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CHAPTER XI. (CoNTi.vuED.) Wlien Miss Chesney has spent a moment

or two inveighing silently against tho hard- ness and unclmritablenessof men in general and .Sir Guy Chetwoode in particular, slie accepts the situation, and presently starts boldly for the hollow in which lies the modest homestead of the venerable Mr.s. Heskett.

The unconscious cause of tho lyaltlc royal that has just taken place lias evidently linished his pipe and lounged away through tiie woods, as he is nowhere to be seen. And Miss Ciiesney makes up her min<l, with a view to killing tlie time that must elapse before dinner, to go straight to his mother’s ‘ cottage, an<l, by prolaiming Sir Guy’s leniency, restore peace to the bosom of that ancient dame.

And as she walks she muses on all that has passed between herself and her guardian «luring the last half-hour. After all, what did he say that was so very bad ?

She had certainly compared him to Brutus, but what of that ? Brutus in his day was evidently a shining light among his people, and, according to tho immortal Pinnock, an ornament to his sex. Suppose lie did condemn his only son to death, what did that signify in a land where the deed was looked upon as meritorious? Weak- minded people of the present day might call him an old brute for so doing, but there are two sides to every question, and no rloubt the young man was a regular nuisance at home, and much better out of the way.

Then again she had likened him to the Medes and Persians ; and why not? Who should say the Medes and Persians were not thoroughly respectable gentlemen, polished and refined? and though iu this case there might be some who would prefer the manners of a decent English gentleman to those of the present Shah, that is no reason why the latter should be regarded 80 ignominiously.

She has reached this highly satisfactory point in her argument when a body drop- ping from a tree near her, almost at her feet, startles her rudely from her meditations.

“Dear me!” says Lilian, with much emphasis, and then knows she is face to face with Heskett.

He IS a tall lad, brown-skinned as an Ital- ian, with eyes and hair of gyspy dye. As he stands before Lilian now, in spite of his daring nature, he appears thoroughly abashed, and, with his 6503 lowered, twirls uneasily between his hands the rather greasy article that usually adorns his brow.

“I beg your pardon, miss,” he says, slowly “but might I say a word to you?”

“I am sorry to hear such bad accounts of you, Heskett,” says Miss Chesney, in return, with all the airs of a dean and chapter.

“Sir Guy has been telling you, miss?” says the lad, eagerly; “and it is about my trouble I wanted to see you. They say you have great weight with the baronet, miss, and once or twice you spoke kimlly to me, and 1 thought may-be you would say a word for me.’

ou are mistaken : I have no influence” says Lilian, coloring faintly. “And besides Heskett, there would be little use in speaking for you, as you are not to be trusted.”

“I am, Miss Chesney, I am indeed, If Sir (iuy would only try me again. I don’t know what templed me last night, but

a bit of an evenin’, and it's all the comfort she have, poor s»ml. There’s the Methody parson below, even he’s a better sort, thougli he do Enivel horrid. But I’ll do anytliing to please you, miss, an' I’ll come to church next Sunday.”

“Well, mind you do,” .says Lilian, dis- missing him with a gracious ncd.

So Heskett departs, much exernsed in mind, ami in tiio lowest spirits, heing full of vague doubts, yet with a lîcen consciousness that by his promise to Miss Chesney he has forfeited his dearest joy, and that from him the glory of life has departed. No more poaching, no more snaring, no more midnight excursions fraught with delicious danger : hov' is he to get on in future, with nothing to murder hut time ?

Meanwhile Mias Chesney coming homo flushed with victory encounters Florence in the garden wandering gracefully among the flowers, armed as usual with the huge umbrella, the guardian of her dear complexion.

“ You have been for a walk ?” she asks Lilian with astonishing bonhommi't. “ 1 hope it was a pleasant one.”

“ Very, thank you.” “Then you were not alone. Solitary

walks are never pleasant.” “Nevertheless, mine was solitary.” “ Then (iuy did not go with you ? ” some-

what hastily, “ No. He found he had sometliing to do

in the Stables,” Lilian answer.'’, shortly. Miss Beauchamp laughi a low,soft, irrita-

tive laugh. “How stupid Guy is!” she says.

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Hard Water- Aunt Jane—“Is the W'ater where you live

now soft or hard ?” Wee Niece—“1 guess it’s pretty hard-

got my lesson then, and never again I swear

Here a glance at Lilian’s face checks further protestations. She is not looking at him ; her gaze is concentrated upon the left pocket of his coat, though, indeed, there is little worthy of admiration in the cut of that garment. Following the direC’ tion of her eyes, Heskett’s fall slowly, slowly, until at length they fasten upon the object that has so attracted her.

Sticking up in that luckless left pocket, so as plainly to he seen, is a limp and rather draggled biown wing, the undeniable wing of a young grouse.

“Heskett,” says Lilian, severely, “what have you been doing?”

“ Nothing, miss,” desperately. “ Heskett,” still more severely, and with

just a toucli of acorn in her tone, “ .Speak the truth : what liave you got in your pocket?”

“ It’s just a grouse, then,” says the boy, defiantly, producing the bonny brown bird in question.

“And a fat one,” supplements Lilian. “Oh, Heskett, when you know the con- sequence of poaching, how can you do it?”

“ ’Tis because I do knowit,”—recklessly : “it’s all up with me this time, because the baronet swore he’d punish me next time I was caught, ami ho never breaks his word. So I thought, miss, I’d have a last fling, whatever came of it.”

“ But it isn’t ‘ all up’ with you,” says Lilian. “I have spoken to Sir Guy, and he promised to give you one more chance. But I cannot speak again Heskett, and if you still persist in your evil ways I shall have spoken in vain.”

“You spoke forme?” exclaims he, in- credulously.

“ Yes. But I fear I have done no good.” 5’he boy’s eyes seek the ground.

“I didn’t think the likes of you would care to say a kind word for such as me,—and without tlie asking,” he says, huskily. “ Look here. Miss Chesney, if it will please you, I swear I will never again snare a bird.”

'•'Oh, Heskett, will you promise really?” returns Lilian, charmed at her success, “and can I trust you ? You know you gave your word before to Sir. Guy.”

“ But not to you, miss. Y’ês, I will be honest to please you. And indeed, Miss Chesney, when I left home this morning I never meant to kill a thing. I started with a short oak stick in my hand, quite innocent like, and up by the bit of heath yonder this young one run across my path ; I did’tscek it, and may had luck go with the oak stick, for, before I knew what I meant, it flow from me, and a second later the bird lay dead as mutton. Not a etir in it. 1 was alwjiys a fine shot, miss, with a stick or a stone,” says the accomplislied Hfiskett, regarding his grouse with much pride. “ Well you have it, miss?” he says then, holding it out to her.

“ No, thunk you,” loftily ; “ I am not a receiver of stolen goods ; and it is stolen, remember that.”

“I suppose so, miss. Well, as I said before, I will be lionest now to please you, yott have been so good to me.”

You sliould try to please some one higher,” says Lilian, with a solemnity that iu her is sweeter than it is comical.

“ Nay, tlien. Miss,—to please you first; if I may.”

“ Tell me,” says Lilian, shifting ground as she finds it untenable, “why do jou ncN'êr come to church ?”

It’s so miglity dull, miss.” You shouldn’t find it so. Come and

say yonr prayers, and afterwards you may find it easier to lie good. You should not call church dull,” with a little reprov ing sh'ke of the head.

“ Do yon never find it stupid, Miss Ches- :ney?” asks Heskett, with all dilfideuce.

Lilian pauses. This is a home-thrust, and Ker innate honesty prevents tlie reply that 4remhles on her lips. She docn find it very atupid now and then.

“Sometimes,” &he says, with hesitation, •’‘when Mr. Austen is preaching I cannot Siiy 1 think it quite as interesting as it might be ; but still ”

“Oh, as for him,” says Heskett, with a gri n, “ iic ought to be sliot, miss, begging youT pardor,, tliat’s what he oug'nt, I never

him 1 don’t wish he was a rabbit snug in one o’ my snares tis was never known to fait Wouhln’t I wring tiis neck when I oaxxght him ! maybe not ! coinin’ round with his canting talk, as though ho was the arch- Lisli-op liisself.”

How dare you speak of your clergyman in «uch a way?” says Lilian, shocked; ‘^you area bad, bad boy, and 1 am very angry with you.”

“ Dou’t then, Miss Chesney,” piteously ; “I ask your pardon humbly, and I’ll never

jjâni speak of Mr. Austen if y</U don’t like.

wonder it never occurs to him to invent a new excuse : whenever he wants to avoid doing anything unpleasant to him, he has always some pressing business connected with the stables to take him away. Have you noticed it ? ”

“ I cannot say I have. But then 1 have not made a point of studying his eccen- tricities. Now you have told me tliis one, I daresay I shall remark it in future. Yôu see,” with a slightsmile, “ I hold myself in such good esteem that it never occurred to me otliers might find my company disagree

“Nor do they, I am sure,”—politely,— “ but Guy is so peculiar, at times po.'iiLivcly

“You amaze me more and move every moment. I have always considered him quite a rational being, not in the least madder tlian the rest of us. I do hope the new moon will have no effect upon him.”'

“ Ah ! you jest,” languidly. “But (îuy does hold strange opinions, e.specially about women. No one, I think,quite understands him but me. We have always been so— fond of each other, he and I.”

“Yes? Quite like brother and sister, I suppose? It is only natural.”

“ Oh, «0,” empliatically, her voice taking a soft intonation full of sentimental meaning, “ not in the very k like brother and sister.”

“Like what then ?” asks Lilian, somewhat sliarply for her.

How downriglit you are !” with a little forced laugh, and a modest drooping of her white lids; “I mean, I think a brother and sister are Iiardly so necessary to each other’s liappinéss as—we ate to each other, and been for years. To me, Chetwoode would not be Chetwoode without (>uy, and I fancy —1 am sure—it would scarcely be home to Oily without me.” This with a quiet con- viction not to be sliakcn. “ Perhaps you can see what I mean? though, indeed,” with a smile, “ I hardly know myself what it is I do mean.”

“ Ah !” says Lilian, a world ot meaning in her tone.

“ The only fault I find witli him,” goes on Florence, in the low, prettily modulated tone she always adopts, “is, that he is rather a flirt. I believe he cannot help it ; it is second nature to him now. He adores pretty wcnien, and at times Ids manner to them is rather—er—caressing. 1 tell him it ii dangerous. Not perhaps that it makes much diflerence nowadays, does it? when women have learned to value attentions exactly at what they are worth. For my own part, I have little sympathy with those foolish Ariadnes who spend their lives be- moaning the loss of tlieir false lovers. Don’t you agree with me? ”

“ I'hitirely. Utterly,” say Lilian, in a curious tone that might be translated any way. “But J cannot help thinking For- tune very hard on the poor Ariadnes. Is that the dressing-bell? How late it lias grown ! I am afraid wc must go iu il we wish to be in ti;me for dinner.

Mi.ss Beauchamp being possessed witli the same fear, they enter the house together apparently in perfect amity with each other, and part in peace at their chamber doors. Lilian even bestows a little smile upon her companion as she closes hers, but it quickly changes into an immistakahlo little frown as the lock is turned. A shade falls across her face, an impatient pucker settles comfor- tably upon her forehead as though it means to spend some time there.

What a hateful girl that is !” Lilian says to herself, flinging her hat with a good deal of vehemence on to the bed (where it makes one desperate effort to range itself end then rolls over to the floor at the other side), and turning two lovely wrathful eyes towards the door, as thougli the object of her anger were still in sight. “Down- right detestable ! and quite an old maid ; Dot a doubt of it. Women close on thirty are always so spiteful !”

H®re she picks up the unoffending hat, n almost unconsciously straightens a dam- g how while her thoughts atill run cn

Passionately. So Sir Guy “adores pretty women.” By

the bye, it was a marvellous concession on Miss Beauchamp’s part to acknowledge her as such, for without doubt all that kindly w’arning was meant for lier.

Goiiu up to her glass, Lilian runs her fingers through tho rippling masses of her fair hair, and pinches her soft cheeks cruelly until the red blood rushes upwards to de- fend them, after wliich, she tells herself even Florence could scarcely have said otherwise.

And does Miss Bcaucliatnp think herself “pretty woman’'? and does Sir Guy

adore her ” ? She said he was a flirt. But is he. Cyril is decidedly given that way, and some faults run in families. Now she remembers certain lingering glances, tender tones, and soft innemuloes meant for her alone, that might be placed to the account of her guardian. She smiles somewhat con- temptuously as she recalls tliem. Were all these but parts of his “caressing” manner? l*ah ! what a sickening word it is.

She blushes hotly, until for a full minute she resembles tho heart of a red, red rose. And for that minute she positively hates her guardian. Does he imagine that she—she—is such a baby as to be flattered by the attentions of any man, especially by one who is the lover of another woman ? for has not l''lorouce both in word ami manner almost claimed him as lier own? Gh, it is too abominal>le ! And

HEALTH. Color Hindness-

III a recent report published by the Marine Department of the British Boar<l of Trade, is was staled that iluring the previous year nearly 'y 00 captains had been examiiiC’l for certificates. Of lliis number 51 were rejected on account of their inabil- ity to distinguish colors, of wliom 21 insisted that re<l was green, the others saying that rc'l was drab, or some ntlier color than either red or yreen : 20.-) of the entire number mistook dial) for grecti, while loG persons insisted that p’nk wus green ; .52 pensons pronounced green to he white, l-'2 thought it to be pink, while 2S thouglit it to be red. From these facts, it a|jppeans that color-blindness is much more common than is generally supposetl. I‘ i sdoulitless not infrcipiently tlie cause of railroad and steamboat acciilents, persons affected with color-blimlness being unable to distinguish the difference in tlie colored-light signals of the road.

In connection with the above facts, it is of interest lo recall that the use of tobacco is unquestionably one of the moat common causes of color-blindness. One of tho first symptoms of tobacco amaurosis is lessened ability to distinguish colors. 'J his symptom is present before any evidence of impaired siglit makesits appearance. Thisdoubtless explains the reason why color-blindiiesss ia so imioli more frequent in men than in women. It is very singular, indeed, that this explanaiition has not before been offered. The writer called attention to tobacco as a cause of color-blindness several years ago, but no specialist upon this subject has, so far as he knows, ever advanced this view.

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B11ÜED AT THE STAKE,

Because He Murdered a Little Girl-

Drassrd Ry n Rope to (he Hmic or Ills —l*elle<l. Koalcn. Tied (o a NIakc,

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lOustaohiiin tube, tho yawniiif; by ili.stcniling | of indlgnatit oitizona. Hundroda tlio mtisclett is said to act, as a massage, and r people came lo the city to await tile ar- by this treatment tho atrectioii iaire<iuent- | ''‘'’t'' “f gt^td having tlie negro in eus- ly cut sitôt t. Tiic possibility of so simple a ; to-day. tlie Tesas cure sliould be known to all sufferers from earache. In any case, if no relief is obtained, no harm is done, ncr wouhl there be any ilelay in adopting any other treatment.

But never mind, wait, and when she has the opportunity, won’t she show him, that’s all?

What she is to show him, or how, does not transpire. But this awful threat, this carefully disguised and therefore sinister menace, is evidently one of weight, because it adds yet a deeper crimson to Miss Ghesney’s cheeks, and brings to life a fire within her eyes, that gleams and sparkles there unrebuked.

Then it iptietly dies, and nurse entering finds her little mistress again cabn, but un- usually taciturn, and strangely forgetful of her teasing powers.

(TO BR CONTINUF.D.)

Made Him Nervous, Bystander—“Don’t you feel terribly

nervous when you are way up in the air?” Parachute Jumper—“Yes, if there’s a

small crowd.” “What difference does the crowd

Adulterations of Coffee. I’he lovers of Mocha or Cordova coffee

will be interested in knowing that, according to the most recent authorities, the adulteration of coffee is a very common thing. Among (he most common methoils employed are the admixture of coloring matters ; polisliing and burnishing of cheap grades to give them a better appearance ; the admixture of Swedish beans, which

look exactly like the genuine article ; and, in the case of roasted and ground coffee, tlie addition of chicory, beans, peas, corn, rye, acorns, the shells of almonds and other nuts, burnt sugar, pea hulls, and steaming to increase weigtit.

Poisonous Canned Pniit* The extensive use of conned fruit at the

present time renders important every item of information respecting the character of food products presented for consumption when preserved m this way. The Bri/ish Médirai Journal, in a recent number, publishes an account of an outbreak of diarrlnea of a very severe type, in which the symptoms so closely resembled those of cliolera that at first it was supposed that tlie patients were suffering from thisdeadly disorder ; Init a further investigiition re^-eal- ctl the fact tliat the preserved fruit- which : Imd been partaken of by tho various per- ! sons affected, contained copper. How this metal found its way into the fruit is not stale'!. Not infrequently it is used as a coloring matter, as it im])arts a beautiful green color to fruits, and has fre([uently been used for tliis purpose.

Impure Ice- Tins is the season of the year when the

year’s supply of ice is harvested, licnee it is an appropriate time for calling attention to the fact that there ia no scientific soundness in the old theory that freezing will render impure water pure. Freezing does not de- stroytlie germs,neitherdoes itexclude tliem ’J'iie investigations of Dr. Prudden of New York, have shown that typhoid-fever germs aiul otlicr malignant microbes are frequently found in tlie interior of solid blocks of ice. Ice s)i ul ,I never 1)0 taken from rivers, lakes, or other bodies of water into which sewers or drains emjity, or which is polluteil by surface ilrainage, garbage or oilier sources of impurity. River ice is, as a rule, entirely unfit for human consumption. A large part of the ice annually harvested in the winter sea.son, and distributed for consumption during the warm months following, is unlit for use without being thoroughly sterilize»!. But, unfortunately, ice cannot be subjected to a temperature of 212® for any length cf time without disappearing as ice, hence there is no means by which impure ice can be made pure without destroying it, and the only practicable method is to use only such ice as has been collected from pure sources.

Nutritive Value of Potatoes- A German chemist has recently been in-

vestigating the nutritive value of potatoes, and finds that it varies considerably according to the ago of the potato. The amount of starch that the potato contains varies from month to month, as follows, beginning with the tuber when not yet fully developed : August, 10 per cent; September, 14 per cent; October and November, 15 per cent; December, 17 per cent; January, 17 per cent ; February, 1(3 per cent ; March 15 per cent; April, 12 pur cent; May, 10 per cent. Potatoes aro therefore most nutri- tious in the winter, wiien tlicir food value is of greatest service.

New Way of Believing Hiccouch- Hiccough is »lue to the spasmo<lic con-

traction of tlie diaphragm. 'I'liis is the result of the irritation of the ends of the

and Pacific train from the north arrived, it is estimated that the crowd surrounding the depot numbered nearly 20,000 people. Wlien the train arrived a rush was made for the coach iu whicli the negro was confined. The deputy sheriffs and guard of Paris citizens who accompanied tho negro from Texarkana drew their revolvers and attempted to prevent tho mob from taking the prisoner. The guard was quickly over-

phrenic and pneumcgastric ner'-es in the J poweved and a rope was thrown around stomach acting reflexly upon the diaphram. I neck. He was dragged from the The exciting condition of tlie nerve can be overcome by a simple pressure oftheunlex finger, just above tlie upper end of the sternum.

4'IIOLEK.l.

Brcvetit its 4'omltis nail Cure.

The Medical Value of Yawning- A writer in Zeit, a Berlin journal,

advocates yawning as a valuable remedy, quoting as authority. Dr. Naegeli.—

“Jn yawning, not only the muscles which move the lower jaw are used, but also the breathing muscle of the chest, and he wlio yawns to his heart’s content also raises and extends the anus. In the deepest inspiration the clicst remains extended for a short time, the eyes are almost or entirely closed, the ears somewhat raised, the nostrils dilat- ed. Inside the mouth, the Longue becomes round and arched, the palate atillly stretch- ed, and the uvula i.s raised, almost entirely closing tlie space between the nose and throat. At the beginning of the inspiration a cracking noise is heard in the ears, a proof that the duct leading to tlie hearing also .succumbs to this stretching,

“ If the yawning has reached t he deepest point, it will require from one to one and a lialf seconds for it to become noticeable to the hearing. In order to observe tliis, let one place hirr.self at suflicieiitdistanco from a clock, so that its Licking will not be easily heard, and yawn deeply. During this deep breathing the sound ot the clock is not per- oeptillo to the most coreful listening. All this simj)ly goes to show that yawning sets a number of muscles to work, and particu- larly tliose whicli ai-e not directly subject to the will.

“ Although oneyawningiloes not pre.scnt a very agreeable appearance, it is very agreeable to himself, lor the stretching of the mnsclos causes a feeling of comfort ; it acts like massage, and is the most natural gymnastics of the lungs imaginable. Dr. Naegeli, llicrefore, advises people not to concern themselves with so-called decency, but every ^morning and evening and as often as possible, to exercise the lungs and all the muscles of respiration by yawning and stretching, as many clireuic lung troubles may thus be prevented.

