the home market and compelling us to sell them _ The truth was we had a surplus beyond our own requirements, aud were in the same condition as the Americans. The prices received for this surplus abroad fixed prices for both themm and us, and the movement of American products through our canals mere‘y resulted in giving business to‘ our canals and railways, our shipping, our sailors, our warehouses, our forâ€" warders and our banks, without deâ€" pressing in the slightest degree the prices in what we raised for safe if we had a surplus for export. A duty would benetfit the farmer in a country situated as England was, where not enough was raised for home consumption. It might temporarily raise prices in Canâ€" ada if there was a failure of the harâ€" vest, or if the crop was sold short and no grain remained in the hands of the farmer with which to supply the deâ€" mand, but, in such case, while the consumer would pay more, the farmer would benefit but little, for he would have little or nothing to sell. The farmâ€" er might rely upon one statement as being infallib‘y true ; it was this : no protective duty upon any product of which we raise a surplus for export can increase the price to the producer in Canadsa. â€"(Cheers.) The uselessness of protective duties to the farmer can be clearly shown at any time by a comâ€" parison of American and Canadian quoâ€" tations. Let us, for the purpose of comparison, said Mr. Charlton, take Toronto and Buffalo as corresponding points, where conditions as to distance from seaboard, etc , are similar, and let us take quotations in each place, for February 26 :â€" e _ Cattleâ€"Buffaloâ€"Highest,$5.30; low est,$2 80; Torontoâ€"Highest,$4; lowest, 82. Hogsâ€"Buffale, highest, $4.40 ; Toronto, highest, $4.30. Lambsâ€"Butâ€" falo, highest, $5.75; Toronto, highest, $4.50. Sheepâ€"Buffalo, highest,$4.50; Toronto, highest, $3.50. _ Barleyâ€"Buf faloâ€"No.1, 63¢; No.2; 61¢; Torontoâ€" No.1, 50}c; No.2, 476. Oateâ€"Baffalo, No, 2, white, 35Je; No. 3 white; 35¢; 32 pounds. Torontoâ€"â€"White, 32¢ to 34c; Toronto, 43¢. In none of the articles above quoted need we fear competition from Ameriâ€" can importations; on the contrary, we would only be too glad if the removal of duties and quarantine anabled us to secure these prices, ‘less the cost of freight. Tke American market for egas and butter is unifortnly higher than our own. That market is a desirable one for our hay, potatoes, turnips, poulâ€" try, beans, buckwheat, hops, and many other articles, and what the farmer of Canada needs is not protection against the importation of products that come from a country where the market is higher than in his own, but access to that market, free from restriction, for all the animal and agricultural products of Canads. Protection for the farmer of Canada is a humbug. What be needs is a reduction of the taxation that presses so heavily upon him, and a wider range of free markets for his own products. (Cheers.) THE FARMER A MANUFACTURER, The farmer, said Mr. Cbarlton, is in reality a manufacturer. . His farm,fhis implements, and his stock and money used in prosecuting bis operations comâ€" prise his capital. â€" The seed he casts upâ€" on the soil, sunshine and rain, heat and cold, natural forces, the transfusive powers of nature, are his raw materials; herds and flocks and the golden harâ€" vests and fruits of the earth are the finished products of bis trade. x His calling is the most honorable and the oldest of all. His [blessings are the blessings of heaven alone. His busiâ€" ness does not admit of stockâ€"watering. or cornering the market, or using shodâ€" dy for wool. He furnishes tood for the sons of men, and but for his labors all would starve. (Cheers.) He deserves the best consideration of the lawâ€"makâ€" er and the policy framer. Perhaps it is his own fault that he has so often been bamboozled and deceived; but that scarcely makes atonement for the act, and if, as is the case, he sells his products in the open markets off°the world, ond subject to the competition of all men, he may, at least claim the right to have a little wida'ung.:dof choice as to where he ma; 7, & deliversnce from such .;Lzu as are unreasonable and unnecessary.