person. It is a modern miracle that you are reading this sentence. 100 YEARS AGO In fact, if yen are reading tbis sentence, please cail from 'the Frda. June 3, 1892 edition cf the 668-6111. and say Bill sent you. And remember: wKJhy CMlOMICJZ non-campaign contributions are non-tax deductible. e The barns owned by Alex Gray near Àsburn were struck by lightning and burnedte the But that would bother you only if yen enjoy paying ground on May 26. taxes. Seven railwaY car-Ioads of cattle were shipped from Brooklin this week. Togeter w canlickthisthin *The 34t<h Battalion beaves Whitby for the military camp at Niagara-oe-tbe-Lakeà on June I - j eMrs. Roinson is offering bread at her dtore for il cents a Icaf, or 12ocents if delivered. ---7- PAGE . Z'SE VENkla Bill SwanREUC Ntin.the runmng Two items of interestbit the news this week. One, an opinion poil, concludes that Canadians would prefer that the leaders of the four main'political parties drop dead. Maybe not exactly Iin those ýordas. Maybe just, Get, Lest. Buzz off. We don't want ybu as_ Prime Minister.5 Toëheléaders of the four-main ate (Four major parties? Yés,. well, 'Progressive Conservatives, LibýeMls, NDP and, ahem, ahem,R à "> Reform. The trip from the fi-inges te the centre is net ail that far.) To the leaders Of the four main parties, tbis is known as a subtle hint. However, you don't get te be leader of a political partyby paying attention te, subtie hints.__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The second item had tô do with presidential nominations i the Untied Statisticians of Amerigo. The mediasays George Bush's advantage trickles away as White House staff falis into turmoil around him.,n Anether, party, the Demo-sometbings, is ini theJ running but doesn't ceunt. The leader te date: Whates His Naine Ross Perot. For those who have been living on Mars, a brief introduction. Rose Perot is a Texas nijilionaire? billionaire? whatever. He is brother te Hercule Periot, a French detective, invented- by the British writer ýAgatha Christie. Unlike bisBelgian brother, Ross Peret was developed for ani unpublished novel by American writer Stephen'King. A made-for-TV movie bas been planned for soon after the Ainerican election. Perot te, date has three strengths. One, hes rîch. TWO,.hes not yet an official candidate. Se he's net relya pelitician. People.hate politicians. His main trc ulbe te, reman a non-politician and still receive real votes. Three, he bas non-campaign advisers who tell him what te net say. As in: 'If you really like the wayJ things are running, like welfatre, like inner cities, like Washingten, hike whates happening te, America, then ONTARJO HOBPTAL NURS1G SCHOOL GRADUATING CLASS, JUNE -4,1930 dont vote for me." These 21 nurses graduated fr0km a nurmng achool that ope'rated from 1920 to, 1972 at the Remember, tbis is a Stephen King character. And Whitbty Psychiatrie Hoepital. I the centre of the front rew is the director of the echool fromn you theught the Ainityville Horror was scary? Just 1921 t<> 1932, Misse '-'--de Bryan. wait for tbis TV mevie. wbiorArdaIw. pbo*o Let's zoom back te Canada for a minute.7 Did Preston Manning declare bis intentions tee soon? Would he- have been better off waiting, then 10 YEABS A(X siding with Rosm Perot? fiom the WeédnesdayJn ,18 dton of the How soon will Mnning be able te angrleCa phote fTBYFEREPRES 11