Dr. Naegeli orders the patient troubled M'itli too iiuich wax in tlic ear, accompanied with pain, lo yawn often an»l deeply. The pain will soon disappear. Ho also, in case of nasal catarrh, inflammation of the palate, sore throat, and earache, orders the patient as often as possible during each day to yawn from six to ten limes successively, and immediately afterward to swallow. The result will he surprising. If one looks upon yawning as a natural massage for certain organs, he will reach a satisfactory explanation of its curative properties.”

'J'lie above notions may be somewhat extreme, hut yawning is certainly an excellent means of tcration of tiie lungs, and exercise of the respiratory muscles.

Sir Spencer Wells, formerly President of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, Eng., writes on “How to Prevent the Coming of Cholera.” The writer is one of the most distinguished of living scientists and his words carry weight. He first gives a simple account of the properties of tho cholera germ as levealed by modern re- search. The cliolera microbe is a comma- shaped species of infinitesimal vermin which from its vibrating qualities has been named “vibrios.” The cholera visitations of past years have proven that its natural suhere and means of subsistence is water ; that the germs cannot he carrieil by the wind for any distance, but only travel by the direct route of human travel ; filth in itself is not sufficient to generate cholera, althougli it is a pedisposing cause of disease.

“ In all the visitations of cholera to Eng- land the poison has been brought in the .same way, always from Hamburg, and always first attackingdamp, low-level, crowded disiricts, where (as Sir John Simon put i‘.) a ‘dense population lives in the atmosphere of its own excrements and refuse. ’ But mere dampness ami tho vapor of putrefac- tion, however powerfully they may aid in the destructive work of the cholera poison, will not generate it afresh. The seed is not re- created. It is preserved and carried. It passes over the strong, healthy people who live in high and dry places, breathe fresh air, and drink pure water. It decimates the feeble, sickly peojile who are crowded in damp, low-lying districts, who breathe foul air ami «Irink f.ucalizcd water.”

Tlie primary preventive of the spread of cholera is pure drinking water. In impure v.’ater only docs the insidious germ actually tlirive, bill there aro no touts by which the

I presence of organisms hurtful to human beings can be ascertained. There are chemical teats which will tlucide whether or nob organic matter is present in water, but they cannot determine wlicthor the organisms arc injurious to health. All filtere»! water even should bo boiled for five minutes, and the filter itself should lie boiled four minutes once a week.

A much more imjiortant matter is the disposition of the xlead bodies of cholera patients. It has been proven that poisonous germs are preserved by earth, and that it is only a ([iiestion of time wlien even the body that lias been interred in a coffin will impregnate with living organisms the sur-

* rounding earth. The researches of Darwin and I'asteur have also shown that the earth worms m time liriiig these germs to tho surface and disseminate them abroad. In a Yorkshire village part of a closed grave- yard was taken into tho rectory garden. The car Ji was dug up, and scarlatina soon broke out in the rectory nursery, and from thence spread over the village. It proved to be of the same virulent character as the scarlatina which 30 years before liad de- stroyed the villagers liuried in the precise part of the churchyard which lia<ibeen taken into the garden and dug up. No other explanation could )>e offered. The same state of affairs has been found true in smallpox, yellow fever and all zymotic and germinal diseases. Even consumption has been spread by the agency of earth so impregnated. In the city of Philadelphia about a thousand persons die every year of typhoid, and it has been distinctly proved that the water supplied to the city is contaminated by leaRing and drainage from seven large cemeteries.

The writer sums the situation up with the following ringing and sensible para- graphs :

“ If we are ever to abolish cholera we must do all that is possible, collectively and individually, lo raise the standard of national health. Next, we have to protect the people from the seeds of infective diseases, \A’e mu.st intercept the transit of diseased travelers, not by unnecessary and vexatious quarantine restrictions nor inter- ference with commercial and social inter- course between healthy places, but we must insist on careful inspection ot all arrivals from infected ports. The work of the family or tlie individual must be left to tho family doct or. But the lessons which tho cholera of 1892 should teacli everyone are that a supply of pure drinking water must be obtained ; that when this is impossible impure water must be boileil, and when anyone dies the body must be cremated, not buried in the earth.”

train and hurried to the scene of his crime. All along the route he was pelted with missilor, struck by fists and otherwise mal treated. He was tied to a stake and after being subjected to every conceivable torture he was cremated amid tho howling of the mob. All citizens of the town and surrounding country, irrespective of class or color took part in the lynching.

AX AWFUL TORTUKK.

Words to describe the awful torture in' dieted upon Smith cannot be found. The negro for a long time after starting on the journey to Paris did not realize his plight. At last, when he waj toll he must die the most awful death by slow torture that human mind could conceive, he begged for protection. He was willing to bo shot and begged Marshal Shankfin to do it. But he was told he would be burned to death. H agony was awful. He pleaded and writhed in bodily rnd mental pain in anticipation. Scarcely had tho train reached Paris when his torture commenced. His clothes were torn off piecemeal and scattered in the crowd, people catching the shreds ami putting them away as mementoes. The child’s fatlier, her brother and two uncles then gathered about the negro as he lay fastened to the torture platform an<l thrust hot irons into his quivering flesh. Every groan from the fiend, every contortion of his body was cheered by the thickly packed crowd of 10,000 people. The mass ot beings was G'K) yards in diameter, the scaffold being the centre.

EYHS BURNED OUT.

Before burning the feet and legs the hob irons, plenty of fresh ones being at hand, were rolled up and down Smith’s stomach, back and arms. Then the eyes were burned out and irons weie thrust clown his throat. The men of the Vance family liaving wreak- ed vengeance the crowd piled all kinds of combustible stuff around the scaffold, pour- ed oil on it and set it on fire. J’he negro rolled and wriggled and tossed out of the mass only to be pushed back by the people nearest him. He tossed out again and was roped and pulled back. Hundreds of people turneci a\Va,y, buE th'? ''''st crowil siill looked calmly on. People were there from every part of this section. News of llio burning was sent to every town, and anvils boomed forth the annoancement.

Simple Treatment For Chafing in Children.

The Ways of (he ('/ar.

The Czar’s daily iiabits of life are those of a Pope rather than of a secular monarch, liis relaxations tliosc of a prisoner rather than of a potentate. When residing at GaLcliino ho gemrally rises at 7 a.m., whereas few noblemen in the capital leave their beds much before midday ; and I am porsoimlly acqnainte»! with two who rise with tlie regularity of clockwork at 3 o’clock every day. He then takes a quiet stroll in the uninteresting, well-watched palace park, returns to early breakfast, and engages in severe manual labor as a preparation for the olficial work of the day.

The latter consists mainly hi tho reading and signing of enormous piles of edicts, ukases, laws, and reports, all of which he conscientiously endeavors to understand. Upon tho margins of these documents lie writes his decisions or h:s impressions with a frankness and abamlon whicli laughs pru- dence and propriety to scorn. Those who maintain tliat he is kept in complete or even partial ignorance of the cruel measures adopted in his name, or else that hia boasted lo/eof his people is but tlie varnish of hypocrisy, are as much astray in tlie matter of fact as in their appreciation. Cold-blootl- edcineltyor savage hatred is not the cor- rect name of tlie motives that inspired the slaughter of the Amalekites by Saul, or the autos da fe of Arbues de Epila ; ami it shouM not be forgotten that there is a moral ailment called a false conscience, the effe«jt of which is to poison the action without vitiating its source. “ Men never <lo wrong 80 ihorouglily and so cheerfully,” says Pascal, as when they are obeying the promptings of a false principle of conscience.”

To fancy, theretore, as many English op- timists do, that the JOmperor needs only to be informed of tlie fact in order to repeal the cruel laws and remodel the system of government which is ruiuing his people is as reasonable as to delude one’s self with the pleasing notion that an illiterate peas- ant need-s but a pair of spectacles in order to enable him to read liis Bible.

Aakins: Too Much- Aunty—“ And so you go to school? Now

tell me what you have learned at school”

Bepairlnjr Connlry Beads. The proper time to begin woik or repairs

is in the early spring, just after the frost comes out of the ground, as soon as the roads have thoroughly settled and dried out. Where the road is old, with a good solid bed, the first thing to be done ia lo cover it all over with a light dressing of gravelly material, and when possible finish it off with a top coating of hard-pan ; but avoid putting it on too thickly, lost the going become heavy, as it is slow to dry out. Loam is worse than useless, bccauso it never packs properly, and makes mud. Ca must be taken to raise the road up towards the centre, and give it a slight elevation at the crown, but only just enough to shed the water on either side into the gutters. On a level straight road the crown should only bo slightly convex, for rounding up a narrow road in the middle is objectionable, insotnucli as it has the immediate effect of forcing wheels of vehicles to run away in the same line and wear away the new material into deep ruts that quickly become watercourses for the wash of the next rain, and assist the rapid destruction of the road by preventing the water from reaching the gutters. As fast as tho new material can be laid on, it should be very carefully raked over to remove all the large stones and as many of the smaller ones as possible ; for where this, precaution is neglected until the stuff packs down hard, which happens in a few «lays, the stones become so firmly embedded that they are not only difficult to remove, but soon cause the road to wear in humps and bumps, and later in the season, during the dry weather, they work up continually and become a source of annoyance and danger. These stones should never be left in piles along the road-side, to be driven into, or scattered about by mischievous boys or stray cattle, but carted immediately away and dumped out of sight. The gutters should then be carefully cleaned by removing from them all deposits of mud, decayed leaves, or branches which have collected there during the winter months ; never allow this stuff to be heedlessly thrown along the edges of tho gutters or on the banks above them, for the first rains will surely wash all back to Its old place, and tlie work has to be done over again. It is even worse to spread it out on the roail, according to the common but mistaken practice of many road-masters, since decayed material can never pack properly, and always tends to make mud in wet and dust in dry weather. —[ Harper’s Wee k 1 y

SVFFEBIîG AT 8E.I. CD

Three Sailors Bcsiriu (1 From a Korwesilnu Shl|i—They Killcil and Devoured One of Their €oiiipaulous.

A despatch from Hamburg says :—Tho three seamen from the Norwegian sliip Thfckla, who were rescued and were lande»! here by the Danish barque Herman, were rendered insane by their sufferings in the rigging of the foundering vessel. Two of them recovered sufficiently to tell the story of Thekla’s voyage. She was in heavy weather, they say, from December 2nd, when she left Philailelphia. Her decks were floode»! almost constantly. The deck houses and rails were swept away, and the steering apparatus was broken. 'J’hen, when it was fourni tliat there was no hope of bringing the ship into port, the master mate, and eight members of the crew got away in a boat. The other boats had been smashed by the waves before tliey could be lowerc<l. Nino men were obliged to remain in the rigging. They were iinalile to get foo»l from l)elow, and five of them made insane by exposure and privation, jumped overboard. The other four remained aboard from December 22nd till January 7th, the day of tlie rescue. On the thirteenth day lots were drawn to determine who of the four shouhl be killed an«l eaten. The lot fell twice in succession to a Dutcli sailor and he was strangled and devoured raw by the other three. The only drinking water the seamen got was the dew they licked from the ropes.

Not flis Fault- Teacher—“ Whatmade you late atscliool

this morning ?” Boy—“Our now girl.” Teacher—“Did slie have breakfast late ?” Boy—“ No’m, butshe shut th’ kitchen

door, an’I couldn’t smell the buckwheat

Tlie first Sunday paper appeared in Lon- HI in 1788.

A member of the Peary relief expedition, says it is doubtful whether there exists a more exhilarating sport than fighting ,^he walrus. In ti^r-hunting you kill y6ur prey—if lie does not kill you first—and that ends it. In walrus hunting you kill your prey and ilien your trouble be- begins. It is easy enough to sho<^t your first walrus. Ho will lie on an ice cake along with his companions and allow you to come within a hundred feet, if you approach gently in a srrall-boat. Then, raising his superb head until it offers the best possible target for your bullets, he will regard you in silence, and you can plant a shot in his vulnerable neck, off-hand. Theii there will be flops on many neighboring ice floes, and flaslie.s in the water, ami loml, hoarse barkings will l ing out, and in a moment you will see so i.cihing that wdl make your heart jump, even thougli yon be experienced ill «langer.

In all hunting you will not see a more terrible nor a nore magnificent bit of action than the cliarge of a herd of walrus. When cue of them is woiindc-l they collect ill groups of twenty or tliirty.

'L'heir large circular eyes, briglit red in the sunlight, glare with hat.rcil : their long, while tusks gleam fiercely, ami, lifting llietr great heads high out of t!ie water, clashing the foam away from (heir breasts with tlieir swift motion, tliey rush upon you in a mass. If one gets hi- tusks over the gunwale of your boat your life is worth exceedingly little. A walrus weiglis nearly a ton, and he is as strong in proportion. He may either tip your boat over or punch a hole through it with his tusks; in either case you would fall into water so cold that yon would not be able to survive five minutes, even if the walrus did not attack

Flight from the charge is impossible ; the walrus can rush through tlie water much faster than you can row. Vour only safe course is to shoot the leaders of the herd. Then the rest are encumbered by the Iielo- less bodies of their comrades lying upon tho water; the charge is broken; tiie walrus become confused and frightened.

There is a mass of licads wildly bobbing up for a moment, and then tliey halt, turn with one accord and flee.

That is their nietho«l of fighting when they are assembled in numbers. When only .two or three are gathere«l together they lack the confidence for a charge, but they pursue tactics that are just as exciting to those against whom their fire is kindled. They lift up their heads afar off, and gauge the distance between themselves and your boat. Then they dive wdth much ungrace- ful exhibition of a black back and flopping of broadhind flippers. The interval during which they aro umler water is not pleasant for you. Fortunatel} they do not often calculate their distance perfectly. Usually a great black heail appears ten or fifteen feet away from you.

And you must he quitJ ready to shoot it with great promptness or it will «lisappear again and in a inomeiif'you will feel a scrap- ing upon the bottom of your boat and it will begin to rise bodily out of the water. That incident happened to us in our first walrus fight. Fortunately the walrus changed his mind about tipping the boat over and con- tented himself with raising one end of it on high and sliding out from under it. For his pains he was instantly shot and harpooned.

think tliorc is no one who was in the boat will soon forget his sensations as it began slowly to rise out of tho water.

We hail five walrus hunts, and every member of our party, 1 think, brought on board the Kite at leas’', one walrus head to his own rifle. Of all t!*c five the most interesting was perhaps, one which occurred an hour or so after the first fight was over and while the two walrus that we had cap- tured were being skinned and skeletonized for the Academy of Natural Sciences. Two of tlie members of the party ha«l been in the first fight without rifles, and they were eager for a shot at a walrus, 'l'herefore, when a black body was sighted upon an ice floe, tfiesc men promptly took the small boat and, with one of the ship’s crew, start- eil »)ff after the animal.

Threading their way among the count- less small floes that are tlirown olTfroin tlie edge of the main pack ami upon whicli the walrus lie, they came lo the s])ot ^vhere t.he black tiling had l)cen seen. But tliere was no black thing'there ; it had been, nota walrus, but a seal, ami seal? are wary. Tlirec more disappointe«l men («reciiland did not contain, fl'hey held a council ; should they go back to the ship or not ? A fog was coming up, forming a gloomy back- ground lo one luigo berg ofa gliastly while hue that was agrouml near by.

Fogs arc even more dangerous in Green- land waters than clsewliere, for the echoes from the ice make it impossible to follow a distant signal. A smbleii noise decided tho hunters ; there wa.s an unmistakable walrus bark over by the l)org. Silently but swiftly the sailor skulled tlie boat toward a dark spot that now was visible on a floe. As the impartial person of tho three, he was to give tlie word to fire. Tiie walrus raised his head, the avonl was given anti the three shots rang out together. Nothing eould have been neater. The walrus dropped instantly an»l lay deatl upon the ice pan.

Usually the slain animals slide from the ice and then you must liarpoon them at once or they will sink. To tow it to the ship would be impossible, fnr young ice was forming a quarter of an incli thick, ami it was hard work to send the boat through without half a ton of extra weight dragging astern. The sailor solved a problem by taking up an ax' that lay :ii the boat to be used in rebuking such walrus as .should im- pertinently put their tusks over the gunwale, and cutting off the animul’a head. That was a trophy for one man. The hunters wanted one apiece. There were more walrus on cakes ahead, but there were also more gathering in the water to avenge the death and decapitation of their friend.

They were swimming about in twos anil threes and stretching their long necks high out of the water to see where the foe was lying. The prospect looked ticklish. But gradual^ tlio men worked the boat within range of a floe upon which two great bodies were lying. One, a magnificent gray fel- low, raised his huge head. It was too much, the sailor sculled rajiiJly around into a good position, gave tlie wonl, the reports rang out, the walrus fell, then rose. Two more shots and lie lay helpless on the ico, Hia companions disappeared, as they usually do at the first discharge of a rifle.

The men bent to the oars. As they «Irew near the floe they saw iwo I'clpless )>aby walrus lying by the side of their ileadfather on the ice. At that moinentthere rose over the opposite edge of tlie ice the head and shoulders of the mollier walrus. In the teeth of the approaching boat she advanced, took her offspring upon her shoulders ami .swam away. For her devotion she was allowed lo go unharmed.

Meanwhile the sailor luul made ready his ax and as the boat was laid alongside the floe he sprang on the ice. Ho lui«l never seen the walrus before, and I;c did not wonder, as did his companions, at the ali- sence of tlie herd. Suddenly one of the hunters exclaimeil :

“ There they come !” The sailor made one leap from the Iloe to

tlie boat. “ Take the oars, take tlie oars !” he ex-

claimed. “ For the love of the saints, let’s get out. We’re all dea«l men.”

“ Nonsense,” replied one of the liunters, “ you get back on the floe and cut off the brute’s head and we’ll keep off the rest. Be quick as you can, though.”

Forthwith there ensued lively five minutes, Sharp reports of the rifles, heavy blows of the ax, blowing of tliu walrus, splashing of water, as the brute-s plunged about—flimlly a scramble, a leap, and tlie jailor was sculling tlie boat away from that ice floe for dear life and there were two tro- pliies to be taken back to tlio Kile. The walrus did not pur.siie the liLile craft. Tliey appeared to be content with the retreat of ti»e invaders.

“Harold, papa e.alls you <i. fortune hunt er. I’m sorry I'm rich.” “.So um ]. Every body will say that you bouglit me,”

A serious famine prevails in Finlaml, and advices from several Bourccs i.tate tliat a large proportion of the inhabitants of tliat country arc perilously ncarsiarvation. 'J’wo liumlre»! thousand persons of a total populalion cf 2,- 000,000 are entirely destitute, ami before the winter ends it i exjiected that one-foriuh of the whole number of iniiabitanis will be in .a similar sad plight. The Finns have hard w< rk to make a livingat the best of times, becaupe of tho poor soil ami rigorous climate. l.a.iC summer the potato and rye crops were eiilu r d«îstroyed or seriously damaged by constant night frosts in J uly, August,and Septembei, Many districts known to be in great distre.j « are now isolated by snow ami ice, ami in others the inhabitauts are existing on bread composed largely or wholly of birch bark.

Before a fire company in Berlin starts for The Finnish senate has voted several million a fire, the members are drawn up in line, marks for the relief of the sulTerers, and a

(§kngim-n |ldus

ALEXANBKIA. FEB. 17, IHl-ii.

THK snj’gostion has boen thrown out that the opposition in the local house should follow the example of their leader Mr. W. K. Meredith and disband. No greater tributs could be paid to tlie honesty aud integrity which have chavactorized the management of provincial affairs by Sir Oliver Mowat and his colloagucs.

MB. TABT-C has been declared duly elect- fed in L’lslot county the oHlcial majority being 3G. He took his seat in the Hou.se of Commons on Tuesday, so we may shortly look for his long promised im- peachmeiit of certain judgtis, aud further revelations as to the shady d)ings of the kaighi of the eye glass, Sir Adolphe Caron. ____

IT is Mr. McCarthy’s intention to move

an amendment to Mr. Foster's tariff resolutions in effect that all duties on goods imported from Great Britain bo reduced. The Hon. Mr. Davies’ motion to this effect was snowed under by the Conservative majority last session, wa trust that a like fate d )0s not await the resolution about to be introdueed by Mr. McCarthy.

Tne opposition in the local house are at present following the c.aamplo sot them bv their Conservative friends at Ottawa at playing a waiting game as to their policy for the future, they are at sea as to whether it should bo of an ultra-Brotestaut or pro-Catholic character. On one point, bowevor, they are in unison and that is that it must be a “winner.”

THS Empire still reiterates that the taxpayer has been relierod of the tax of #3,500.000 by the removal of the duty on raw sug<ar. Tlio taxpayer has received no relief. Instead of paying ^.3,500,000 to iho government, ho now pays it in en- couragement to the Canadian refiners, and the revenue diflcii must be made up by additional contributions.

Os Friday last Sir Richard Cartwright put the qniotu.s on the assertion frequently made by ths Tories and their press, that the obu.ixions coal oil tax was imposed by the Mackenzie administration. • Showing that while he w.vs Finance Minister the •xciso tax upon c.ial was abolished and the cuatoma duty on oil, wliich Sir John Mac- donald’s government had fixed at 15 cents pjr gallon was reduced to 0 cents.