(Qheers. ) His returns ‘ab the Mm Canada at least, it must be cotifes day after this,‘ the old man: Waterioo County Chronicle, Thursday March 21, 1895â€"Page 7. â€" fter his.ilabor bills and running ex‘ penses are paid, the instances would~ be rare where there remained a profit of 5 per cent. upon the value of his inâ€" vestment. If he offers his tarm for rent, in & yery small proportion of cases could a rent«l of 5 per cent. upon valuâ€" ation be obtained. If the prices could be obtaine@d that were current during Mr. Mackeozie‘s administration his circumstances would be more hopeful. During that five years when the Conâ€" servatives asserted that the sky of Canâ€" ada was black with diâ€"aster, wheat averaged $1.11 per bushel, barley 85¢, :oats 42¢, peas 71¢c, dressed pork $7.04, wool 34¢c.. We went back on honest, prudent Mr. Mickerzie, with moderate jexpenditure, a low revenue framff and satisfactory farm prices, and the debt has gone up $105,000,000, the expenâ€" diture hat gone up from twentyâ€"three aud a half to thirtyâ€"seven mwillions, and the interést on the debt bas gone up to ten and a qu«rter millions. Some things have gone down, â€" bowever. Wheat has gone down to 60c, barley ‘ to 50c, oats to 32¢, horses to a few points above nothing, farms to twoâ€" thirds of their former value, and yet we have Ministers who are in the enâ€" joyu ent of fat salaries and ride sumpâ€" tuously in palace c rs, wined, provisâ€" ioned,and served at the public expense, going from place to place, seeking to persuade the electors of Canada that this is a gatisfactory condition of affairs, and that they ought to be anxious to continue it. No doubt it is in the inâ€" terest of the aforesaid Ministers that this should be dong. They have taken care of themselves; thâ€"y have taken care of their friends; but, as for the people, no change from the present condition of matters could be for the worse. are rather meagre, He tay carry on his operations with the utmost frugality and skill, and at the end of the year Why the Old Colored Man Proposed to Leave the Piantation While the Colonel and I were enâ€" joying our cigars after dinner an old colored man approached, with his hat in his hand, and, on being asked what was wanted, he replied : WASN‘T TAKING CHANCES. ‘Kurnel Ta.ylo;, I‘ze gwine to quit de plantashun an‘ go to town.‘ ‘Anything wrong, Moses? asked the colonel. ‘Not zactly wrong, kurnel, butâ€"‘ ‘Speak right up, Moses,. Don‘t I pay you fair wages" , ‘Yes, sah.‘ ‘Don‘t you have plenty to eat?‘ *Yes, sah.‘ ‘Haven‘t you [got a good cornhusk bed to sieep on!?‘ ‘Yes, sah.‘ ‘And I don‘t work you too hard? *No, sab.‘ ‘Then, what‘s the trouble? ‘Waal, kurnel, you has done [gone an‘ set & spring gun in the meathouse.‘ ‘Yes, but I must keep my bacon from being stolen, you know. That spring gun won‘t hurt you.‘ e Py t s lig dn e d tce s Pm us _ ‘Yo‘s got two acres of watermillyons, an‘ yo‘s gwine to put poisen into all de big melons as fast as they get ripe.‘ T may put jalsp in, Moses, to make the thieves sick. If I , didz‘t do someâ€" thing, every melon would walk off,yeu know.‘ ‘An‘ dey say, Kurnel Taylor, that yo‘ am gwine to count the pigs an‘ ‘Yes, I may do that as some of them are apt to wander away.‘ ‘An‘ dey tells me dat de dawgs am gwine to be rurned loose to guard de yams an‘ sweet co‘n at night, an‘ a line of b‘artraps sot all about de cotton gin an‘ de milk house.‘ ‘Perhaps so, Moses, but how can that affect you!‘ _ * ‘How it gwine to affect me? T can‘t zactly splain to yo‘, kurnel, how , de pomposity of all sich prejudice am gwine to git me shot by dat gun, cotchâ€" ed in one of dem traps or made sick on one of dem millyons. but when I lay down at night an‘ think it all ober my variegated opinyon am to de affeck dat de sooner I git fo‘teen miles from dis plantasbun de quicker I kin draw a long breff without jumpin‘ two feet an‘ feelin‘ dat suthin‘ has busted!"