THE FliASCIIISE ACT

A MOTE ill the right direction was made at the laat'mooting of the oounties’ council whon a raa->lution was adopted dccKaring that the present obnoxious franchise act should bo repealed and the work of preparing voters’ lists for federal elections 1-eft to the municipal ofliiers. A petition embodying those views Ins been presented to parlia- mout by 11. 11. McLennan, M. P. We have long contended that the present co.stly and complicated machinery by wliicli ths Federal lists arc now prepared, should never have boon allowed to sec the light of day. A quarter of a million of dollars of public money is wasted at each revisiou'fbr the sole purpose of giving agents of the Dominion

government povror to stuff the lists in the intoresis of that pwty. That much additional tax is squeezed out of tho ratepayers to keep in power men wlro legislate in favor of tho oombiuosters an 1 monopolists. Tho point we are most pleased to noto regarding this resolution, is tliat the mover and seconder are Conservatives, which goes to show that the contentions of the Koforiu press for tho repeal of the act, have borne -fruit. If weave to judge from tho comments x>f the Staud-7rd on this quaction in its last issue, we would say that Mr. McLennan qoresontod the petition with considerable reluctance. Mr. P.. R. McIiOnnan’s paper, the Cornwall Standard, says:—“In our opinion it would bo a decidedly retrograde rooyemont to abolish the act.” Wohowever are of opinion,and evidently in the opinion of the counties* council,a reh-ograde movement that moans a saving of #2-50,00€ to the rs.tepayors of the Dominion, is tlie kind of

action w\i are in need off.

A DlSAPPOrSTISC PVhGET

Those of our people who expected a largo reduction of tho tariff in the intei'osta of our farming population have been doom- ed to disappointment. Mr. Foster, in bringing down his budget, declares that no change will lo made with tho exception of the reduction of the duty on Linder twine to 12J per cent and the permission to bring in coal oil in bulk, removing the duty on havroln and the inspection dues. This is the full extent of the tariff changes—a partial removal of duty on th.ese twoitoms. On one point Mr. Foster made no uncertain sound, ami that is the determination of the governniont to stick to its protecti\e policy to the hilt. It remains to be seen whether they will be able to carry their supporters with them, in face of the strong protests from all parts of tho country against the burdens jjlaced on tlie fanning population.

Now is the time for Mr. McLennan, the member for Glengarry, to redeem his pledges to do all in his power in the in- terests of tho farmer and to prove that he is not a hide-bound partisan. We shall await with interest future developments.

THE VSVAJ. TORY TACTICS

“Tho taxes collected are for inunici]>al purposes, county council, township improvement, roads, schools, etc., and to )a) officials appointed by Mr. Mowat at arge salaries in the county town and

throughout tho county.”—0'Zr»g6J»ri<i».

In our issue of tho 3rd inst. we requested tho Glciujarruin to bo more explicit and name tho officials appointed bv Mr. Mowat at large salaries who were paid out of our taxes, and it its last issue it gives the following list with the amounts paid :—

Clerk of the Peace #572.19 Const abl'.-s 448.70_ Coroners 147.7.5 County Attfuuiey 184.5fi (4aol-‘r aud turukcv 990.00 Govornment Auditors 30.00 Sheriff 1643.75

#4022.9.5

Not one of the above officials is appointed by Mr. Mowat witlt salary, they are all paid by f’>es for work done for tho county except tlio gaoler and turnkey whose salaries are paid by the county. Con- stables tire ajipointed by the quarter ses- sions. The fund from which the above officials are ])aid is the administration of justice fund, aud tlic counties receiver, from tho Ontario Government last year towaids that fund the sum of #2763.37. 'J’be (llcuijarruin also touches on the U'’cnso question. We will take tluit ViiOcr i.p .-.t .LU rarlv di-.u*.

TARIFF REFOnU

Never in the history of Canada was there such universal clamoring for the changing of an old, or the making of a new law, as is being made at present for tariff reform, in every every direction, from ocean to ocean, by every every class, the cry goes up for tariff reform, and come it must. Notliing else will so effectually check the exodus, put a stop to corruption in high places, and so promptly and completely remove the load from tho sl.oulders of the farming and laboring classes and enable them to get a proper return for their labor.

As things are at present, those ol us who have to -work for our living get tho short end of it at every turn ; offer for sale our labor, or the product thereof, and wo get only bankrupt prices. We do not get as much by any means as they do in Great Britain or in the U. S.

Then when we come to buy our supplies, wc feel tho effect more keenly. Btill, being compelled to pay long prices for inferrior goods, it is no argument to say prices are lower than they wore years ago, as long as prices are still lower elsewhere and would

be lower here, but for tlie duties. It is not putting it a whit too strongly

to say that the extortionate prices we aie compelled to pay for all iron goods, coal oil, cotton, tweeds, itc., are nothing less than legalized robbery.

Then look at the prices obtainable for everything oiir farmers have to sell. Let any one who doubts tho correctness of our remarks be forced to sell off his belongings, he will got about as much for his horse as a sheep ouglit to bring, aud everything else in proportion.

Now the trouble is just this. Our government while professing to bo patriotic, is nothing of the kind, but rather an “ office holding combination” at any cost, who have been placed in a quandary, they know the country from end to end is against them and thv-ir policy, they d..n’t know tliat the granting of tariff reform such as the manufacturers and the C.P.U. would allow them to give, would return them to power, but no doubt think their best plan would bo to hoodwink the tax- payers with a make-shift change of tho tariff, and rely on a lavish expenditure at tho polls, which has been found so successful in thwarting the will of tho people in the past. In good time, tho men who are profiting by the N.P. will bo told “you have had your innings,” you have not failed to take advantage of the opportunity given you, you have filled pockets and hands at the expense of tho farmer, you have more than lined your nest, you did not stay like the farmer aud hold your face to the quiet stone, but steered for ^'co trade, England, and thus escaped the taxation, others had to groan under ; from .his time forth no goTernment will be allowed to wring more taxes from the people, than will economically carry on tho affairs of tho country ; then will the country say to Caron “ Go sun your- self in the smiles of the men you so lavish- ly corrupted with our money,” to Iîaggp,rk, “go spend tho rest of your days on tho banks of that canal you spent so much of •»ur money on,” and to one and all of the •;Iass th-ey represent, “make way for men who will do tho will of the people, who will not violate their sacred pledges, and who will strive to upbuild the country’s finances, rehabilitate her name and

.ceputatiou, and the first steps and the name to conjure by is TARIFF REFORM.

DOilLNIO^’ TARLIAMENT OTTAWA FKB. 15.

A very lengthy report of the proceedings at the recent conference at Halifax between the representatives of tho Dominion and Newfoundland was presented to the house Wednesday evening. After an animated discussion it was finally resolved to ask the Imperial Government to appoiut tho consuls at St. Pien*o to act as arbitra- tors and Sir John Thompson promised that the Dominion would assist in enforcing tho Newfoundland bait act. Sir William Whitoway stated that tho Im- perial Government were anxious to settle tho matter, but the French apparently wore not. The proceedings terminated without any ts.ngible result. The tariff reform once more came to tho front. Mr. Cleveland Conservative member for Rich- mond and Wolf made a strong attack upon tho coal oil tax. D. Macdonald dolivorod an admirable speech on the iui(juitiou8 tariff, aud Mr. Moncrioff, of Peti'olia, began an elaboratly prepared defense of the tax. Sir John Thompson insisted ui>on the odjoiirnment of the debate until after the budget had been brought dowm. In reply to Mr. Grieve the government stated that it was intend- ed to revise tlie voters’ lists this year. Mr. Clarke Wallace said in reply to Mr. Langelier regarding tho pickle industries that the imports last year wore valued at #67,436, while the duty was #24,830. The government’s policy regarding tho continuance of the duty would bo made known next week. Dr. Weldon in an able speech moved the second reading of his bill to disfranchise electors who have taken bribes, ho made many references to the acts of corruption and bribery which has marked the policy of tho government ho supports. He omitted, however, to say anytliing about the wholesale corruption of consti- tuencies which has marked the path of the National Policy. Mr. Amyot’s bill to mako voting compulsory was ficrcly do- nounced by Mr. Joanette of L’Assomption, Sir John Thompson conclomned it and it was rejected without division. Dr. Mac- donald’s speech on the coal oil tax, made a thorough expose of tho whole businesi. He used a mass of statistics to show that the Canadian consumer is fleeced by the tariff on imports of coal oil so high that the prico is mado exactly double. His speech was warmly applauded and showed that there is no better authority on that question in Canada. On Saturday the comedy of tariff reform was side-tracked for tho time being, and an interesting farce took its place, it is proposed to call the new play “Injured Innocence or Political Purity Personified.” Sir Adolphe Caron was tho chief actor and although somewhat nervous, made a very good thing unloading his faults upon his subor- dinates. The militia estimates were the cause of the new departure. The management under Sir Adolphe came in for a very severe handling. Mr. Patterson was in- duced under tho hard pressure of Mr. Lister in giving to the house an outline of the features of General Herbert’s schemes which liad been adopted. The general himself was an interested listener to the discussion. Tho pay of city corps lind been increased during tho past year by #950 that of the rural battolione #450. Pay of active militia attending schools was

IN STllKNCiTII GIVlNii and hoallns; I»ow««r .AinhnrnV <'<><ll.ivvr Oil Kmu!«ion

#10,000 more than last year. 'J'he force in Nova Scotia, Manitoba and the Pacific coast are to bo increased. No corps will in future bo kept in existence unless it is in a thorougli state of efficiency. It is in- tended to ask the government for #100,000 payable over five years to provide for new field artillery and the Quebec cartridge factory will cither be put into working order or closed up. The ))roniineut scene of the performance was however tho tilt between Mr. Lister and Sir Adolphe. Mr. Davies having condemned the past management of tiio militia department, Sir Adolphe dofmided himself by denying that ho had over been guided by political con- siderations. This brought Mr. Idater to his feet and iu a short and rapidly concise manner lie asserted that tho militia department under the Caron management was absfdutcly rotten.

On Monday for the third tinio the tariff was again brought into question by a Con- servative member, Mr. N. I. Davin, who moved for a reduction of the duties upon barbed wire, agricultural implements, coal oil and cotton and a complete freedom of taxation upon binding twine. Thus did Mr. Davin attempt to absolve himself of the paternity of tlie National Policy.

Col. Denison introduced Mr. McCarthy’s bill against tho continuance of the dual language and tho Separate School System in the Northwest. A hill to amend the civil service act was also brougnt in by the Secretary of State. How Mr. Foster told Mr. Kowand that tho recent regulations of tho United States guarantino would prevent the export of cattle in via. ports to Groat Britain, but heommittod that which is now pu'clic matter that those same regulations will effectually put a stop to any attempt of Canadiaji cattle breeders to exhibit at the Worlds’ Fair, Chicago. This will mean tho loss of a good deal of

moncY to many of tho breoclers who have already made extensive preparations for that event.

Tho long-looked-for budget was delivered by Finance minister Foster on 'J'uosday,the usual array of figures wore brought into play to strengthen that gentleman’s oft repeated assertion that the country was prospering under the protective system. To the many tariff kickers on thJ govern-

ment side of the House the slight changes made in the tariff were like their receiving a stone in reply to their cry for bread. But the result was anticipated by the Opposition as they recognize the hold the manufacturers have upon our present rulers. Tho tariff changes announced by Mr. Foster are a reduclion of tho duty on binder twine from 25% to 12^% (v.hi'h moans about Ic per lb. less to the farmer,) and tho cancelling of tho regulaliou for- bidding the importation of coal oil in tanks, which will be equivalent to a reduction of 2o per gallon on tho prico of Amer- ican oil. Sir Richard Cartwright at the close of an able speech in which ho showed how the heavy burdoni of taxation had impoverished the farmers and the crying need for tariff reform, moved tho following amendment :—

“That tho proaont customs tariff boars lieavily and unjustly upon the great con- suming classes of tho Dominion and should bo at once thoroughly reformed in tlie direction of froo trade,and that thâmount

of tazcb levied should bo limited to the sum required to meet tho necessilies of tho government efficiently and economically administered.”

LOCAL BRIEFS.

—Rev. Father McB\e. of Glen Novis, was in town on Thureday.

—We arc. in rccLipt of an interesting letter from a rosid-jnt of Williamstown in reference to tlie liquor cases tried there on tho lOlh inst., which for want of space we are oompelled to hold over till our next

—Messrs. Ilodgon Bros. & C.o., proprio, tors of the Alexandria Shoe Factory are at present erocting an extension to tho rear of tlieir factory to be used as an engine and boiler room.

—Mr. Duncan McNab. of Eat Portago, visited his father, Mr. Archibald McNab,

deenno inspector, the latter part of last

ENDOSSET) BY Tnz LEADEBS—When a romedy is endorsed by ministers, editors, merchants, farmers and leading men of all classes, it is strong cvidonco that that remedy has great merit and dees what is claimed for it. Such a remedy is Burdock Blood Bitters, its wonderful success as a cure for dyspepsia, bad blood, etc., is well known to old and young.

A FARMER’S OPlHiON

To the Editor of the NEWS

When a lawyer like Dalton McCarthy, who hat for long been one of tho bright and shilling Hgiits of the Tory parly, can see the great, and crying need of tariff reform, wliy should it be necessary for Liberal newspapers, to print one lino for the purpose of convincing farmers, that it is the great need of tlio day.

Borne leading Tory papers admit that the farmers are not well of at present, but Tory-like they put the wiiole blame on the farmers for their cursod oxfcravag?mce,thGy used to have but one rig, a lumber waggon, now they have two, and sometimes three, ooiibistiiig of a buggy, spring waggon and lumber waggon. They used to wear home- spun and home-made clothes. Now they wear factory made cloth just like tho rest of the people ; it never occurs to those editors, that if the farmers were to return to their primitive mode of life, times would be as liard with- tho manufacturers, as they arc with the farmers, but that this is a fact must be manifest to evsri’body.

That Canada is as fine a farming country as lies uuder the sun cannot be gainsaid, but tho government at Ottawa have held the fanner while the manufacturers have riffled his pockets, and tliey have made good use of thoirtimo. Witness Mr. Massey, tho head of the Agricultural implement combine giving #50,000 to build a music hall. Did ho make tliis money out of any other class than tho farmers?

No ! Every dollar of it was made out of the farmers. Yet, loss than two years ago, the same gentleman voted to “keep things as they are” P.nd right after the election, put in an appuaranco at Ottawa looking for special favors, so when a farmer says “ I get less for the prodtict of my farm, and g't less for my liard- earned dollar, ” lie is not far afield.

Yours i’c.

Dalkeith, Feb. 13th, ’93. A SuryEBEK.

WHEN I.N DEBPATB—When in despair of being cured of lung troubles, there is still a hope, and a strong hope of perfect cure in Dr, Wood’s Norway Pine Byrup, ’riiis medecine cures oven after all others have faiDft, and no one suffering from couglis, colds, asthma, Jbroncliitis, hoarseness, otc., need despair of cure while Norway Pino Byru)) is obtaiuaUe.

THE TARIFF IN POETRY

“A SKTTLEB’S PLAINT”

Will you walk into my country ? Says tho bright Canadian ily,

It's the very finest country yon ever y«t did spy,

We’ll give you laud for nothing, don’t oven ask a rent.

But from everything you buy here, Wd’ve Twenty-Five per cent.

You see we’ve got a family, and so wo must be doing.

And tho’ we do onr level best we cannot keep thorn going,

■With salaries and subsidies, interest on money lent.

Even then it does not soom to do on Twenty-Five per cent.

Our eldest boy “a darling,” wo christened him N.P.,

His constitution’s undermined, or so it Booms to me,

Wo’ve fed him upon luxuries to a terrible

But still it does not keep him up. this Twenty-Five per cont.

W'e swathed him up ia cotton, a most tromendou» coil ;

Wc gave him steel and iron, aud rnbbod him with coal oil,

Ho has boon taking lioodla drops, as an emolient,

But nothing seems to keep him up, even Twonty-Five per cent.

Wo lot him play with implomonts, aud many other toys,

Electric liglit and telephone, that pleases othor boys,

But s]5ito of all that wo can do ho docs not seem content.

Ho grumbles, grumbles for still more than Twonty-Five per cent.

I’m afraid we’ll loso tliat baby ; we cannot keep him hero ;

Wc must submit to Providence, tho' ho is 80 very dear.

You 803 he cannot walk alone, tho' fourteen years he’s spent,

Ho nocmingly needs more support than Twenty-Five per cont.

Our other bov, “A Whopper,” wo called him C. P’ H.,

Tho’ weak at first, he's stronger now, and beats the c'tliur far,

Has a stomach like an ostrich, his health is excellont.

He’s thriving like a mushroom, upon 'I'wenty-l'ive per cont.

It takes a lot to keep him up, with coron- ets for tiles.

His suits tliey take a lot of staff to clothu 6.000 mih's.

He eats up all lio comes across, does this voracious gent.

Ho takes a branch line for his lunch, sauce Twenty-five per cent.

Iu fact, he’s grown so very strong, we ds-re not say him nay,

For fear ho kicks us out of doors some bitterly cold day,

He has us ail upon a string, wo go whoro we are sont,

He’ll gulp the lot. ho will not leave, even Twenty-five per cent.

You sav you don’t believe it, you think it can’t be truo,

I’ve parliamentarv papers for it, indeed ’tis nothing now,

The thing has lasted fourteen years, and millions have been spent,

Upon these infant industries, at Twenty- five per cent.

How will YOU folks stand tliis ? How long is’t going to last ?

The census shows it will not do, by the ten years gone past,

Tho young men are all leaving us ; they can’t find aliment.

It sucks tho country's Hfoblood out, thi^ Twenty-five per cont.

The above was read in the sonato last week as an explanation of hi.-i viyws on the N.P. by Senator Boulton, of Manitoba, who was elevated to tho ioaato by Sir John A. Macdonald, and who, though a pronounced Conservative cannot swallow tho present high tariff.

ÜBirUAüï

THE I,ATE JOHN j. M’onvAim.

After a Ihigoring and painful illness of some six weeks’duration the late John J. McDonald, contractor, died at the Bt. Lawrence Hail, Montreal, on Sunday morning last. Deceased name was world wide as one of tho most energetic, enter- prising and Ruccesaful contractors that wa* over connected with engineering in tho Dominion. Hi was born in ths “Glen” in 1836 and WAS in his 57tli year at tho time of his demise. Aftoi receiving tlie ordinary schooling of tliat tiino, ho started to work out his future under his uncle, tho late Mr. Alexander McDonald, better known as “Big Alex.” Wliilij with his uncle tlisy built a large portion of iho Great Western Railway, which ia now a portion of the Grand Trunk. Deccasod also built the Petrolia branch. Ho noxt constructed several sections of the Intercolonial Rp-ijway to the entire satisfaction of all concerned. With Messrs. Manning A McLaren as partners, he carried through to a successful issue tlie building of tho famous B. sootion of the Canadian Pacific. Another work that owes its successful completion to his great engineering skill was the Temiscouata Railway which runs from Riviere du Loup to l^ldniouton, N. B. Mr. McDonald was looked up to by all with whom he came iu contact as being honest and exact iu all his dealings, as knowing more about the cost of building railways than any other man in the Dominion a.s possessing business qualities of the most marked character, a man wliose word was as go>id as his bond. It has often been said that Glengarry is tlie iathu-r of contractors, and we think justly so. In this case the county as a whole will mourn in union with the relatives of the deceased the great loss they have sus- tained. The funeral took place in Ottawa on Tuesday morning and was very largely attended, influential men of Toronto, Mon- treal and othor centres being present to pay their last tribute of respset to one for whom tliey had always niaiataiiied a deep admiration.

MKS. JOB. G0YETT2, 5TH KENTON.

On Wednesday of last week after an illness of 5 months Mrs. Jos. Ooyette died at her resid-jnee 6-5 Kenyon. The funeral took place Lo tlio Bt. Finnans burying ground on Friday morning. To add to his already overflowing cup of grief, Mr. (hiyette's little infant son died on Buiiday. He has the sympathy of his acquaint anccs in his dual loss.

I), M. M’DONAUO, Snn KENTON.

We have also to clironicle the deeth of the late D. M. McDonald, 13-3 Kenyon, which occniTtil on Baturday last. Deceas- ed was in his 62nd year at the time of liis death. Ho was well known to many or our readers, having in his early days taught school in this neighborhood. U lie funeral wliich took place on Monday to the Catholic cemetery here was largely attended.

MP.S. .lOANKTTE, 4TH KCNT ON

Mrs. Joanette mother of Jos. Joanotte, 4th Kenyon, died at her son’s rosideiico on Wednesday of lust week, the faieral taking place on P’riday morning to Bt. Finnans burying ground. Mr. Joanette had the misfortune to lose his wife only some three months ago, and now he mourns the loss of a dovolud mother.

MISS ANNIE M’illf.CAN, CTII XENYON.

Miss .\nnie McMillan. 23-6 Kenyon, daughter of tlie late John McMillan died at her residence on 'j'hursday of last week, after a protracted illness of some two years duration, wliich she bore with Christian patience. The funeral to Lochiel burying ground on Sunday was largely attend-

iircH j. M’MIU.AN

Wo regret very much to learn of the death from inllamatioij of the lungs of Mr. Ilugli J. McMillan, lately of Rat Portago, Ont., but formerly from the township of Lochiel, which sad event occuria-d last week. Do ceased leaves a witlow and tlirce sons to mourn Ins untimely end, also a brotlier, Mr. Allan McMillan, a resident of ^\’est Harrisvillc, I\Iich.

BAi.MoRAXi BIU.I.RTIN — Bii's.—I had a troublesome cold whicli nothing woulfl relievo until I tried Ilagyard’s Pectoral Balsom, and I am glad to s»y that it corn- plotelv cured mo. PobT. McQr.vr.KLL Bal-

'Man.

TUR liONSIR HILLS OF SCOTLAIH>

0>v tU« bomiie bill« of Hcotland, Where Rporti» the siiiirmir boa.

How oft in youth's biiyht dream I’ve roved With hsfl.vt so tiuT fuiii free

The blooming heath and pale blue boll In my bonnet then I wore ;

Oh 1 ni'o’.uovy holds no fonder theme Tbsii lhi>»ü iitippy <lKys of yore.

Scotia. Isud of cliief and &ong. Oil ! what charma to^hee belong ;

Oft I'yo Bighod, but Bigbe<l in vain. To cllinh tliy bonnia liilla again.

Tlio homiio hills of Scotland I never more may .‘soe ;

Tliere is not a spot on earth RO dear As those bonnic hills lo mo.

Oh ! the bunnio liills of Scotland Oft do fancy’s dreams restoro

The honrtK we prized, the faithful friouds, Now linked to iis no more.

Perhaps a change o’er all has como Could I love’s circles view,

-\nd my anxious eye might look in rain For some loved form it knew.

Scotland, cliildhood’s huppy home Tho warrior’B grave, tho martyr’s tomb

Oft T’vo sighed, hut sighed in vain, To climb thy bonnic hills again.

NOT A PAUTICI-E—A feature worth noticing ill regard to Burdock Blood BitterH is that it does not contain one particle of poisonous matter. It cures and cures (juickly without tho use of any injurious ingredients. B.B.B. is a purely vegetable specific for dyspepsia, constipation, bad blood, headache, billiousnoss and all diseases of the stomach, liver, bowels and blood.

couis^TY :>rEws. GLEN NORMAN

R.0V. .\.K. MoLounan, of Ditlhousie Mills, conducted diviuo sorvico in the chapel on Bunday evening.

Mr. j. C. Stuart is the guest of D. M. McLeod.

Miss Jessie McGregor has returned home from visiliijg friends at Curry Hill.

Mr. AI.J.X, ?iIeNaiighton, of Glen Nevis, has opoiK-d a binging school liore on Thurs- day evenings. Tliis is an opportunity that sliould bo taken advantage off by those who wish to cultivate their musical talent.

Mr. X>u'i Hicfliardson and wife, of Ri:bard- flon’s Corner, were visiting H. McMillan on Bunday.

Gu 'iuesdav last the eldest daughter of Chis. Ivaroc([uy joluod tho ranks of tho married ladies.

Jab. F. Grant and J. D. Munro paid a flying visit to Cornwall on Saturday.

Quite a nunibcrof our young men attended the dance at North Lancaster Monday

Mis.s J. B. McMillan, teacher, at Nortli Lancaster, was visiting at her father’s, W. D. McMillan, on Baturday and Sunday

ST. RAPHAELS Monday about dusk, the elders wore seen

to b-3 g'.’ing vreet. Tlioir measured steps and soteinn looks led to conclusion that a church meeting was to bo held. Later it was reported they had gone beyond the first hill and were heading for Cameron’s Corners ota rapid gait. Clearly something was in tho wind which tho reproseutativu of a woll-iaformed llüwsp^lper liico t’noNiiws was in duty bound to investigate. It scorns tho procession turned in at AUck and Jim's gate and did nob pull up until inaido of their hospitable abode. As youth was rigorously exciud'M from tho gathering, oven Fraecey having been got out of the way, it was not 90 easy to find out what wcufc on subsequent- ly. This much ia certain, that there was a scientific discussion on t’ne anatomy of chanticleers; Alick afore, said and mine ho»t of the Rod House loading the debate; tho Squire too taking a hand in, bis argu- ments being recoiv<d with the deference due to tho oxpericnco of an old timer, aud some pointers wore given by agentlemau from (,'olorado who, strange to say. spoke tlio Gaelic with great fluoncr. As opinions were becoming more and more devldcd, chairman Angus dec-idctl that further con- sideraiion of the subject would bo postponed

till next morning. Much timo was then spent in hmking over a tasteful exhibition of th'i housekeeper’s art —chiefly in the line of refreshments. Positive information is lackiv g of what followed afterwards, except as to a song of .Allister Duncan’s which fired thoconipany’sceltioblood. The above outline, however, is ent>ugh to show that the old boys know as much as tbs youngsters about ki‘dingtinie --thoonly difference being the former are more sly at the game.

No one is more wclcoino to her old neiglibors than Mrs. John Wightman, of Picnic Grove, who together with Miss and Messrs. J. W. and A. Wightman spent a few hours here last Friday.

Miss Bella Ferguson has boon very ill for a considerable timo, and to the regret of her many friends, is not yot mending.

Mr. White, inspector of separate schools, visited our school on Thursday last.

Miss Maggie MciMillan, daughter of John B. McMillan, 1st Kenyon, who has been ill for som) time, died on Sunday and WAS buried hero on Tuesday morning. A largo number of fri.-mds and acquaiutancas attended tho funeral.

Mr. ami Mrs. Dupuis wore visited by a number of friends from St. Anicet ou Sunday.

Wo regret to hear of the severe illness of Ranald R. McDonald, an aged and much respected cilizon.

Several of our young people took in tho hop, step and jump at North Lancaster on Monday eight and report a good timo and a largo crowd.

Miss ?tlaggia Chinhohn, of Alaxandria, pas.scd through here on Saturday en route for the North Branch. She wasaccompaiii- ed by Miss C. Chisholm, G. R. McDonald and F. Bain. On their return Monday evening they attended the ball at North Lancaster.

The Lenten season began on "Wednewlay last. The services of tho day were held at fit. Raphael’s church.

Mr. and Mra.R.MoPhorson visitsd friends iu Lancaster and ou the Front this week.

PICNIC GROVE

Wm. and Maggie A. Wightman attended the funeral of the late Mrs. Craig, of Corn- wall, on Monday last.

As a niembor of committee Wm. G. McNaughton attended the central farmers’ institute in Toronto last week.

Wm. Gravol, Misses Gravel and McGilli- vray, of Coi’uw.cll, were tho guests of Capt. J. A. McDougal last week.

Mrs. J. A. McDougal met with a severe accident throe weeks ago, we are glad to state that she is able to bo out again.

The Grove is still on the increase. Mrs. J. P. McNaiigh.toii presented her husband with (V boy on Sunday last.

Tho school house oti Monday last was packed to tho door with P. of I.'s, as there was business of material importancs to bo docided. Non-members received a small portion of tho benefits derived from this week. Chi.no in all thoso that wish to receive tho full Ivineflta going, tho prime olomsnts of success arc ability and progrens along those liu.'S the P.’s are building. During tho evening a large number wore add :d to the roll. . After four we.sks’ suffering with inflama- tion tha wife of Tbos. Egsrtoa passed over to tha majority.

McCILLlVRAY’S BRIDGE

The funeral of the late Miss Maggio ficott, nuHKiouary.tookplacc'rijiirsilAy last.

Mr. and Mrs. A.McArtlmr. North Jh-anch, visited f|-ieiids in this vicinity this week.

H. ^|;çArthur and U. Robinson visited Curry Hil^ T. of T. lodge on Monday night.

Mrs. H. McDonaldis regainingherhealth. MI’9. R. McLeod isvi-iitiiig friends in this

vicinity.

IT HAS NO EQUAL—Dear Sirs,—I have used your Hagyard’s Yellow Oil for many years, and have found it unequalled for burns, scalds, cuts, etc. MAUY A. COLLETT,

Erin, Out.

RTouern To A SCIENCE—The treatment of disease is now almost reduced to a science. A sciontifio product of medical skill for the cure of all blood diseases from a common pimple to tho worst scrofulous sore which has held popular estc'm for years and inernaees steadily in favor is Burdock Blood Bittors. It» cure» prove it»

ILiilE—193. Wa have just rec-.-iv.-d another immense shipment of Crumb’s cclohrntod Prints, 32 in.

wide, warranted perfectly fast color and only 12Jc per yd.

Othor lines of Priiits—6, 7, 8, 9 and IGo. fiatoonr,—10, 12. 15. 18, 20c

And a splendid line of aocond-mournii,g .Batcens ranging from 10 to SOc.

In Cotton Challics wo liave the most hjautiful desiguu ranging in prices from 7 to IC.^c. These goods arc perieclly fast in color ai d are perfect iridi.ations of Ihu more o.xpennive all-wool Chaliies. L'y buying all these lines for Spot Civsh and so’Iijig at a very reasonable profit^wo are tlieroliy enabled to give our customers tho benefit of E.xpericnce and Capital.

MCINTYRE & CAMPBELL 76 PITT STREET, CORNWALL, ONT.

Fariers of Gioagarfj ! Ho for 'Xmas Goods -A.T

FARLINGEB & AUTY’S Bedroom, Parlor and Dining Room

Suits. Sideboards, Hall lîacks, Easy Chairs, , urtain Poles,

Window Shades and Furniture of all kinds in endless '■ariety. Opposite Music Hall, Gomwall.

FARLINGEK & AUTY.

■AT-

Moffatt Bros. Gan hardly wait on the customers

The Low Prices does it. Goal Oil, 12-2 c. per gal. Best Barbadoes MoIas.ses, 35c. Nails, $2.35 per keg.

And so everything must go during the next 2 months

Do not miss this great sale.

ISFFATT eiS.. iflXïlLLE.

J. A. SAUEIOL 'Miller’s Block, 94 Pitt Street

Leading

Merchn’t

Tailor

A very select stock of the latest design in

Venetians, Meltons

Naps and Montagnac

Overcoatings

Scotch Tweed Suitings

.ând Trouserings

Fancy Worsted Coating

Undressed Worsted &c., &e., &c.

Seven year.s with J. J. Milloy, Montreal. We em-

jilo}' none but Journeymen Tailors and the best of

Trimmings arc used in our Estabiishnumt.

SHINGLES ! A uumbsr of good Bbingles for sale. Apply to A. AHEARN, at Bcliell’» Mill, or to

WM. MQNPvO, 3-5 North Braacli, Martiiitowu.

Wlmt Mr. Donuld T. <»U>«nn, of truwaU »ay» about Ilrown\«.'

IuvlgoraUnj5 ;

r Iiave been troubled *"with Catarrh since 1876 and at tinien my head han dis- charged as much as a quart iu 24 hours. In addition to this I have had Liver and Kidney disease, and for the past throe years had a severe tyiio of Indigestion, acc-ompaiiied with a good deal of wind on my stomach. Hava also been troubled with severe headache. I am glad to state that Brown’» Bitters. Ims wmiderfnPy relieved me from all of the above diseaBes and feel sure, had I been fortunate enough to have used this medicine sooner I might havo been cured long 1« fore rtliis. 1 am continuing to use it and kno\^ it has dona and is doing me an immeuKe amount of good. Before using Brown’s Bitters, I tried nearly every medicine rccommondsd for my diseases without effect.

I, therefore gladly recommend Brown's Alterative and Invigorating Bitters to all ami any who may be suifering from lika diseases. 50-8

TJAX ! To the ratepayers east section Koiiyon—All

taxe* not paid on or before tlie 1st dav of March. 1893, will bo handed over to tho baililTto collect

JOHN H. McPULltSON Kenyon, Feb. 15, '93. 3-3 Collector.

Glengarry Farmers’ Institute.

Meetings of tha abovo^ Iiistituto will ba

LANCASTER—FEB. 20 MAXVILLE—FEB. 21

The meetings will be addressed by Messrs. Simpson Ronnie, of Millikon; Adam Ifark- uess, of Ir-Jiia, and Kav. J. W. Clark, of Osnabrück. Meetings will commence at 2 and 7 p.m. Subjects—Under drainage and Winter Dairying.

W. J. McNxnonToN 2-*2 Secretary.

FAlFtJSi LOT No. 6-3 KENYON

Containing 100 acres, 40 of which are clear, the balance under good bush, capi'tal Havil- woed and abuudanco of Cedar. A good Stem© House, Cedar Barns, Shtda and Stables on tho premises. This property is situated within miles of the thriving town of .\lexaudria.

For further particulars apply on the premises to

ALEXMOER McARTHUR

NOTICE TO CREDITORS. NOTICUC IS hereby f?iven jusr.-uant to It.8.0.

(IH37) Cap. liO, and .Vmeiidi.-jg Acis, that ail ui-rt'Oni bav:: y ch-iiins agaiiirt the ei tato of i5.4.HHA:t.\ KH.ASEK, late of the Townslnp of CharlctUnburyh, m tho County of CrIenKarrv. •pickter, <lece»Ked, who died on or aV-ont the si’u day of Marc'll, ISJC, are, on or alamt the

lOtli day of March, 1893 required to dollver or send by post prep.sid to E. 11. Tll’FANY, of tho Villa^ê of Alexandria Barrinter-at-iaw, th.e Solicitor for Daucan A.Mi;-. Donald.the odniiiiistrator of th© pre perty cf the said Barbara Fraser .a e.tateuieut of tlieir r.anic» and a-idrensc.'-., and the full particulars of tacir claims and of the bc-curities, if any, held by tlieoi ; and that after that date tho eaid admin- istrator will procootl to diitribaco the assets of t)i« said deceased among tlie parties entitled thereto, having regard only to tlie clauo.s of wtiich he eball tlien have notice, and that he Will r.ot bft liable for the ostate t-o dir.tri'outvd or any portion ihoreoi to any p«r«». n or persons of wlioas olaioi or claims he shaJl not liave had uotico.

K. H. TIFFANY Solicitor for Duncan A. McDonald,

AduJuittratrr. Aloiamlria, r ah. 7, ib93. ü-t

A

lexaadria Baler PLAIN

AND FANCY BREAD

Y CAKKH AXD BISGITITS

OF ALL DEfiCRTFTIONS

Ami the Best ami Furost

CONFECTIONERY

J. Robertson Church Street Alexandria.

CMP FOR SALE !

Tho umlei*signcd has been inetructsd to sell tho following Farms at a low price and on easy terms of payment to tha p'ar-» chasers •.—

FfUfiT PARCKIi.

Tlie South Half of tho North Half of Lot Number Five in tha First Coacessicn of Fjocliipl, ' with g.U/cl Buildings and wsll Fenced.

SECOND FARCEL.

'J'he NortherlN’ Fifty Acres of Lot Num- ber Eight in the Ninth Concossion of Lan- caster, with two good Houses aL.d Oui- buiidiisgs.

THIRD PARCEI.,

Tho West Half of L.A Nun.hcr Elivaa in I’no First Concession of TiOchicl, containing One Hundred Acres.

Theys Fe.nv.s afford C’nce,p Homt* for ind'islrionfl f.irTm.rs, and intending buyars should select at once.

GEORGi; HE.ARNDEN Vendors’ Agent.

Alexandria. Oct. i’O, 1899, 3#-tf

N. MCLEOD

Boot & Shoeir.aker

M.âXYILLE.

The best of Ms.- terial ahv&js

used. ALL HAND WORK.

CALL AND SEE.

BEBKSUIRES. AYKSmULSd-SriROPSHIKES. A number of ped’gicea Bark-shir© i'lgs iro.'.i 4 to 6 weeks old for bale at

J. L. WILSON’S Stock Farr.'i. .Mexandria.

FOR

L.\DÎES’ and GENTS’

IN SETS

Boas, Caps, Muffs, Man's Coats, Eobes, &c.,

AT THE VERY LOWES’T PRICEfi GO TO

Wni.McEIEN'S Maxvilie, Ont.

Fire Insurance. NORTH BRITISH AND HÎKRCANTILE

.A.?sets. îôü,C53,716 COMMICRCLAX irNION

Capital subficribod. :?I2,500,CX)0 The undorsijÿnad has been aj?poij!tcil agent for

tlie above well known companiei’, and respeet- fiilly solicits» tho patrouaye of tho public goner ally.

A. GLENNIE, 3m I/ancaster.

-TîiE

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{LIMrTE.-:>^^^

Manufacturers in

Sas.a Blinds Doors Mouldings T'i.irning Scroll Sawing Dressed and undressed

Lumber, &c.

PlaBingaad MaioMag done at lowest rates

All kimirt of Household Fiiniiture {who)j> salo). Special Furniturfi and Cabinet Work mads to order iii Oak,W'alnut, Maho- gany, Ac.

Having lately acquired a l.^vgs quantity of the latok-v i.mproved raiscliinery, wc aro m a position of turning out: work cheaper than any ot’ner firm in this part of tha

Orders reopcctfully solicited.

JOHN ALLARDICE ■

10 Manager.

R. J. icDoügâ! <S Son., LANCASTER, ONT.,

].)ealcrs in

Floar, Pork, Ground Feed, Pr-3ssed Haj And All Kinds of

, GROCERIES.

F. E. GHimRON (Graduate of J. J. Mitcls'dl’s Cutting

Sch-Dol, New York.)

LADIES’ and GENTS’

FASHIONABLE TAILOR Catherine Street

Alexandria. (Two doors oast of F.O.}

Perfect fit guaranteed. 44v Fnccs that cannot b« beat.

The undersigned has a limited suply of At Manitoba

Red Fyfe W'hcat suitable for

seed, for sale, -'kpply to

GEO. LAWSOX

2-4 Alexandria.

WILL CURE OR RELIEVE BILIOUSNESS. DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, JAUNDICE, ERYSIPELAS, SALT RHEUc!, HEARTBURN, HEADACHE,

DIZZINESS, DROPSY. FLUTTERING

OF THE HEART, ACIDITY OF

THE STOMACH. DRYNESS 0

OF THE SK , .And ovsry sve^c/es cf 4 txx>m disordered LIVFJi ’^FDNETIS,

STOMACH, BOWELS OR liiiOOD.

T. IILBDRN & CO.,

. W. MORRISON General Merc.hant

Glen Robertson.

SmairProfits and Quick Sales

is our Motto.

GIVE US A CALL. •Bijpuux©iv ‘iron fârP'-’K SJY'0>l.LSO IS gn-uq 11.1 »T.%ot(u rfqi 40 ffiij v

P. A. McDOAALU, M. D. ALKXANDUIA. ONT.

OmcS ;—OrMid Union Block. Night CAIIS

Keuyou St., two doors west of Main. 90

JL. L. MCDOXALD, INI. D. ALEXANDRIA, ONT.

Offlc» and reKÎdojice—Corner of Main and Elgin Stroots.

H. A. COKROT, V. D., MAXVILLE, ONT.

Veterinary Dentistry a Specialty.

Gk>od Warm Stal)le attached. 44yr

®ljr ®kn0arrij

ALEXANDRIA, FEB. 17, 1893.

av vi.-v (’.A.R. to ivl ‘-3 in Llving'itou,

nodv. A. Fi.d.h, or) and Miss Ella

LOCAh_J_RIEFS. —Tha council meets this evening. —Col. D. B. McLennan was in town on

Tuesday. —Mr. and Mrs. Powter visited Ottawa

on Saturday. —Mr. NoULîsUa, of Maivillo, was in

town this week. —Mr. F. E. Fairbairn, of Brockville, was

in town on Saturday. I —Mr. .John McMillan, merchant, sjxint j

Tuesday in Cornwall. j —Mr. and Mrs. E. II. Tilïany tvere in ;

Montreal on Friday. 1 —Mr. Geo. Ilcanidon spent a ccnplc of ;

days in Ottawa this week. t —Mr. A. Tjcclair. of North Lancaster, |

paid U8 a call on Monday. | —Mr. W. Mnnro, North Branch, was in |

town on Wednesday. j —Miss McGale. of Granby, is the gnc«t i

of Mrs. A. L. McDonald. ! —Mr. J. C. Campbell, merchant, of Apple

Hill, vas in town on Monday. —Mr. F. k. McUa'^.mcrchant.of Laggam

was in town on Wednesday. —Mr. N. Pilon, morch.ant, w’as in Mon-

treal this week on business bent. —Wednesday being Ash Wednesday,

services were held in the Cathedral. —Mr. Finlay Cattanach, of North Iân-

caster, was in town on Wednesday. —At Alexandria, on the 12th inst., the

wife of Sidney S. Robson, of a daughter. —Mr. David Wason rotuniod on Tuesday

from a two weeks’ sojourn at Hawkesbury. —At Laggan, on the 5th inst., tho wife

of F. A. McRae, merchant, of a daughter. —Simpson A Irvine sliippcd to .Montreal

on Wednesday a very fine lot of veal a;>î

—Mr. Alex. Camplv'll. accompanied by Miss Aur.ic Campbell, visited Montreal ce;i Tuesday.