â€"Pittsâ€" burg Post. Seventcem Years of Intense Suffering From Rheumatism â€" Local Physicians and Treatment in Toronto General Hospital Falled to Help BHimâ€"How He was Reâ€" stored to Health and Activity &A VICTORIA 60. MIRACLE, From the Lindsay Post. There are few men better known in Victoria county than Mr. Richard Fitegerald, who was one of the first settiers of the township of Carden. He was elected to the honorable posiâ€" tion of reeve of that township for twelve successive years, and filled the position with so much acceptance to the people that he was pressed to conâ€" tinue in office for a longer time, but was compelled to decline the honor. 1t therefore goes without saying that It therefore ith NOCR Mr. mq-fi:o?o:h:fl,“im'n‘t:; _ *iWould you kindly refr 1 residents township but‘| ting any‘ words S io. merl in oofetmed 07 thow | fogt it frorle h to hese : :â€"bhowbu* to be as THE STORY OF AN EXâ€"REEVE OF CARDEN TOWNSHIP. y those!| ing! : Tt burts me to hear them‘ _‘ _ as his | ‘I felt as though six inches had been he tay‘| taken from my stature, and I replied: say the most implicit confidence: may be placed. f â€" When young, a stronger or more hearty man could not be found, but possesed of an iron constitution, he did what too many are pron to do, ne glected his bealth, and exposed himself to all sorts of weather, often in the pursuit of his calling se a farmer being wet to the skin for bours at a time, A little over seventeen years ago hbe found that he had contracted rheumaâ€" tism of a muscular form, and each sucâ€" ceeding day fqund him in a woree conâ€" dition. _ He applied to the local doctors in bis neighborhood, but received no relief, and was then indvced by them to uppiy for admission to the general hogpital at ‘Toronto for treatment, and was in that institution for several montbs, until he became disheartened at the want of success attending his treatment and returned home, as was thought, to die. By this time the muscles of his body had become so con tracted that he coula not straighten his limbs, and was forced to spend the greater part of his time in bed, and | when able to get around at all it was ouly with the aid of a stout pair of crutches. _ When he attempted to raise "himself to his feet his legs would crack ‘at the knees like sticks of wood, caused as the doctors told him, by the fluid in the joints being completely dried up. He was constipated to a fearful degree. When he retired at night there was not suffhcient blood in his veins to keep him from feeling intensely cold, and is order to keep him warm his daughter knitted bim woolen leggings and lined them with soft wool. Several times his family, a portion of whom reside in Michigan, were summoned home to see their father for the last time, as he was thought to be on his deathâ€"bed. Finally, after saffering as much bodily pain as would have killed an ordinary man, and at a time when he had not set his foot on the ground for & year, he was induced by his son to give Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills a trial, as he had heard of the many remarkable cures made by that remedy, It was after much persuasion that he was induced to give them a trial, as he had then spent a small fortune in medicines and different modes of treatment under which he had steadily grown worse, and bhe had despaired of finding anyâ€" thing that would help him. At last he began the use of the Pink Pills and had not taken them long before he beâ€" gan to notice a decided improvement in his condition. Continuing their use he found he could get around much better than he had been able to do at any time for many years, and after a still further use of Pink Pills he was entirely relieved from all rheumatic pains, and is now a wonder to himself and all who knew him. Mr. Fitzerald is now 70 years of age, is able to walk to Kirkfield every day, and is enjoying better health than he has had since he was first affected. Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills are a perfect blood builder and nerve restorer,curing such diseases as rheumatism, neuralgia, partial paralysis, locomotor ataxia, St. Vitua‘dance, nervous headache, nervous prostration and the tired fecling thereâ€" from, the after effects of la grippe, disâ€" eases depending upon humors in the blood, such as scrofula, chronic erysipeâ€" lag, etc. Pink Pills give a healthy glow to pale and sallow complexions, and are a specific for troubles peculiar to the female system, and in the case of men they effect a radical cure in all cases arising from mental worry, overwork, or excesses of any nature. Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills may be had of all druggists, or direct by mail from Dr. Williams‘ Medicine Company, Brockâ€" ville, Ontario, or Schenectady, N. Y.. at 50 cents a box, or six boxes for $2.50. The price at which these pills are sold makes a course of treatment comparatively inexpensive as compared with other remedies or medical treatâ€" ment. ‘Joe, what do you go to see that Miss Reid zo much for? she isn‘t pretty, she isn‘t rich, and she is an orphan; she has no family.‘ ‘What do I go to see her so much for? queried Joe in a dreamy tone. ‘No, she isn‘t pretty, and she isn‘t, ugly; she certainly isn‘t rich, for she teaches for a living; and though her parents are dead, they were nice people. I go to see her because she makes me keep company with my best self when I am with her. 1 say to myself when I am on my way to call on her: ‘Now if you have any noble thoughts, you can utter them to her, sure that they , will be appreciated. If you‘ve read anyâ€" thing unusually fine or beautiful, you can tell it to her, and find an eager listener.‘" She always makes me true to the highest and best that is in me. ‘What do you think she said to me the last time I was there ? â€"I had been telling ber some funny story about, old Giles, and I repeated some of his jarâ€" gonâ€"you know how he talks," Just before I came away she said in a very modest, downcast kind of way: : ‘‘Mr, Lyon, may I ask a favor of you?‘ . * ‘Certainly,‘ I said, ‘I would be most ind PB Lindly refeatu from ve His Best Self. the to hear Caution. Other Manufacturers are putting on the market inferior goods under this name. _ _ _ R A‘poor arricle is nâ€"ver imirated. therefore the fact that "SOMETHING GO@D" is being counterfeited is a znarantee !o smokers that it is the best 5 cent clzar on the market, ____ in purchasing see vhat our trade mark (Ihe Snowshoe) und firm nime are on each box, : > other is genuine. our *"*SOMRTHING Goub" brand is registered and any one seliing other cigars under this name will be prosecuted. ‘‘I will not offend that way again, I know the commandroent, ‘Thou sbalt not take the name of the Lord thy God io yain,‘ and I suppose one ought uever to repat profanes language.‘ ‘1 tell you such a woman as that has courage as well as conviction,‘ Miss Reid had brothers from whom she was separated, and for whom she felt & sisterly solicitude. If T am careâ€" ful to hold my young gentlemen friends to high standards,‘ she said to herself, ‘some lady perhaps will do the same for my brothers.‘ _ Aund this motive actuâ€" ated her in all her intercourse with young men. She had no thought of self in the matter, and whâ€"n Mr. Lyon said to her that he could be a bctter man with her as bis wife than with any other woman in the world, the declaration came as a surprise to her. Friendship ripened into love, love which had ‘its seat in reason, and was judicious.‘ United in everything that was sincerely good, the home they founded was the home of peace, the cradle of all noble virtue, the reward of lhigh endeavor, and its most potent stimulus.â€"Selected. A Modern Instance. i "Oh, of course," said the old man,"I don‘t blame you for taking the boy‘s partâ€"it is just like a boy‘s mother to do so., But I‘d think a heap more of him if there were less point to his shoes and and more to bis conversation,"â€"Chicaâ€" go Inter Ocean. Haste trips its own heels,and fetters and stops itself. â€"Seneca. There is an oblique way in reproof which takes off the sharpuess of it.â€" Pope. The mind is its own place, and in itâ€" self can make a heaven of hell, and & hell of heavea.â€"Milton. Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each others failâ€" ings. â€"Bruyere. His daily prayer, far better underâ€" stood in acts than words, was simply doing good.â€"W hittier, .‘ Something Good " â€" Cigar ‘"Tis not the clothes that make the * &D "but they help sUITINGS, ‘Inspection s invited to the New Lines of ‘The ijatest invoices include the finest of American and Foreign Fabrics. ‘ The prices are consistent with quality of material and workmanship. ecial notice in the Mcientific American, and on e mm en mt ar. . elegant] 6 y e o hii . Bam sent 'WW@V a Tour.. Single in Sikine in coltes. aint Phorographe of new iPstents takes Rbsonsh "Munn & Co. recetve special !