M'jssrs. J. Smilli-3, 1’. liloff.itt and C. T. Smith, of Maxville, were in town this

—Mr. Angus McDonald, son of Mr. Jobti Angus McDonald, arrived liome from Ash- i land on Monday evening. ;

—Mr. R. .V. R. Hub-mt, of Tdontreal. was ' ihs guost of Mm. A . G. F. Mai donald t’oe \ latter part of last wc'*k.

—Musars. John IT, '^Îoh'îr'is, ^ And Duncan B eaton, of Vaukieek llilU 1 were in town on Faturdav. j

—Wo rogT'. t to u"s,r of the serimro ihii.->g£ ? of Mrs. McDougald. îvJict of tho lato ! Dougald Mo'Millr.u 21-f> K^n. \

—Tho Ottawa hockov dab defeated the * Winnipeg club on Monday by a score of 1 four to one. 'i

—Mr. John Goudron and Tifiss Iloza ma .■ Poirier, Svd I.ochid, W'U-o uîiitcd in mar- < riage at the catliedral on Mouday. j

—To most tho requiremcnls of his irnny ; custoniQr^>, Kory Mc]‘>onoll (grocer) will j always ksep on ha.ud a fine supply of fish, j

—Messrs. ,1. ]>. M.-.Tn.nsh, of Dominion- Tille, PU’.d Mr. li. McT.achhui, of North Lancaster, were Nrws callr.re on Tuesday.

—Mrs. Angus Mcljcchlan, of Nortli ï/ancaster, l«,^t on Mond join her husband whores Mont.

—MSE'IVS. John K'îu Angus McDonald (butch- "Kennody left for Lebanon, N.ll., on Mon-

—Mr. n. A. Miller, accompanied by Miss Miller, drove ov*)r to Messena on Tuesday on a visit to friends residing in •tb.at town.

—Mrs. Bowen, of Prasorfif^ld, Martin- town, p’lrchiacd a puv'-bved Berkshire -from Mr. J. L. Wils.ca’s Stock Farm last Tuesday.

—In hituro liow Mass will bo celebrated «•t tho cathedral at H o'clock irstoud of ^.30 and High Mass at 10.30 instead of 11 o’clock as heretofore.

—It is wiih înuch plor-eure we i;otc that Mr. Alexander McDonald, butcher, has so tar recovered froni hi? recent serious illness aa to be able to be around again,

—A challenge w’us received by the Alci- Andrians from the OUawaG.iiveruityhockoy club to play a friendly game here this OTsning. For want of proper ico tho game •could not be arranged.

—Miss M. k. M ;Crirnmon, of Vankla-ek Hill, spent sr,v-oraî days in ti:>wn this week, previous to taking her d«jp»i‘ture for •t'olorado in u few days. Rhe will be ac- c'ompanied by Miss Maggie K».uiuedy, of Oreenfiold.

•—We are in receipt of an article for ^publication cntiilcd “Xirst in‘prcsf>ici-s cf Alexandria.” As it is not a.icornpaui.d j with t!ic namo of tho writer, which in i

■every c»co is nocossax'y, we cannot repro- j duco same.

—The last o! the W'lokiy band bops took ! place on 'L'ue.sday evening, and the young | people eviJeiuly having in miud that it | was the last opportunity of ir.dulging in | «the light fant.^8ti^^ for some wseks, turned ! out in full force. |

—The young ladies of the town enter- • taint'd thetr bachelor friends at the Queen’s 1 Hall on Friday evening. Neodl-iss to add ! that tho dance was a huge cuccese, and j that the boys .ore now throughly conviuc-cd j that the lûciics make charming and captivât- J âng hostesses. [

—Our town coop i-5 daily gi'owing in j popuiarity. a ry'Jdjnt of the 'Jtb of Lan- ) caster being a guest in that co?;.'V resort on i W’jdu-jsd.iy o.T-ci’.ii'.g. For tryi'-'g che scope i of his voice on Main street and making tho j wiglit hideous with his howls he secured a i free night's lodging and a fine of $2.

—The residence of Mr. aud Mrs. Harry Brault was takeu by storm on Thursday of last week by a number of their intimate friends, it being Mrs, Braulf's birtJiday. Needless to add that a most enjoyable time was spent by all, the host and host-ess doing all in their power to add to the plea- sure of the evening.

—The many fri mds of Mr.R )bert Craig, of Coruw.vU, b it formiidy a residnit of Doniiniouville, will regret to learn of the death of .Mrs. Craig, which occurred on ’ Thursday of last week. The fuueral on i Monday to Martintown was very largely I Attended, many from iiaivjlle, Dominion- 1 ville and other points in the rear being | ;present. I

“I don’t feel like eating breakfast this j -morning.'’ This is a common renvark and is proof positive that the Kidneys are out j •of order, and nature calls out for relief, i A bottle of Mensbrays Kidney and liivor ! Cure will reinme the cause of all this ; trouble. Try it. j

—.A drunken man made things lively on Main street on Tuesday afternoon, usitig the roost foul language imagineahle. He was tiabbe<l by constable McDonald however, and landed in the coop, whore ho had Ample opportunity affordc-d him to sober up before returning to bin relatives. An- other one met with the same fate on Wed- nesday, The next lime they may not get off 80 easily.

—The 8t. Valentine’s ball given on Mon- day evening in McRae’s Hall, station, is said to have been the dance of the season. Tho attendance was very large, over SO couples being present. The music by the M-.Corniick Bros was as usual first class, and the supper prepared by mine host McRae was excellent. Dancing was kept np till morning, and it was with some reluctance tliat the merry crowd were forced to wend their way home. Norman is cerrtain of un even larger gathering on the oc-casion of his ne.xt dance, wliich we frost wJlJ he ini.n.içdialely after lent.

—If you want fresh oysters call on John Hayden.

—Mr. D. A. Mc.^rthiir soient yesterday in Moiiti-eal.

—Dr. McDiarmid, of Maxville, was in town yesterday.

—Messrs. Jos. Huot and Geo. McIntosh are spending tlie week in Ottawa.

—Mr. Duncan McDougall, carpenter, spent a couple of days in Montreal this

—Among the News callers this week were Messrs. 1). J. MeSweyn, McCrimmon: Peter Dewar, G len Norman; John McRae, Glen Sandfield; J. A. Cameron, Dominion- ville ; Angus McMillan, Lochiel ; Donald Grant, Apple Hill, and D. A. McDonald, Glen Bandüeld,

The Ducitesae Tvqucst 'I’ho adjonriiod inquest met on Saturday

last, when tlie evidence of Mrs. Duchesne was taken. Owing to no report being received from Toronto as to tho analysis of tliy stomach, a further adjournment was made till to-morrow.

riîUE IMTOUTKO \VINE. l»rlmo Canada Iteof and soluble ncale salin of Iron, are eomhfued in >lilburn,« ISeef, Iron and tVine.

A SHOCKiHC ACCIÊN^T AT DUNŸECAN An accident which may yet end fatally,

occurred at Dunvegan on Friday last. Mr. Angus McLeod, of that place, had a 10 liorse thrashing machine at work in his barn, and among those assisting him was his first neighbor, Mr. Donald Nicholson. 'Phe latter w'nilo removing a bag full of grain had tho misfortune to get a portion of hia cloliiea caught by a bolt in tlie nearest coupling to the cylinder on the main shaft and war. instantly raised from the barn lloor and hurled licad foremost against tho lo'.v2r section of tlis feeding jilatform. Before th-c machinery could be stopped, the revolving shaft tore tlie most of his clothing from his body. Tlie suit being of strong liomo-madc. held him tight to the shaft wiih his head downward until ex- tricated liy his comjianions. Tho unfortunate man was at once removed to his house and a physician called in. As we write we learn that ho is not expected to iivo many hours.

ALEXANDRIA PUBLIC SCHOOL

Honor roll for January :— Br.siou Fonu'cn- Ethel Ostrom,Rosabella

Smith, George McKinnon, Duncan Mc-

Jc.siou ForiiTH—Mary Ann Sands, James Evans, Henry Millar.

Tnnu» Ci.Ass—May Cole, Maggie Mc- Intosh. John >fcNeii. Guy Miller, Teresa McGillivray, X’r-.d LCHH-», Donalda Mc- Intosh, Gracie McGillivray.

StsioaSEcosi)—j'>ona!d McMillan,Bertha Sugarinan, Mary McMülan. Lulu McN,--il.

JtJ.MOR 8ECOSI>—Isaac burgesun, Benny Cole.

SENIOR PART SECOND—Jackie Sch- ll, S. Ostroni, John A. MrMiilan, Minnie Mc- Intosh.

Ji'xion—Gracie Mnnro, Laura Bauve. Catlieiiiie McNeil, Mary S.anve.

PART FI.IST—May r.îcFarlnne, John Jas. Irveu, Verncu Hall.

Aggregat-^ attendance C03, average 33. number of pupils enroM-.-d -JÔ, number of pupils who attend'îd eve; y day 17.

SÎ. MARGARErS CaNVEKT

The following list vri:! give the otfiuding <:f the pupils of Bt. Margaret’s convent in their respective claE-Rcs for the rucntli (»f

FORK —1 Misses Ella Macdonald and Cacheriuc McCorujick, 2, Mice Flora É'atheiine McGillis, 3, Florence Macdon- ald, 4. G.tthcrino L'ampbell.

FORM IV.—iMissca (Iiristy Ann McDon- ald and t.'u'.heriao Jane M-CÎ-ouald, 2, M ir,-ses (Catherine .-inn ^f.-D'-nald and Catlicriuo Keiiiu-dy, 3, Mai-y Jane Corbett. *1, Fioj'a Corbett, -S, Ella McLeod, fl. Rachel Doin-van, 7, 3‘ iora Ann McDouell, 6,-Auiiie McPlieo rod Flora MePh.-rson. 9, Catherine .Ann McDonald and Amelia McTomiUl.

FORM Jll.—1 Flora Ann McDonald, Mtniinie Gauthier, 2, Christeua .McLec-d, 3, Mary McDonald, 4. Agues Mclhiuald, 0, Elixebeth (Jorbeti. fi, J'iic-rcsa M.-Millr.n, 'J, Josephine MePhee and Isabella Mc- I’hoe.

FORM II.—1, Mary Babonrin, 2, Alice Gagne, B. ('lui-iton^. MeJAmald, 4, Mar- garet Cl'.iîioini aud ]-’,mir.a Babourin, 5, Rosamia CLierriE>r, 6, iSIary McDonald and Cathorine D'cnovan,

0()U]STY ,N EWS

{From Our Own Cnrreiponci'Ui.)

CASHION'S GLEN

Saturday’s coiitainc-d an illustrated supplement desc-riplivo of Smiih’B Falls, destined its inliabiiai.ts tliink, to be a great city in Die m-ar future. Among tdo bi'grapliical skefehes wliicli acooni- pany tha ill.ustiations wo find the follow iug, whirli will be iuterenting to many of our readers :—

iVhenever tha question, who is tho most •^terpiisiag man iu Smith FalD is asked, the reply is, Aiexainh-r 'Vo-.’d. Certainly ho vTsll d-^serves that rejiutation, for ho isttled at t’ne I’ads -iO years ag-i next Bt, Pdtrisk’s day, and dating all that time has tHk<rn most active iutorost in all Kdaiuifacturing induiuiea at.d in other ways building np the iiome of Ids ad-.p rion. Mr. Wood was 'ooru on thi Boa:h | Branch comity of Gl-mgarry, of Scotch I parents. Hisfailn-r Jb-dger Wood bring : a sou of Boiijainain iVocid, a good old 11. i 3’1. loyalist, w!io carried hi? gun to | Chrysler farm (by the way. that Ba.:ne old ! gun is now in tlie p.-sscssion cf the old 1 hero’s grand-son .-Vlc^xanJer) the- subioct of this sketch, ^[r. Word’s mother was th-e daug'nter of a !4coctisb clii-eftain. Mr. Wood is an uncle of Mr. J-ohn A. Grant, of -this place.

COTE.AU LANDING

Coteau Landhig is vrell governed, having U£»3es«than two municipal councils, ih-.: one Kilting in iho Don inion Dali, the OIIRH- in the English school houR->. 'rho olxst-'Q was tho case Monday night 6th

Elections for mayor took place yesterday at Cot'-au station and Coteau du Lac with the following result : R. Duckutt, mayor for the f'jrmer, and J. Jui-dlet, ipayor for the latter.

Oi>ias Paiornont, M.D., of St. Domin- ique,, was united in the holy bonds of v.'cdJock to Umrline Lafrance, of Cedars, on tho 31st ult. Tour correspondent j<;iiib j witk tlicir many friends in congratulating

It is rumored that a doctor from Valley- fieli intends taking np his residence amo-ugac us, compétition will then bu

W. J. Mace, formerly merchant here, is. we arc glad to hear, doing well, being agent on ihs A. à S.L. Ky , at Horse Slioe Pond, N.Y.

Louis Depocas, of Vall-oyfield, was a guost at the Tremont on Weilnosday. .

A*..Purreiil, C.A.Ry. ag-ont at Coteau | Blatioii is to be removed ahortly to Arn- prior, a station on the 0. A P-S. road, ; while sorry to lose him, wc are glad to j eeo him transferred to such an important 1

Moesrr,. Rogers A Taylor, contractors j for sfii-tion 12, were guests at tlie Tre- mont this week.

I'ue bazaar hold on Wednesday, Thurs- day and Friday at Coteau du Lac for the beueik: of tlie convent proved a grand success, and went to show that tho good work of tho sisters is being appreciated by all tho people of this aud tho neighboring couîDtées. Each evening starting at 9.30 p.m.â concert was given bv the young ladicis under the instruction of the good sisters and proved quite a drawing card towards making tlie bazaar the success it was. Too much }>raiso cannot be given to the nuns in charge for the manner in which they look after the pupils, orphan.^ and aged people under tlieir charge. Amongst the crowd of charity workers who assembled to keep the good cause, your correspondent noticed the following ladies from a distance—Miss Rondeau and Miss Hamilton, of Montreal ; Mrs John J. Moylan, Coteau Landing ; Mrs. J. W. Bain and Miss Bain, St. Polycarpe : Mrs. St. Amour, Coteau station ; Miss Legris and Miss Leblanc, Coteau Landing. A inongst the gentlemen we noticed—Joseph Ijaloiide, F.rnest and Philip Stevens, Jas. Grant. C.E.. Mr. Lanthier, Thos. Ferny, coniraetor, F. Ferny and H. Giddons.

Î The ha,»idsonie sum of $4.ô0 was realized, i raid Aft«r the enjoyable time spent by all

who attended the bazaar they all joined in wishing to be able to attend another a year hence.

Mr. James McMahon, contractor of St. Catherines, Ont., wln> has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jno. J. Moylan, left Monday for Montreal.

Mr. Leprolion, of the gov’t staff, who has been laid up for the past month with bronchitis, is, we are glad to say, almost recovered from this dreaded descase.

It is really too bad that we cannot form a Young Men,a Liberal Club hero so that the people could be, instructed by attending these meetings into the manner in which our fair country’s affairs are being handled by the Tory brigade at Ottawa. Every- thing for the 'Tory manufacturers and monopolist and take what they can get, which is almost nothing for the farmer and poor man.

The Patrons of Industry here now number 21. Oscar Brunet’s store has been cliartered by them.

James Rayside, M.P.P., Glengarry's worthy representative, was in town Satur- day on business.

LOCHCARRY

\Ve are pleased to see Mr. J. Campbell around again after his recent illness.

Tho R.T. of T. attended the council held at Apple Hill Tuesday night.

Mr. A. Fraser was visiting friends in Ottawa last week.

Mr. Campbell attended the council held at Greenfield Monday.

Mr. McIntosh, of Thornclilx, paid hi? familv in Alexandria a shtu-t visit.

Among the visitors to our hamlet this week were:—Mr. ami Mrs. McIntosh, Mrs. Campbell and Miss McTa\ish, of Alexan- dria ; Mrs. and Miss Kennedy, of the 4th Kenvoii ; Miss .McCiimmoi', of Vanklcek Hill, at.d Mr. A. Kemu-dy, of Glen Nevis, the gu--*8t of hi-s sister, Mrs. Paul Campbell.

A very enjoyable time was spent at a party giv«n at tlie rocidence of Mr. John Catnpb-^ll on Monday night. Dancing was imlulgt-'d in till tlic w.-c sma’ hours, when all withdrew to their several liomes highly pleased with the night's enteriain-

ROBINSON’S CORNERS

The roads are in good condition at present, and are being made gvs..d us.i of by the young people,' who are constantly getting up basket parlies.

On Monday evening a jolly sleigbload of young people loft hero t'l spend a plensant evening with friends at Mr. McFadd;;n’s. From reports ro.tiv.Nl by your scribe, he must conclude that they bud Iv.’i.p? of fun.

Mr. A. J. Cummings and chum intend ta!:ing a long trip south shortly. S-Vliat is the attraction hoy»?

At Gravel Hi;l hall on Friday a grand ooncerl wa.s given by the H. T. of T.’s, (ho lialj being crowd-.-d tothedoors. We wonder what was tho matter with the stovepipes?

Mr. Bandy Cummings lias been engaged to work for Mr. k. McGillivray.

We are s-orry to learn tliat Miss J. A. Carthcr is ill, but trust for her speedy recovery.

A large crowd attended at the school house the other evening for prayer meeting, but were d,oouied to disapp 'intment ov.'i.ng to the Minisior ill, and ilius umibto to bo present.

Mi-js B. MoRae. who recently returned from Montreal, is visiting friendsa: Grant’s Creok.

The foilov-’ing wore among the visitors at J. A. Cnmi.iiug’a this week;—Sandy Mc- .Saiighton, P. MeNaughtou and Hugh Cbiislie, of .Maxville.

OTTAWA

The Rideau pun club held its anniip,! dinn.'r at ilio itoya! Kxchatigc Hotel on J'ussday night, xvheu the usual custom aua the prescntaii ’n 1-1 prizes took place. A large number of our leading gentlemen and sportsmen, join--.<l iu the îastivitic». A good time Was 4p-.mt.

The Oit.-iw i Bicycle Club held its annual bail J’riday nigci m Harmony Hall. Me Gilliviay B orcncsir.a Hupplied the nin»K. About 80 couples took part- Dancing was kept up LÜ1 an early hour.

The first excursion over the Eganvillc braiKh of Uio C.i'.R. to Ottawa, was nm Thursday und-.:r the auspices of the Roman Catholic Cliurch of lliai town. Nearly 40u people were on liuavu. A good tnne was tail-.11 in visiting many places of interest iu the city.

Tho truck laying on tho Ottawa, Arn- piicr and P.B.Ù.R. lias loachcd tho Mi«- sisbijqfi bridge at (laletla. Xhoro will i;e some deiay ut tli.it p.'.int, but Arnprior will doubdess be reached before thoexpira- lion of the prescui moiuh.

À vory inter-'fdiiig game of curling took place a Khori out of the city a few idghts ago, between Irislimon and .Scotch- men, the later won oy 15 to 3.

Miss Flor''uoe Beueou, daughter of Rev. Dr. Maiiby Benson and lier guest, Miss Williams, of Toronto, left for Toroiit.-) yestviduy. Miss Benson ting.s at a concert iu iliat city Monday next.

'i'jio trunk factory of Messrs. S. A H. Buri>ridge which was lately visited by lire lias uudergMic rejiair, and the men ha\c resumed their work. 'J'hi.? prominent block at tho corner of Rideau and Mas- grove Btreets is without doubt the largest Isaiher manufectory in eastern Ünlariu. A glance at their handsome feitle room 13 sniliciont to dciioto most pleasing tin? iuteresting variety and e-xtensiveucss of their trade in each of tho dir'ferunt branches. .\d told over 150 hands aro employed in the diii'ero.uc ilepartmeDts. Wo wish the firm success.

'I'll© Kev. T. Dewitt Taimago, 1>.D., the faniout» Brookiin preacher will lecture in tlie grand Opera iiouse on March 8tb.

Nearly 7(t inonilx-rb of the jnasonic i-odge» of LlgdeiiSberg were in tlie city last Friday on a fi'atorna! visit to iht build MS lodge of Ottawa. During ihe day they were shown all tho points ot iiiter-ist iu the city. In theeve-'.iug they wore given a conq^limon»- ary banqiu.t in c.-t. James ilali. The at- iCiiiiance was large. Many were unable ; lo gain admittance. The visitors exprès- i sed thcrnselvffa as very much pleased with -, he reception given tlioin. k Norwegian newspap’.-r will be started

in Ottawa soon. Why not start another Frencli pap.sr, there is oui} a few ?

Rev. D. M. Gord-ni, D.D., of Halifax, formerly pastor of St. Andrews church, . tins city, is at present in town visiting

'J’ho handsome new block of five stores erected by ex-mayor Birkott on Rideau street unrth are nearly ready for occupa- tion, and ou-juiry io brisk by prospective

Senator Clcmow is about to erect a 10 story steel block at the corner of Sussex and Rideau Bt. 'J'lie plans will be prepared by a United States arcliitect, a man used to high siiry struoturos. The intention is to erect a buüding of si.nilar dimensions to tliat of thsi Standaid iiisiir- aiice building in Montreal.

GLEN SANDFiELD

Mrs. Robt. McNeil and Miss McIvIilhiD, Qf .•Alexandria, were visiting in town on Saturday.

Smith Bros, liave nnislied thrashing for this season and are now raking in their httid-eariiud shekels.

A dancing party look place at the rer-idenco of Arch McKinnon on Monday night. A very enjoyable ti.'iio was spent and dancing was indulged in liil an early hour on TueHd.ay morning.

Universal regret is expressed at tho sev re indisposition of young James Mc- Caffrey, of Brodie. Ho has been ailing for some time past and cominually growing worse so that but little hope is entertained for Ilia recovery.

We learn by your last issue that tlie separation “corpeo” had been resurrected again. We were uudsr theimprossion that the people’s verdict at tho last municipal elections had eutombod it for a few years at least.

J. T. sucoecdod on Monday in laying low a fox. Our friend attributes his streak of success to a poisonous substance wliich he had placed in different [ilaces f<»r these midnight marauders. Wo would advise him not to be too daring with this deadly drug (which he calls ‘Tough on foxes”) as other more valuable animals may prove to bo the victims of his novel experiments.

ST ELMO

Wo are pleased to say that D. A. Munroe is now convalescent.

J. J. Cameron spent Saturday and Sun- day in Montreal.

A tenant on W. Munro's farm had the rnisfortimo of having hia houae burned on Sunday evening while away from home.

A number of Mr. McCalluni’scongregatiou attended the marriage at Maxville of Ins daughter. Mary to Rev. ,f. Scott on Tuesday afteiTioou.

KIRK Hil.L Our postmaster, Mr. George McIntosh,

paid a short visit to Montreal last. week. The public seem to be taking advantage

of tlio fine weatlier and gO(jd roads this month, aa there are a great many people travelling.

Miss Cameron, of IMaxville. is tho guest of .Mrs. lUcLennan.

Mr. D. A. McNah, of Rat Port:',go, spent a few davsat .\.J. McGilHvray's this weak.

Tho P. of I.'s are liukling their meetings in the Orange hall again.

FASSIFERN On Sunday, 12th inst tho funeral of Mins

Anna McMillan took place at the R. C. church at Lochiol. The remains were accompanied by a procession nearly a half mile in length and wore interred in tho cemetry beside the ciiurch.

The happier side of life was aeon on Monday last when a party of merry and jovial youth of both sexes <lrove rapidly through our generally quiet town. This w’as evidently tho return of a wedding party and although ignorant of the imnie of the two principals, yet tho wish of all who watched tho processi m wes lliat their road may always be as happy as it was on thib d«’^y-

Tho youth of the vicinity arc taking advantage of the presence of a fortune teller in tho east end in order to have the mistry side life rendered clcar»?r. Much confidence is expressed in the ability of tliis person.

Quite a few of our youngsters attended the hop at the station on Miunlay night.

Mr. J. Bidlofeiiille is spending a few days witli his brother, Mr. N. BclU-feuillo.

The farmers arc ta);ing advantage of the lull in the g--noiaI storm period and arc liuslling tho h-g.s a:id w«;(jd in fine style. All almanacs are “scattered to the four wind»’’ aii'l tlio genorul iarpic-srioii of tliom is good for notliiog.

im. wooir.s NOUWAY ITNT-: SYRUP i positively c>ir«*s CÔURIIS, COMW, Astiimu, I

Hoars«»ctfs ami üroiu-hitl.t.

COTE ST. GEORGE The P. of Fs liold iln*.ir mootings in the

school bouse every M-onday night, also a debate. Tlie Patrons bave chartered Mr. G. A. Biron’s store at Bt. Tolcsphore.

Miss i-lila Helps is \i&i:iiig fri-jnds at Munroc’s .Mills.

J. J. McGregor, ag^mt, North Lancaster, pass.-d through here on Saturday with a load of fanning mills.

GLEN ROBERTSON D. J. McCnlloclj intends taking a car

load of horses to Maifitoba shortly. J. J. McDonald and A. Leary spent

Sunday at Dalhonsie Mills. | J. Richards Ml’s bail was a grandsuccess, [

over (>0coupl-3S b-;ing pr.--senl. Miss Marv S. ?-IcDonald visited Vank-

lcek Hill on ul-uid.iv. Ouicoa miîjib'jr of our young people at-

tended tlic ball at McRae’s ilall, Alexan- dria, on Monday and vep.'irted a good time.

Wiiilc Messrs. John Murphy and • James McKenzi-j were ont driving on Tuesday morning tli-ir team took fright and ran ewav, throwing Mr. Murphy out in a snow bank, w’no furlunat-jly was not hurt.

A UF.AMNG. SOOTIIiNtl «ALVEforcwts.

burtiH, bruiseH. wounds and sore», Victor!»

Carbolic S«Jve.

NORTH LANC.XSTER The Rev. A. K. McLennan, of Dalhc'.isle

Mills, will preach hero on Sunday eveuiug next at 7 o'clock.

CORNWALL The eight months old clnid of F. Dwver

di^'d at Its falher» residence on Tuesday, and was intern'd in St. Columbain’e cemetrv on \\ednesilav.

Two old lesivdunls, of Cornwall, passed awav on I nesdav m the jiersons of I rancis T VO, aged 75 years, and yirs. P. Gannon ag-*d 87 YCP.r-i. BoUi were old and highly respected reKident? of Cornwall.

k number from (;ornwall attended the as-semblv at A\ liliurnstown cu Monday

A grand ball was given m the Music hall on Irn.tav evening under (he auspice of the Indepemlent Order of Forsters. About IOC conmes were )>resont. Gnien- waid s orchestra from Montreal furnished the music.

T'lio funeral of Mrs Robert Craig took place from lier late residence, corner Beconfl and Augm-ta streets on Monday afternoon to Wnriintcwn. where the remains Wi-ro placed in the vault. Mrs. Craig was in her 4'.*t)i VTar. and was one of the most hi:’hlv estecmetl resid-uU of Cornwall. Tho funeral procession was a verv large one.

To our Patrons -AND THE PUBLIC OE GLENGARRY—

We are selling all ourstock and want customers.

A big clearing sale now going on.

Don’t pay 12i per cent on v/holesale cost for old goods when yon can buy nev/ goods 25

per cent chea.per.

We want to buy a few bags of good potatoes, fresh butter and eggs.

We want a few more young men to learn to be shoemakers, steady employment and a chance to learn a trade.

H0O8$0H BROS. GOK ALEXANDRIA, ONT.

Do You ¥7ear a

CLEARING SALE

16 L.’io latest tnuuiph m v-li-'u-mucT lor Uie cure of aJ one svaniLc-n-.s inc.caiing KU-SET XSD l.ivrp. If yo'i arc tronl;lc-( wnh Cohiiv<-uo.is. S-'urStun acli.

i‘.pad:'.<'bc, 1 udlujfrulon. Pcoa ATPHTITB, liRL-o tüni.-vo. ({••;:',-y.\T:c i'.Lix» : blecpuas b DT W Lu » '■c rv / i rii. jubray 0 r.iuney :*.iul Cure

c- ’.•.r.;n'‘ i:a;c renef and Li'iseT x Cure. -•] ao au Jn-uv ^torcB- r. t.-îledlcilir C<>-. î.in-.îtc<1.

PETERP-ORO’, ONT.

FOUIMD A verv successful DRlf.f.ISr of 17

years' expeneuce has discovered

fl HEflEDY FOR all tlic difTiCulties that arise from a de- ra:igcd Stomach, Liver aud Kidneys. Also for Impure Blood and Biliou.sness.

liDlGESTIOti SVMPTOM3 :—Dii'-zincss, Headache, Con- sUpalion, \‘aria fie .'\p])ctilc. Rising and Souring of I'oo'l, T'.-.inlness, Gnawing at Pit (jf vSlouiach, Palpitation of the Heart,

S!G!( (lEflORCHE, brought on by Indigestion, Sluggish l.ivtT, P.iliousncsfi, Irregularly Acting Bowels—causing Dizziness, Nervousness, Loss of Sleep, Sick Stomach, etc.

COIlSTIP.ATlOil, causing: HeatlHchc, I.owSpirils, Win Stomach, Hrnptive Sores, Piles, Lo:

-Durin" the next-

TWO OR THREE WEEKS tVe will sell all our Winter Goods comprising

Underwear, Caps, Mitts, Gloves, Mufflers, &c., &c. at a slight advance on COST.

Dont miss this opportunity to secure fine Goods

If SO we are clearing the balance of our FUR CAPS AT COST. Now is the time to buy one cheap.

at low prices, at

J. 0. SIIPSON.

Wind on iptive Sores, Piles, Loss of

.-\ppctite, Sallow Complexion.

KlDflEY COfliPEftlflT, SvMPTOM.s :—Fever. Dropsy, Weakness. Brick-dust Deposit, Palciie.ss, Headache, Backache, Pain in I.oins, Restlessness.

RgtlllSflTISfJ, SvMPTOM.S :—TTiirst, Fever, StiiTness, Severe Pain, Swollen Joints, I'rce Perspir- ation, Dcraiigeuient of the Bowels, Kid- uevs and Skin.

IfSPUilE BLOOD. As an ALTERATIVE OR BLOOD PURI ITER this Medicine is unsurpassed. It carries away all poisonous matter from the system, giving tone to the digestive organs.

BROWN’S nUTERHTIVB AND IN- VIQORRTINO BITTERS is the best renieily that has ever been discovered for the above diseases.

Ask your Druggist or dealer for it.

$1.00 pep Bottle, OP 6 Bottles for $5.00 MANUF.^\CTURED BY

E. H- BROWH, Opaggist,

Gopnaiall, - - Ontario.

This space belongs to

J. F. CATTANACH General Merchant

North Lancaster, Ontario.

Watch his advt. next week.

-ALEX.XNDRI.X

LIVERY C. BEFFRSY

Alex. Leclair General Merchant, NoiTh Lancaster, Ont

STIXJXJ LEJLZDS TIT Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Crockery, Boots

Shoes, &c. Cloth a specialty.

Have a few Fur Caps, Muffs and Collars, ' will be sold at cost to clear.

Buffalo Robe.s at and under wholesale y.

We have also been chartered by the P. of L anc sell at I2j p.c. above cost.

Call and be convinced.

FÜRS--:

PUBLIC NOTICE Having decided to change my this spring 1 will soil my enliro stock of

Dry Goods at T¥holesale Prices From now till March 15, '1)3

Consisting of Panting Tweeds, Meltons (a great vai Men’s Shirts and Drawers, Flannels, h'ur Coats and ' Overcoats and Suits a great variety. Also Boots and i at very low prices to suit tlie times.

This is a good opportunity for anyone wishing to purchases and save money.

Always on hand. Groceries of all kinds. Also Flour, Salt and Fish. P. A. HUt

--TÆ JMXL-VZLLIE-

The nnderBigncf! respettfnllv solicits the patron ago of tho public, and inform» them that

Well Equipped aud Stylisli-Rigs can always be Secured.

At his stables. A comfortable buo meets all trains at the Green Valley Station, leov-

ing Alexandria at 10 o’clock a.m., and 5 p.iu.

Careful attention given to every order. The wants of Commercial Travcllors fully met.

BUS LINE, i Harrison Block, Main Street, ; Alexandria Î

For Artir.tic Piihiting, } Paper Hanging, oo i

Glazinc. Gilding, oo Graining, oo

Sign Wri'.ii g oo and general

ilouKe Painting. Kalsomining and Tinting

Carpet laying and Window Shades put up

Arch. McMillan.

CANADA ATLANTIC RAILWAY

The short quick route to Montreal, Que- bec. Halifax, New York Boston, Philadel- phia, and all intermediate pifints.

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Tickets issued and bagçage chocked through to all points in the Canadian Nortliwofit.Western Btates, &e., at reduced rates. See nearest agent for rates and information. E.J. CnAMBEKLIN. C. J. SMITH,

Gen.Man., Ottawa. Gon.Pass..Agt. Jj. C. H.VItRIS, ticket agent, Alexandria.

CHISHOLM & CAMERON BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, (tc.

CORNWALL, ONT. Offices—Kirkpatrick Block.

Entrance on First Street.

J. A. CHisnoLSd J. A. CAMEKOX

Alexandria Office —Over Cahill’s Store, Main Street.

H. PATTEBSO.V, Man.

MONEY TO LOAN.

HOUSES TO LET BOTH at station and in town. For terms, etc.,

apply to GEOUOK LAWBOX. Alexandria.

McKAY & KEIR Hardware Merchants

MflRTINTOWI, OUT. Agents for tho celebrated “Perfection” Hot

Air Furnaces. Will tender for the heating of any building

offered. 21-13 PRICES RIGHT.

LOOK HERE! If you want bargains come and get them

at the

Glengarry Store as wo intend leaving this country and

must dispose of our stock of

Boots,Shoes, Groceries,Hard- ware, Books & Stationery

at Cost for Cash. All accounts must be settled at once.

H. A. MILLER.

and Winter stock of

Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, Groceries,

Crockery, &c.

We pay the highest cash market price for Oats, Peas and Buckwheat.

A. CINQ-MARS & CO. GLEN ROBERTSON.

ALEXANDRIA MARKET.

AVheat Oats Barley

Buckwheat .

Oatmeal ... Provender.. Potatoes.. . Lard Butter Eg«s Pork Beef Mutton Hay Shorts Bran

60^: 75 27L/> 30 38^ 40

1 25,2^ 40;^. 45

1 75^ 2 25 2 25& 2 50

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Merchant Tailor Maxville, Ont.,

Begs to announro to tho public that he has moved his stock across tho street from his old stand, whore ho intends to sell off his present stock at COST to make room for new goods.

Great Bargains in Ready-made Clothing.

Call before you lose the boat.

THE KEY TO HEALTH.

SASH & DOOR m J. L. WOOD - - - PROP.

First - class Shingle Mill attach

SPECîâLTÿTBLINDS MOITLlDIlNrQ-S, &0.

A. I. SMILLIE. J. W. SMILLIE

m m Of General Merchandise now going on at the

FARMERS’ EXCHANGE DEPOT is making a great mih.

It seems to be the universal desire of this coninuniity to buy tbeir goo Cash, and in order to meet their wislies, we have converted our businesB into a System, and all parties wishing to pay C’ash for tlic-ir goods'will get them at Montreal Wholesale Prices. Parties buying on credit will be charged the usual price. AVe will keep our stock well assorted and ask you to call and give us a- sh your businc-sB.

SMILLIE BROS. Slain Street, MaXTille.

STILL i THE LEAD And what is more we always shall be, for we carry one o:

Largest, Best, Cheapest and most reliable stock of sonable Goods which has ever seen daylight, sucl

DRY GOODS, OBOGERIES, REÔY-MROE CLOTHIHG, BOOTS SHOES, H8R0WÎ1RE, FOBS OF RLL Kil^DS, &C., &C.

Economy, comfort and satisfaction goes with every pure made at

JOHN McMILLAN’S Stone Store, Main Street.

iACPHEiSOi & SCHEI

TJnlocts nil the ologged avenues of the Bowels, Kidneys and Liver, oarrymg off gradually without weakening the Bya- tem, all the impurities and foul humors of the secretions; at the same time Cor- recting Acidity of tlie Stomaoli, curing Biliousness, Dyspepsia, Headaches, Dizziness, Heartburn, Constipation, Dryness of tho Skin, Dropsy, Dimness of Vision, Jaun- dice, Salt Rheum, Erysipelas, Scro- fula, Fluttering of the Heart, Ner- vousness, and General Debility ; all these and many other similar Complaints yiel-i to tho iiappv influença of BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS.

For Sale by aU

T.M1LBURÎÎ li CO.iPror/rfstors, Toronto.

Lumbermen, Contractors, Builders, Mach Shops, Box Shook Manufacturers, and

Box Machinery Builders.

We carry a .stock of Timber, Scantling, Joists and Boa

in the Rough.

We have on hand Flooring in Maple, Birch, Pine, Sp

and Tamarac.

Inside finish in Hardwood and Pine. Doors, Sash, Mo ings, Base, Wainscot, Ceilings, &c.

Lath and Shingles.

Wood Turning, Scroll Sawing.

Custom planing, o^c., &c.

\Y'e will tender on anv contract offered.

/HE WEEK’S NEWS

1 was opeu- Woodstock's new opera hou; d the other evening. 'The Bteamer Michigan, which went ashore

Vancouver island, will prove a total »s,.__The crew were all saved. Quebec people are talking of having a

îiass meeting to protest against the removal |of the old guns. t Mrs. Orr, an inmate of the House of In* ulustry at Kingston, is 107 years of age and lenjoys good health. /r Heavy snowfalls, accompanied by high winds and extreme cold, are reported from

'iraany points in the North*west. j President Greenshields, in his speech be- • forc the Montreal Board of Trade recently spoke strongly in favor of the absolute free-

. dom of Canadian canals. Mr. Robert Crawford, postmaster at

I Owen Sound, Ont., while walking along one i of the streets of the town the other evening, : dropped dead of apoplexy, i Robert McDonald, manager of the Indus* ' trial farm, died recently in Woodstock of

pneumonia, aged 62 years. Mr. John Walker, who was accidentally

I shot by James Stevens at a social party at , Decew Falls, Ont., on Thursday night last,

died on Sunday night. , It is feared the Miss Twomey, whose ' murder in Texas was announced recently V was Miss Maggie Twomey, sister of Rev. Father Twomey, of Kingston, Ont.

► The Assessment Commissioner for Ham ‘îlton. Ont;, has prepared a statement which : shows that the total value of property in ! that city which is exempt from taxation is ' $3,3J8,600.

The Norton Manufacturing Company, of Hamilton, Ont., on Friday divided among its employes a portion of its year’s profits,

; each man receiving a sum about equal to ton days’ pay.

An avalanche of snow fell from the cliff recently at Quebec into Champlain street below. Two boys who were beneath were buried in the snow. A rescuing party dug out both, bat one was unconscious when readied.

; The Furness lino freight steamer, Stock- holm City, which it was feared was lost,

i patinatHalifaxwith one of her crank shafts broken and her machinery otherwise dam-

! aged. She was bound from London to Bos* ( ton and wus 27 days out.

The report of Major-General Herbert, commanding the Canadian militia, is notable for its criticism of the existing militia system. It condemns the present systemof providing the men with clothing, and says much of the supplies are of the worst possible description.

Provincial Treasurer Hall has submitted Ms annual financial statement to the Legis* lative Assembly at Quebec showing the provincial assets to amount to S16,988,2.34.* 71, and the liabilities to $35,629,580.99, an excess of liabilities over asscats of $23,- 641,346.28.

aUEAT BRITAIN.

Tliero is a serious depression in the Dun- dee jute trade.

The poet Swinburne has written an ode concerning the World’s Fair, and Prof.

, Stanford has set the verses to music. The London Chronicle expresses the be*

lief that the nexc budget will provide for ; tile payment of all members of the House of ( Commons. i Sir George Baden-Powell has despatched j to Washington Great Britain’s reply in tho

Behring sea case. Sir Charles Russell, Sir Richard Webster and John Rigby assisted in tho preparation of the reply.

1 In the Gooch divorce ease the court held i that adultery was proved against both Sir

Alfred Gooch and his wife, and consequent- ly the petition of the latter, for judicial

■ separation, could not be granted. The Spurgeon memorial service was held

on Sunday in the London Tabernacle, and was attended by an immense congregation. A special despatch says the Rev. Dr. Pier- son, formerly of Philadelphia, preached an eloquent sermon, in whicn he eulogised the dead pastor.

Lord Rosebery informed the Hawaiian Charge d’Affaires that Great Britain was not inclined to interfere at present in the Honolulu diificulty, but thr.t it might be taken for granted that England, France, f'”.I‘GcrrnaTiy would not permit the United

^ States to annex the islands. UNITED STATES.

Joe Hess, the evangelist, has been stricken with paralysis at his home in Dunkirk, N.

The steamship Umbria has been repaired ' and sailed from New York for Liverpool on ' Wednesday.

Mr. Blaine loft a will bestowing all his ! property, valued at $800,000 on Mrs. Blaine I making her sole executrix.

It is now estimated that the deep water j canal proposed to run from Lake Superior

to the Erie would cost at Ieast$500,000,OCO. Capt. McCormick, of the Rochester police

department, died recently, after a brief illness, aged 55. He was a native of Trenton, Ohio.

I'he recent heavy snowfall in Chicago has <lamaged the roof of the Manufacturers’ building of the World’s Fair to the extent of a hundred thousand dollars.