@!“QM%!!‘.!&‘.EOES&!-_R‘ Buildim 'J'Y.'."::.".'S‘vfil BSingle 25 cents. ber contains beauâ€" tes, in colo MWMM with plans, enabl lders to show the i oep Aoe on o ty ORK. BroADwaY. FOR TWENTY â€" FIVE YEARS xperience in ons strictly erience in the THECOOK‘SBEST FRIEND Empire Tobacco Co., Montreal DUNNS BAKING POWDER LARGEST SALE iN CANADA. TRUSERINGS and to the OVERCOATINGS Stop! We commenced on March 2nd to give away free of charge; our fine folding furniture, consisting of folding rockers, folding tray tables, folding stretchers, folding step ladders, folding what nots, folding book cases, your choice of one of these articles to every $30 cash purchase or we will stamp your bill of goods for six months and when you have the amount purchased we will present you with one of the picces of folding furniture. REMEMBER we have the largest and best assorted stock of R adyâ€"mide Clothing in the County at the lowest cost prices. Overcoats at cost, Men‘, Youths and Chii <en‘s suits extreme‘y low. A large ana well assorted stock of Nhirts, Collars, Ties, Braces. Handkerchiefs, Undershirts and Drawers, Sox, Hats a_d Caps, all at clos cut prices, _ See our show window of fine T p Nhirts, your choice tor 45 cents which would be cheap »*t 75 cents, Remember the place, 14 King St., Berlin. §S. SA U DER & CO The Great BANKRUPT STORE, We are at preseut in the midst of great value giving sales. The great throng at our counters daily testifies that they are receiving the goods as adâ€" vertised, and valae as represented. Remember, Saturday is our busy da, made so by the many special bargains for that day. We have a Large Stock of these Goods for the Fall and Winter Trade. Men‘s Tweed, Worsted and Nap Overcoats, 83, $3.45, $4, $4.35 up to $10 Men‘s and Young Men‘s Ulsters, $6, $6.45, $7.35 ... .. .. ... ... .up to $8.45 Boys‘ Overcoats, $2 35, $2.65, $3,.55......1........â€"lao. . .su... up to $4.90 Youths‘ Overcoats $2 95, $5.05... .. s nc mlv ns c maml sn es css _ uUp to §7.85 Men‘s Suits $2.85, $3.95 anlbanlaesennaa en slcickr s ob es ceaaes upito $13,.85 Youths Suite §2.70, $5.65, $5................................up to 86 40 Boys‘ Suits §1.50. $1.75, $2 .... .........cssasrrslons .. ... .. up to $4£.00 Men‘s Rubber Coats $2.50, $5, $6.50 and up. Vests, Cardigans, Smocks, Overalls, Gents‘ Furnishings, & large variety to select from. > se < The Ontario Mutual Life > complete with my OoWN MAKE FURNITURE; a good Baker and Heater ; the heaviest stove made toâ€"day. It possesses the A 500 lb. Cook Stove OLD TIME WEIG-E} and lasting quality, combined fwith all the latest improv stoves correspondingly cheap, _| . For all kinds of Hardware, Tinware, Plumbing, ‘Ga CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE peposits OF $1.00 AND UPWARDS RECEIVED, AND CURRENT RATES OF INTERE:* ALLOWED. â€" INTEREST ADDED TO THE PRINCIPAL AT THE END OF MAy amw. NOVEMBER IN EACH YEAR. Special Attention given to the Collection of Commercial Pap: and Farmers‘ Sailes Noter. w e .. m 2 t °7. hllll.ll.llllllllllIllIIIIlIllll.l'fllllll'll.ll.ll.lllll....lllllll.'lllll.ll.lllllll"ll'l'."'III A GeneraLt Bankino Business TransacteD. FarmeRs Notes DiscountEo DRAFTS ISSUED PAYABLE AT ALL POINTS IN CANADA, AND THE PRINCIPAL cities in THe UniteD States, Great Britain, FRance, BERMUDA, &c. ESTABLISHED 1867 HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO. CAPITAL (PAID UP) SIX MILLION DOLLARS REST = = «= m « / & = = Dr. Laviolett@s Th finest Remedy i vures Colds, b y | Coughs, Grippe, Croup, Whooping Cough. H. se e â€" yV OPIQG JOL dil ARMILL® res u of tions of the Throat & ’lx?;l’\s \ Lungs. o . > ippe, Croup, I rp ntm booning Couch. * u e e ERNST & CO., with Copper Reservoir for $25.00, AN D HEAR THE J ACOB CO Clothing Sale. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT B. E. WALKER, Generat Manager. WATERLCO BRANCH GOOD NEWS inE Puq NESACTOC OM 2 (alr kisle # 8 t + s au uns ale on poale a 8 s ie ale in DR R & CO H. J. GRASETT, Manager finest Remedy in the World for all Affecâ€" tions of the Throat & Lungs: .6 . ments. fitting, &c., give use €6,000,000. 00,000.