The managers of the Catholic Chautauqua of the United States have selected a site near Plattsburg, N.Y., for the erection of buildings for the annual meeting.

The New Yoik Legislature Thursday sent to the Governor a bill appropriating $700,- OOO more for the “completion” of the capitol building, whicli has already cost over $20,- 000,000 and 20 years of time.

After a bitter fight that has lasted nine months, and has kept four hundred men out of ,work most of that time, the strike at the quarries at Stoney Creek, Conn., has practically ended with the return of the granite cutters to work.

The great ice gorge at Cincinnati broke on Tuesday and 100 barges were carried down stream with the rushing water and

_,4ec. Fully $100,000 worth of lumber was tost.

Rev. Frank Dewitt Talmage, son of the celebrated Brooklyn clergyman, has accepted a call to become assistant pastor of Olivet Presbyterian church in Philadelphia.

ThomasCallan, of Lowell, Mass., who was sentenced in London five years ago to 15 years' confinement as an alleged dyna- miter, has reached Lowell. He was re- leased on ticket of leave.

S. J. Henry and C. J. Bemm, New York, two Pullman palace car porters, pleaded guilty recently at Lockpoit to the charge of smuggling opium from Toronto out to New York. They were lield for the United States Court.

Admiral George E. Belknap, ol the United States navy (retired), says the Hawaiian islands are required as an outpost on the Pacific, and the Government should not hesitate to annex them even though it

'’should lead to war. A Washington despatch says William

Wakeinan has been appointed commissioner on the part of Canada to act with Richard Rathbone, recently appointed by the United States to settle the fisheries on the great lakes and contiguous waters of Canada.

Notwithstanding Mr. Blaine’s well-known wish for a private funeral, the pressure of general opinion was so strong to do marked honour to the dead statesman that his in- terment in Wasiiington partook of the nature of a public function. The President, the members of hia Cabinet, the Superior Court judges, and tho foreign Ambassadors were present ; the floral tributes were nu- merous and uiagnificent,audthe streets from the ex-Secretary’s residence to the church were lined by respectful thousands of the citizens.

Thirteen waggons loaded with gold are on their way from Siberia across the Ural mountains to St. Petersburg.

It is stated that the examining magistrate in the Panama canal investigation has found a true bill against Count Ferdinand de Les-

The Cliamber of Deputies on Saturday evening passed several clauses of the naval estimates providing for an increase in the number of French slnps of war.

A disAstroue coal gas explosion has oc cuned in the Skalis pit, near Gratz, in Styria. Five miners were killed and 10 in-

I jjred. The British corvette Garnett, mounting

fourteen guns, on her way to Honolulu, has been ordered to remain at that port until

[ the present troubles are over. V It is thought probable that the French

Government will make an enquiry into tlie

According to a New Zealand newspaper agricultural implements manufactured in Canada can be )>urchased in Australia for lower figures than lliey are sold at in the country in which they were made.

The island of Zante, in the Grecian archi- pelago, was shaken seriously by an earth- quake recently. In tlie town of the same», name many buildings were wrecked and.'] many dead bodies have been found in the

Paris fashion makers have decreed thaft : long narrow waists and full skirts are tbe ' coming style, and that for little girls the loose blouse must yield to tight-fitting frocks with a well defined waist.

Much alarm is felt among the friends of the passengers of the City of Pekin, which was due from Hong Kong and Yokohama at .San Francisco last Tuesday and has not yet been reported.

It is stated that during the recent visit of the C/.arewitch to Berlin all the cordiality was on the part of the Emperor, who was very effusive, while the heir to the Russian throne was cold and unresponsive. .

A rescue party succeeded in saving the lives of fifty-seven cf the men confined in the burning mine in Ilungarj’, but the fire spread with such rapidity as to preclude all hope of saving the remainder of the unfortunate

The Budget Committee of tho German Reichstag is rapidly voting new credits for the navy under tlie impulse of Chancellor von Caprivi’s declaration that there is danger of coalition of the fleets of France, Rus- sia, and Denmark.

At a meeting of the French Cabinet on Saturday the Minister of Foreign Affairs announced that the Dominion of Canada had reduced the duties on French wines in exchange for the concession by France of the minimum tariff on certain articles of Cana- dian production.

Mr. and Mrs. John A. Miller, of Toronto who were arrested at Niagara Falls on Thursday, charged with smuggling seal- skins and diamonds, were arraigned before a commissioner of the United States on Fri- day, and pleaded not guilty. They were admitted to bail.

According to recent information received in San Francisco, a revolution headed by foreigners, presumably Americans, had broken out in Honolulu ; the Queen, after a feeble resistance, had retired to her country residence, an<l a Committee of Public Safety was formed, of which commissioners were sent to the United States to request the annexation of tho Hawaiian Islands to that country. Tho revolution appears to have been a bloodless one.

AGRICULTURAL.

TIIK ll.44V.iIIA\ REVOLUTION.

Description of the Island—Its Population Resources, etc.

Hawaii—Owyhee, as it used o be written, and may even now be pronounced with an approach to correctness—is not a large place, since Ontario contains thirty-three limes its area and twenty-five times its population. Hawaii, or the Sandwich Islands, has seen some governmental troubles and revolutions since Captain Cook discovered the place upwards of a century ago, and wa^, it is supposed, eaten by the natives. After this last spasm of cannibal- ism they accepted Christianity, but rapidly dwindled in numbers. They were 200,000 in Captain Cook’s time, and there are now fewer than 40,000. But the islands have a productive climate, and occupy a highly convenient position on one of the great highways of commerce. Their capacity to produce wheat, bananas, sugar, rice, and other things, but chiefly sugar, oombMed with what is called their strategic location, makes them important in some degree. There is no other coaling and refitting station between Auckland and San Frau-

Although the native population has de- creased, the number of foreign residents hi-s risen. Tlie hard work of the iuland of Hawaii is done by aboqt 30,00Q coolies drawn from Japan and Chipa. Tl).e sugîr plantations, the banking, thp trade, the professions, and all tlie Government oflices are conducted by a white colony of about 6,000, of wliom 2,500 are British, 2,000 Americans, and 1,500 German». There are also about 9,000 Portuguese, but these are of little political weight, and may be counted with the coolies. It may be said therefore that the active population consists of tlie 6,0(X) white commercial and official people and their 40,000 servants, the greater part of the latter being little above the condition of slavery. They are most of thorn what are called “contract labourers,” and occupy a very much less free condition than tlio workers of this continent. Under these circumstances the fiction of the sover- eignty of Queen Liliiiokalaiii has been kept up since the death of her brother Kalakaua—the year before last—without much real basis. The bulk of influence and trade has been American, and the whites have controlled matters. There was a revolution in 1887 which greatly reduced the powers of the Hawaiian monarchy, and even before this the King did not enjoy much supremacy. The monarchs have been content to drawtheir pay,to pose asKingor Queen, and to let the more active whites govern. Thero would have been no trouble now had not the Queen— who,by the way, is a Presbyterian—determined on the unwise step of attempting to reverse all this and to have a native Government with real power, But there is no doubt a trade policy at the back of the revolution and the desire for annexation with the United States. A re- ciprocity treaty between the islands and Washington was made in 187 ', and this led to a very prosperous condition of things, until 181)0 Hawaii grew the only free sugar that went to the United States. The present American tariff, by making all raw sugar free, abolished this profitable trade and practically ruined the plantations. As American planters and investors hold from one-half to three-fourths of the crops, and perhaps two-thirds of the entire capital of the islands, the desire for annexation can be understood. But there are treaty obligations with France and England which will have to De considered, and it is by no means likely that annexa tion will be permitted. Tlie greatest part of the growth of the trade of Hawaii took place under what may be called an accidentally favourable position. That this has led to a wish on the part of tho sugar planters to get hold of the bounties enjoyed by cauc rooted in American soil will probably not be deemed by Britain an ade quate reason for an important coaling station passing under the sway of the United States.

Old Apple Oriihards*

Who does not remember the apple orchards ot their youth ? They are a part of the old home. Like old friends and old faces, they are inseparably connected with the days we spent upon sunny hillsides, when the air was redolent with their bloom, or the long winter evenings at home, fra- grant with the crisp and spicj fruits. A few of the old trees are standing yet in places alx>ut the old homestead, where generation after generation have eaten of their fruit, loved and reverenced their worth, and may he passed away while the old ancestral trees themselves remain, Like the old people, they should command our highest consideration—our lenderest love and care.

That “ they are of no use,” according to the verdict usually rendered as the axe is laid at the roots of the time-honored tree.s, we do not believe. Why not help them to new life, new blood, and a renewal of vigor, not impossible to their ol<l age ? We cannot afford to do without them after all, for often they will bear us fruit equal to, if not ex- ceeding in merit, the much talked of new varieties. But how?

In the first place, we went to break up the tough old sod about the roots and let in some of the blessed light and air so necessary to our own well beings. Then w'e want to give them plenty of enriching material—for they are well-nigh bloodless from long starvation—heaps and heaps of manure. One need not be afraid of over- doing that part of the treatment, for we cannot if we try.

We must trim out all the old and decayed branches and give them a neat and tidy appearance. It will be like a miracle when in a season or two the great rosy apples hang gloriously, or lie in heaps once more— a sight much talked of but not seen before by the youth of the family-while the rich flavor of old-time fruit is again enjoyed by the older heads.

It is a pity that so many of our old orchards have been almost denuded of their tenants by tho hasty conclusion of some over-zealous wiolder of the axe, who hated the sight of the decaying trees which bore no fruit “ worth picking up,” yet were starving from the grossest neglect. Some rare old kinds have been completely exter- minated by this means, and those of a later planting, equally poor as to fruit-bearing qualities, are languishing under the same vile treatment, or rather from lack of any treatment. It is a grave mistake to allow an orchard to become an old sod pasture, destroying the trees toâin a small amount of pasturage or of the hay it may afford. The ground must be frequently stirred about the roots to insure ample crops and good fruitage, while full manuring is in- dispensable.

It IS from high culture alone that we can ever hope for largo, perfect fruit and plenty of it. we must not be over hasty in con- demning our old apple orchards, because of decay or non-productiveness, until we have thoroughly assisted nature In reproducing such fruit as our fathers and mothers used to eat under these self-same trees, or some like them.

It is a plea for the old orchards that we are making—a plea for the new life,new vigor and new yield which a little care, some expense and not a little good con^mon spnse would bring out of the patriarchs of old, left yet standing, but half condemned. If old orchards long in sod are to bo plowed tho plow should run very shallow, for the feeding roots are near the surface and would be

; badly torn up by deep plowing.

vidual account with each cow. That will show you where the drones arc so that they can be weeded out.

Poultiy.

Soiled eggs are never inviting, nor do they command the best price even if warranted tresli. But you cannot have clean ones unless you have clean nests.

Let the fowls have a run in the fresh air every day, even if it is frosty. Scatter grain outside the house and make them run for it. Exercise and fresh air are necessary forlheir health.

Heavy Lire Insiiraucc.

The Earl of Dudley is said to have his life insured for $6,250,0(X). The Queen Regent of Holland has insured her life for a sum eimivalent to over half a million ster ling. John Waiiamaker, Postmaster-Gen- eral of the United States under President Harrison, holds a life accident policy of insurance for $1,300,000, the risk being divided between twenty-nine insurance com- panies. The life of tbe Prince of Wales is insured for $800,000, or, according to a late report, $1,000,000, The late Charles Henry Cromptou-Roberts, an hotel keeper, of Boston, and a few others held policies for $500,000 each. Boston is famed for the heavy insurances upon the lives of its citizens, amongst which was a policy of $25O,C00 on the life of the late editor of the “ Boston Herald.” The lives of six other Bostonians were insured for sums of $200,000 and upwards. In England a life insurance policy is rarely taken out for more than $100,000, andin London and Manchester thousands of commercial men hold policies for that amount. In the case of large insurance policies granted by any insurance company, it almost invariably protects itself by re- insuring a portion or portions of the risk. The life insurances in force in the entire world is estimated at upwards of $90,0(K),- 000,000.

The Russian I’oliccmaii.

One of the principal duties of the Rus- sian policeman is to awaken those unfortu- nates who have fallen asleep in the streets during a hard frost ; these are usually either the ùvoschU: in his sledge, waiting for a fare, and dozing off, ere that fare comes, into the sleep of leihe ; or drunken men (all too common objects, alas ! in St. Petersburg) who havo tripped and fallen on the pave- ment and have not the energy to get up again. Tbe orthodox method of awakening sleepers is to rub their ears violently back- ward and forward—a plan specially to be recommended, because it not only rouses the slumberer, but also puts him into such a rage that he is far too afigry afterward to fall’asleep again.

A projecting nose and mouth show self- confidence, impudence and rashness.

The popular idea that water is purified by freezing has been again disproved by recent careful experiments, which show that the average amount of impurity retained by the ice is 34.3 per cent, of organic matter. A - ia f.h« more obiectionable

Pithy Points- It is not a cardinal sin for a farmer to go

into debt. If you can improve your farm so that it will grow better crops, it will often pay to borrow the money to do so. But never borrow money for frivolous uses.

A farmer cannot often afford to fool with a fa.st horse. The speedier the animal the rpore rapiilly will it carry them toward bankruptcy.

Speaking of bankruptcy, the failures in agricqltqre are fewer proportionately than in any other branch of pusiness. This is worth considering by men who lilfQ to bo on tho safe side,

■ All public work should be done in a gysteni’i.tlc and business-like manner, and paid for out of tho general or special taxes. When our road work is oonduoted upon this basis we may expect to have better roads.

Good roads would make it possible to run many creameries through the winter which now have to stop as soon as the weather be comes bad. 'J'he loss thus occasioned is not easily calculable.

“ A little farm well tilled” is a phrase that sounds well, and it has more meaning than most smooth sounding phrases. It conveys a lesson that is worth heeding. .

Of course it is highly desirable to havegood land ; but much land gets a bad name because it is not properly tilled. Is it possible that such is the case with your field that has been giving poor crops ?

After the ground is ready for working, valuable time should not be wasted repairing fences or mending implements. Get these things finished before time for the spring work to begin.

A good drain is a basis for several things. It is at the bottom of good roads, and of large and regular crops. Money put in a drain is better than in bank.

Do not cultivate two fields side by side with the same crop. Take down the division fence and run your furrows across both and you will save much labor.

If you cannot make money growing grain crops, then seed the land down to permanent meadow and pasture. It will at least be difficult to lose money that way.

The silo affords means for feeding the corn crop with the greatest economy. By building one you can at once increase the earning power of the farm.

Horticulture- Greediness, in fruit culture, often over-

reaches itself. If you really want a good and profitab'e crop, thin the fruit vigorous- ly as soon as it is well set.

Irrigation is about the best method of insuring a good garden. Sometimes you can accomplish this by means of a windmill and secure a good profit on the outlay.

No man should engage in horticulture who is not pre-dieposed toward intensive methods of cultivation. Success in this line never comes from slip-shod measures.

In growing strawberries, the first thing needed to make the business profitable is to have big berries. It costs less loproduce a given amount of these, less to gather them, and they sell for more money than the small

Currants and gooseberries are two of the most profitable small fruits. Keep tlie worms off and you are pretty nearly sure of a crop every year.

Stock- The recent development of the trotting

horse is a valuable object lesson. There is no branch of our live-stock but that can be improved in equal ratio if we will devote equal care to the task.

It is a fortunate thing that the improvement of stock and a gain in profits go hand iu hand. Oiherwise we should find few men sufficiently devoted to good stock to spend much time or money on it.

Unless you know how to feed it will not profit you that you have much to feed. There is as much iu combining properly as in giving out with a liberal hand.

Some men would like to increase tne dairy qualities of their herd without increasing the size so much as would follow from the introduction of Jersey blood. For these, the use of Guernsey bulls would about fill the bill.

If the farm is really poor, sheep are the most profitable animals you can put upon it. They will earn something and make liie land better at the same time.

Stock make a profitable adjunct to tiie farm, when the farm is overstocked. But that condition is quite as bad as the reverse.

When you bed the stock well, you make several good points. You promote their cleanliness, comfort and health, save labor and add to the manure supply.

There is not very mucli difference in the cost of growing a colt and a steer to the same age. But there is a wide difference in their value—that is, if the colt has been properly bred.

If you are near a good market, grow sheep for mutton and for early Iambs. There are not many ways in which a small stock farm can be farmed to better advantage.

It may not have occurred to you, but the hog gets out of condition easily if compelled to exist amid unsaiiiiary conditions. Then cholera and all other evils follow in due course.

There is no such thing as stock “just holding its own,” Unless it is making some definite gain you are certainly losing the,

that vou give it.

Tlip I sen of Elcclrlrli.v.

The enormous strides made by the new force in ccmmeice and industries of late years have been to a certain extent paral- leled by the application of electricity in medicine and surgery. I'he electric motor turns the drill of the <lenlist, bores out all tbe noses of mankind in the hands of the rhinologist, and may run the saw and the trephine of the surgeon. The electric light is made to illuminate all the cavities and interiors of the human body, so that “the pestilence that walkcth in darkness” in the black recesses of our viscera is sought out and driven away by the electric search light. It is nothing now to put an endo- scope into the stomach and scrutinize its walls from one end to tho other, and iu a dark room the very size of the stomach is determined by the translumination of the abdominal walls when a light is turned on inside of that vi.scus. Electricity furnisnes heat for the cautery, with which morbid surfaces may be healed, wounds stimulated, and tumors extirpated. The electrolytic needle removes the hairs of the bearded woman, eradicates birthmarks, decomposes tumors, coagulates aneurisms, and in its most romantic role manufactures those most desired ornaments of the feminine physiog- nomy, lovely dimples. Tlie electro-magnet pulls out the beam from our neighbour's eye, when the beam is in the shape of a piece of iron, and when the operation is in- telligently directed by the ophthalmologist. It may hunt up and draw out wandering needles. One of the new features of electric medication is tho introduction of drugs into the human body through the skin. This is done by placing solutions of any drug upon a sponge, whicli is made the positive pole and placed against the skin. When the current is turned on tlie drug is actually driven through tlio skin into the tissues. The application is not at all painful. Thus cocaine has been driven in over a painful nerve, and neuralgias have been relieved by it. Many other drugs have been used in this way. Tliis property of electricity known as cataphoresis. Operations have been performed after anæsthetizing the skin and subjacent tissues catapiioretically.

The npurolugist perhaps finds a large therapeutic field for electrical exploration. \Vivh the continuous current he soothes the pains «»f peripheral nerves, calms down an excilod brain, stimulates healthy processes in a diseased spinal cord, exercises para- lyzed muscles, rejuvenates overworked limbs, and aids In the rebuilding ol tissues in members tliat have wasted away. Some times he calls in to his aid the interrupted and the alternating currents, and occasion ally takes into service the static sparks evolved from his big glass wheels and Leyden jars. The method of the working of electricity iu disorders of the nervous system is much more obscure than in thg maladies mentioned above, where heat, light, electrolysis, and cataphoresis produce effects at once apparent to the senses. Not able to demonstrate objectively the value of electricity in some of the chronic nervous diseases, a great deal has to be accepted on faith. There is dispute in some quarters as to its intrinsic value here, and many incline to the idea that suggestion has a good deal to do with improvement in patients of this kind treatad in this way. Besides its employment as a therapeutic agent, electricity has considerable value as a means of diagnosis in many neurological conditions. For instance, the resistance as measured by tho rheostat is reduced iu ex- ophthalmic goitre and inceased in hy- steria. The muscular contractions produced in paralysis from injury to certain parts of the nervous system are to different from cqntracLipns T.y electricity in -paralysis dup to lesjons in'the brain, as an example, that their differentiation consti- tutes an important aid in distinguishing these affections ope from another. Then, too, in the surgery of the brain and spinal otird which has newly sprung into existence, electric stimulation of parts of the brain and of nerve-roots is very valuable in local- izing the exact region to be operated upon. Indeed, mucji oi our knowledge of the localization of functions in different parts of the surface of the brain is owing to electric- i(y made use of by physiologists in llieir marvellous experimental resoarches in cere- bral domains, Altogether electricity occupies ail extensive place in the armanien tariuinof the physician. All parts of tlie human economy are explored by its magnificent light, and there is no cell so secretly hidden that it may not be influenced by this wonderful force which may be made to penetrate skiu, muscle, bone, blood, nerves, and viscera. No one can yet place a limit upon its possibilities as a remedial agent,' for each year new apparatus, new devices, new forms of current, and new methods are made available to tlie medical profession in its noble warfare against the diseases which assail mankind on every hand. It is not in vain that men have sometimes looked heavenward for aid in sore affliction, for has not the lightning been drawn from the plouds tp become his friend and heaven-born ally ?

A Woman’s Strike-

The walking delegate never tired of talk ing of the strike. He held that it wa justifiable if ever a strike was, and he wa prepared to demonstrate that it was perfect ly proper to strike to secure any desired result. He so told his wife, and she seemed to agree with him. She said it seemed to be the easiest way of enforcing a demand.

And that night when he came home he found that the table was not set.

“ I want a new dress,” she sa|d when he asked what the trouble was.

“ I know. You've been bothering me for that dress for a month,” he said “ but how about supper ?”

“ There isn’t any,” she replied. “ This is a strike.”

“ A strike ?” “ Yes, a general tie-up. I’ve been trying

to secure a peaceable settlement of this trouble for some time, but now I mean to enforce my rights.”

“ Mary, do you dare ?” “ Oh, don’t talk to me in that way ! If

I can’t get you to arbitrate, why I’ve got to strike. I don’t care if it does block the w heels of trade.”

“ But, Mary, you don’t understand.” “ Oh, y3S, 1 do. I’ve made my damands,

and they’ve been refused. I’ve asked for arbitration with a view to compromise and that has also been refused. A strike is all tliat there is left, and I’ve struck.”

“ But your demands are unreasonable.” “ I don’t think they are.” “ You’re no judge.” “ You’re tlie judge of your own demands

when you strike, and I’m just as good a judge as you are when 1 want something. It’s no use talking. This stiike on.”

Siie folded her arms in a determined way and he subsidetl. It was perhaps half an hour later wiien he looked up and said :

“ Mary, is the strike’s still on ?” “ It is still on,” she replied. “ Aren’t you hungry ?” “ No. I saw that I had something in the

treasury before the strike was ordered.” “ Meaning the pantry?” he asked. “ Meaning the pantry,” she returned. “ I believe I’ll get a bite,” he said. “ It’s locked,” she replied. “The reserve

is to be used simply to keep the strike going. You can’t touch the striker’s resources.

“ Be careful, Mary,” he said, warningly. “ If I shut off the cash—”

She laughed and nodded tov/ard the pan-

“ I can stick it out a week,” she returned.

Five or ten minutes later he proposed that they compromise on the basis of $10.

“ Twenty,” she replied firmly. “ But that means ruin,” he protested. “I

can’t afford it.” “That’s your business,” she answered.

“ I offered to arbitrate once.” It was 10 o’clock that niglit when he fin-

ally gave in, and somehow he felt that he had experienced a new phase of tlie strike business. It looxed different from the other side of the fence.

E lUTII. sr\, VXD STARS.

>ui<i liilrrosliii); Fac(>« from llic I.Hic l*r»r. Proclor’s Latest Work.

Modern astronomers have not neglected the earth. They have not only measured our globe—they liave weighed it. and the tonnage takes twenty-one figures for its ex- pression. That is to say, the sum total goe.s into the middle of the trillions. Then follow the measuring and weighing of the solar system. Light, proceeding w’ith ten thousand times the velocity of the earth in its orbit, gives us some idea of distance, when we learn that its flight from tlie sun to our globe occupies rather more than eiglit minutes. Sound travelling in air, would require above fourteen years to aecoinplish such a journey. Considered, as a litminary the sun has an intrinsic lustre between tliree and four times greater than that of the electric light when the latter is at its brightest. 'I'lie molten metal in a I’essem- er converter is 5,000 times fainter than the light of the sun. As for the solar heat, its production appears to he yet aomew^liat of a mystery. If the sun w'cre all coal, and that of the best ({Uality, the entire mass—if emit- ting the heat now’ sent forth—would be burned up in less than 6,000 years. Never- tlicless, we are told that the sun may be depended upon for a few millions of years iu the future, lliough not for tens of millions. We may accept the lesser period as sufficient for ordinary purposes, although the sun is likely to be of little service for some time before he quite goes out.

In relation to our great luminary, as well as to celestial objects generally, the spec- troscope and the photographic camera have proved invaluable adjuncts to the telescope. They have rendered special assistance in elucidating the real natiue of the rose-tint- ed border of light, and tlie red prominences bursting forth from it, seen to encircle the sun at the time of a tolal eclipse. Tho very existence of these prominences was the subject of doubt down to 1842, and in some degree, even as recently as 1868, when spec- troscopic analysis was first applied to their examination. But now we have absolute proof that the great globe of the sun is sur- rounded by a deep layer of colored matter, whence enormous protuberances start out composed of glowing gas, principally hy- drogen, the radiant columns attaining, in some instances, to such a height that ten of our worlds might be piled, one upon another, within the mass, and yet fall short of the summit. In I860 photography was first employed to secure views of the corona, the aureole of light which is seen to surround the sun during a total eclipaç. The inner corona is considered due to the presence of tenuous and diffuse gases, varying from iiime to time in their luminosity, and raising to a heiglitofabout threehundred thousand miles. But thersi is au outer co.ronaof much greaterextept, apparently connected with meteoric and cometic matter. Further away still we have the zodiacal light, seen in this latitude as a slanting column in the western horizon after sunset in the spring of the year.

Passing from the sun’s immediate sur- roundings, we are introduced lo the region W’here it has been thought possible for a planet to circulate which has not been detected. Tho idea has been founded on certain unexplained irregularities iu the movements of the planet Merepry, But the existence of the hypothetical Vulcan is now discredit- ed, ami the peculiar motion exhibited by the orbit of Mercury is attributed to the presence, botw'een that planet and the sun, of muliitudinous small bodies, individually invisible. Some of these may be of several tons, or even luindreds of tons, in masses ; yet, considered with reference to the enormous region they occupy, they are but as planetary dust. Speculation has also been rife as to whçtlêr Venu» has a a?,tçUite, ami although proof is wanting, observations are on record which make denial dillicult.

Our own planet may be studied in detail The history of the earth is measured by millions of years, and Mr. Proctor has ven- tured to predict inillicns of years to come, unless some catastrophe intervenes, of which there is “ no sign or likelihood.” Looking back, we may at least be thankful that certain past ages qf the earth are gone forever, including the era when a fiery atmosphere, laden with destructive vapors, burst firth in tremendous storms, while maleficent clouds discliarged torrçpta qf hot water, mixed with sulphuric acid and other corro- sive compounds. It is well that the gigan- tic insects of a later period no longer exist, and that the glacial visitations are for the present suspended, But, in the absence of any catastrophe, tho earth’s decay is an assured fact. T'he water supply, including the volume of the seas, is destined to dimin- isli, though any serious dotioiency will not accrue until the time of earth’s “extreme ol<l age.” The action of tho tidal wave is apparently reducing tlie rate of the earth’s rolation, making a longer day. The action must be very minute, yet if it is real tho effect will be palpable enough after the lapse of millions of years. In addition to this, there is warning given that artificial processes are exhausting the earth’s stores, and if man continues to use up tlie materials at his commamd at the same rapidly increasing rate as in recent times, it is possible that in a few thousand years, instead of millions, the earth will be no longer hab- itable by civilized varieties of the human family.

The orbit of Neptune, thirty times further from the sun than that of the earth, forms the outer boundary of the solar system. Tlie distance is immense, yet shrinks into iu significance compared with that ^yhiph lies beyond. So va^t is the gulf which inter vones between our earth and the stellar uni verse, that although many of the stars are,

All Unknown Family-

Little Boy—“ I think it.s a reg’lar shame. We seem to be just nobodies.”

Mother—“Why, what’s the niattei ?” Little Boy—“I’ve got one papa, an’ two

big brothers, an’ four uncles, an’ not one of ’em is a champion anything.”

A Mexican street car can be hired for per-

il! all probability, larger and brighter than our sun, and some very consideriAly so, yet the most powerful telescope is not able to give them any appreciable diameter, a mere point of light being all that is visible, even when the great Lick telescope is directed to the brightest among them. This of itself does not prevent the determination of dis tance, but iu only a few cases has there been an approach to an actual estimato. The least extent runs into billions of miles. Some notion of the reality may be derived fforn the fact that if our sim were removed to about two hundred thousand times its present distance from the earth, it would appear to us simply as a star of the first magnitude. The distance in such a case would exceed nineteen billions of miles. It follows that if the nearest fixed star is further off than this, as appears to be the fact, every star pf the first magiutude must be larger or brighter tha* our sun.

According to one reckoning, our sun seen from the distance of Sirius would appear as a star of the fourth magnitude. Sir Robert Ball, ascribing to Sirius a distance of one hundred billions of miles, states that the 8UU would be altogether invisible from such a range, its apparent size—if it could be apparent—being reduced to that of a half- penny seen sixteen hundred miles away. A strange hypothesis presents itself in the argument tor the existence of dark stars. Mr. Ranyard calculates that a dark body, equal to tlie sun in size, and only six hundred times more remote, would probably be overlooked by our astronomers. Thus we may have an invisible universe, in addition to that which meets the eye. The star Algel is known to have a dark companion, ami iheie may be other dark orbs in space. The extent to which movement lias been detected among the so-called fixed stars is a notable achievement in tronomy. In one instance a star is estimated to proceed at the rate cf sixty-seven miles per second or even one hundred mile.'?. Our own sun is a star, travelling through space, with all the attendant planets, at the rate of eighteen miles per second. There is, accordingly, a chance that in four hundred and fifty thousand years we shall come abreast of the Milky Way, and in a similar space of time pass through it, so as to view things from the other side. Something more will then be known about the nebului than we can now determine, though it is hard to say what may happen in the interval.

An Earnest Welcome-

That guest must be hard to please, wlio, having received a cordial welcome from his entertainers, finds fault with any small de- ficiencies at the table. Therefore, good wife, if your husband brings home an unexpoctctl guest, whom he has invited to dinner, don’t feel it necessary, at the eleventh hour, to cook something extra. Your fine dinner, with its attendant irritaticn and upsetting, will taste no better tlian what you had prepared. Make no difference in your plans ; seat your visitor witli a smile and an easy greeting at your liospilable board, and he will feel more comfortable and happy than though you gave him a banquet. You save temper and trouble, and gain the eiiiny. ment of giving your friend a cozy time. Few people in moderate circumstances have three or four courses on their tables daily, and the wholesome, hearty fare, with good iiaLure and hospitable cordiality, will be tinctured with a sweet, domestic sense that is invariably lost in grand dinners. Smiles oiwl for liomolv meals.

A ST t'ATlüRl\i;S MIRACLE

An Old nnd Esteemed Citizen Rc stored to Health and Streiig^tli.

>ir. C. n. fielli-iii:, Sr.. KKlatc-4 ibe Farlic iilar«or iiis niul Relie! (on Slamlaril Rei»orler -Advice Oilier SuITvi’ers.

St. Catharine? Staiidaril. (Jasually, the other day, the Standard

learned that Mr. C. W. Helleins, sen., one of the oldest and most respected citizens of •St. Catharines, hail been restored to health after years of sulferiiig. in a manner border- ing on the miraculous. The editor of this paper had known Mr. Hellems for years, anil he was anxious to hear from liim the story of Ills wonderful recovery. He had not seen Mr. Hellems for some months, but met witli a very warm welcome when he told the eiTaiul upon which he had come. Mr. Hellems’ home is on the corner of St. Paul and Court streets, and lie is well- known to ail our older residents a*» a citizen of the highest integrity, having lived in this city since 1833.

“ I liave had rheumatism,” said Mr. Hellems, “ more or less for the past twenty year.?, which often got so painful that I could not get about at all. I had been to all the doctors here and to some in Toronto and ButFalo, but I could get no relief worth speaking about. Five years ago I went to \Velland and took a vapor bath, and felt so much relieved tliat I took two more. The relief, however, was only temporary, and four and a half years ago tho lameness and pains came on again ond so completely used me up that 1 could hardly do anything. I applied to a luimbcr of doctors for treatment and two of them treated me, but without relief. My age they said was against me; that if I were a younger man there might be some hope for me. I was 84 last October. I tlieu liisooiitiiiued the doctors’ trealuieiit and about a year ago got a box of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People and used them without feeling any benefit and quit. This spring I used another box without any effect and again stopped. You see that I expected too much and seemed to tliink that a box of Pink Pills ought to do what years of doctoring <li<l not do. In July I read about the case of .Mr. Condor, of Oakville, who had used, 1 think, eisrlUeen boxes. When I read that he was so fully cured thofc he was able to work again, and even play baseball, I took courage and saw that 1 had not before given tho pills a fair trial. I then got half a dozen boxes and was on tlie liftli before I felt any beneficial effects. I had run down so low ;.nd my appetite had left me. I now began to feel my appetite returning and my knees and ankles l>egau to gain strength. From tliat out 1 continued to improve until the time of the county fair, when I went down there in company with others and went the rounds seeing the stock and other exhibits. I tried to keep up with them and walked so much that day that I felt some bad effects afterwards. But I now knew where to look for relief and continued using Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills, and ever since have felt a steady improvement. My legs have gained strength wonderfully, and the doctors tell me if 1 was a younger man I would be still more benefited. My general health has also improved very much. About six weeks ago I was in Toronto and walked fully five miles that day, something I could not have done before. In fact I feel so much better that I have taken a two year old mustang colt to break it in,” At this point Mrs. Hellems, the life partner of the venerable gentleman, who had come into the room while Mr, Hellems was relating his story, said that a friend when he heard that Mr. Hellems bad taken a colt to break, said he was going to commence using Pink Pills too. Then the lady noticing the Btandanl man writing at tlic table asked Mr. Hel- lems if all this was to be published,

“Yes,” said -Mr. Hellems, “if there are any other poor creatures who are suffering as I have done I would bo glad to have them know the groat good Dr. ^Villiam3’ Pink Pills have done me, and be benefited in the same way. I am glad to have my experi cncc published for tlio benefit it may do to others and I cannot too strongly recommend these great pills, Iq reply to ap enquiry Mr. Hellems said he had taken three half dozen boxes since he began to take them regularly and was now using the fourth half dozen.

The Standard reporter called upon Mr. A. J. Greenwood, the east end druggist, whose store is only a few doors from the residence of Mr. Hellems, to enquire how the sale of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills stood in regard to other proprietary medicines, and luoidentally to enquire what he thought of their effect iu Mr. Hellem’s case. “ Piuk Pills for I’alo People have a great sale,’’said .Mr. Greenwood, “ and I am continually asked for tliem. With regard to Mr. Hoi- lem’s case I knew that for 5’ears he had suffered from rheumatism and other diseases and that he was thoroughly run down. He now speaks very highly of Pink Pills though at first he did not think they were doing him any good, but tuat may be ac- counted for by the hold the disease had on his system. He now feels like a young man and is able to attend the various animals, horses, etc. After he had taken about a dozen boxes he came into the store one day and started to dance around like a school boy. ‘ What’s the matter,’ I exclaimed, perfectly astonished and vyith happiness ringing in every tone of his voice he called out, ‘ Ü, I’m young again j I’m young again.’ He ascribed as the reason for this that Dr. \Villiams’ Pink Pills had perlorni- ed the miracle. He has frequently told me that he had tried doctors without number, besiiles other patent medicines but without any avail. My sales of Dr. Will- iams’ Pink Pills are constantly increasing, and all agree that these excellent little pills are beyond praise. There are many people in this district who have cause tq be thankful they tried Pink Pills.”

'The reporter called upon Mr. W. W. Greciiv-'ood and Mr. Henry Southcott, the well known druggists,and both spoke highly of Pink Pills, saying that they are the most popular remedies iu the store, and that those using them arc loud in their praises of tlie results.

Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are a perfect blood builder and nerve restorer, curing such diseases as rheumatism» neuralgia, partial paralysis, locomotor ataxia, St. Vitus’ dance, nervous headache, nervous prostra- tion and the tired feeling therefrom, the after effects of 1» grippe,diseases depending on humors in the blood such as scrofula, chronic erysipelas, etc. Pink Pills give a healthy glow to pale and sallow, complex- ions, and are a specific for the 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.

These Pills are manufactured by the Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company, Brockville, Out., and Schenectady, N. Y., andare sold only in boxes bearing the firm’s trade mark and wrapper, at 50cts. a box or six boxes for $2.50. Bear in mind that Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are never solj in bulk, or by the dozen or hundred, and any dealer who offers substitutes in this form is trying to de- fraud you aiul should be avoided. The public are also cautioned against all other so- called })lood builders and nerve tonics, no matter what name may be given them. 'They are all imitations whose makers hope to reap a pecuniary advantage from the wonderful reputation achieved by Dr. Will- iams’ Pink Pills. Ask your dealer for Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People, and refuse all imitations aud substitutes.

Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills may be had of all druggists or direct l>y mail from Dr Williams’ .Medicine Company from either address. The price at which these pills are sold makes a course of treatment compara tively inexpensive as compare<l with other remedies or medical treatment.

liave You Asihiiia?

DR. R. ScHiFFMANN, St. Paul, Minn., will mail a trial package of )Schiffhiann's Asthma Cure free to any sufferer. Gives instant relief in worst cases, and cures whcie others fail. Name this paper and send address.

Paper quiUs are used in J'lurope. Dr. Harvey’s Souihern Red Pine for

coughs and cokis is the most reliable anr perfect cough medicine iu the market. Fod sale everywhere.

Women are not slow lo comprehend. 'I'hey'rc quicU. Tiiey’re alive, ami yet it 5; as a man w!io discovered the one remedy i^r their/>< 'ailment.?. Xi.e man was

r. Pierce. riie discovery was his “Favorite Pre-

scription’’—the bîoii lo delicate women. Wiiygo round “w ith one foot in the grave, ’ suffering in silenoa—misunderstood—when there’s a reniedy at hand that isn’t an experiiiiiMit, but wiiich is sold under the •tnnraiiff.e that if v’uu are disappointed in any way in it, you can get your money back by applying to its makers.

We can hardly imagine a woman’s not trying it. Posubly it may be true of one or two—but wo doubt it. Women are ripe for it. Tiiey must have it. Think of a prescription and nine out of ten waiting for it. Carry llr; nows to them '

Tho seat of sick lisalache is nob in the brain. Regulate the stomach and you cure it. Dr. P;crco’s Pellets are the Little Regulators.

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John L. Sullivan still lives. 'I’his proves the theory of the survival of the fighiist.

GIBBONS’ TOOTHACHE QUM acts a.? a temporary lUliii}?. and stop? toothache instat- ly. 8oid by druggist?.

Sign? or spring.

AU lovers of gardening will revel iu the handsome catalogue of seeds, bulbs, roses, plants, etc., just issued by tho Steele, Briggs, Marcon .Seed Co., of 'I'oronto. This firm stands at the head of their profession injthe Dominion, and are noted for 'vhe re- liability of tlie seeds they sell ami for fair dealing. Tlii.s year they have addeil Green- houses to their already immense business and offer for ’0.3 everything, new in roses, cornations, palms and other plants. Novel- ties offered by American Seedsmen can \>e procured from this firm aud so save express and duty. The latest novelty, “IXitura” or “ Horn of Plenty,” a grand flower, is illustrated on front cover of their catalogue and it is a marved of beauty. We recommend our farmers and gardening friends to write for a copy and to be particular in meutioning this pap3r.

A. P. 64.5

Curcfl Con;?uinpiion, Coughs, Crou3>, Horo Tliroat. Sold by all Drungicts on a Gcannitee. Fora Leaie Side, Back or Chest Shiloh’s Porous Plaster will give great satisf.ic:ion.--35 cents.

PATARRH REMEDY,

ITttve you Catarrh? This Remedy will relievo and Cure you. Prlce50cts. This Injector Tor " TTiont. frr- H.'imemhf'.r.

A Veteran’s Story IVIr. Joseph Hem»

nierich, an old soldier. 620 E. l4Gth St., N. Y. City, writes us volun- tm-ily. TulBC3. atlho batn'e of Fair Oaks, he was stricken with typhoid fever, and after a long stnigglc in hospitals, lasting several years, was dis- charged as incurable with Conminipiion.

Doctors said both lungs were affected and ho could not live long, but a comrade urged him to try Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Before be had finished one bottle his cough began to get loose, tbe choking sensation left, and night sweats grew less and le.ss. He Is now in good health and cordially recommends

Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a general blood purifier and touic m«di> ciue, especially to his comrades in the G. A. It. I

“German Syrup

We have selected two oi Croup. three lines from letters

freshly received from parents who have given German Syrup to their children in the emergencies of Croup. You 5vill credit these, because they come from good, sub- stantial people, happy in finding what so many families lack—a medicine containing no evil drug, which mother can administer with confidence to the little ones in their most critical hours, safe aud sure that it will carry them through.

ED. L. WILLITS, of Mrs. JAS.W, KIRK, Alma, Neb. I give it Daughters’ College, to my children when Harrodsburg, Ky. I troubled with Croup have depended u])on and never saw any it in attacks of Croup preparation act like with my little daugh- it. It is simply miter, and find it an in- raculous. valuable remedy.

Fully one-half of our customers are mothers who use Boschee’s Ger- man Syrup among their children. A medicine to be successful with the little folks must be a treatment for the sudden and terrible foes of child- boodPwhooping cough, croup, diph- theria and the dangerous infiamma' lions of delicate throats and lungs.*

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Get our prices before purchasing elsewhere and save money.

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HOOD'S PILLS arc hand made, and arc perfect iu composition, proportion and appearance.

Some Children i Ch'owing Too Fast ;

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DO YOU IMAGINE That people would have boon regularly using our Toilet Soaps since 1815 (for’.y-scvcn long years) if they had not been GOOD ? Tlie public are not fools and do not continue to buy goods unless they are satisfactory.

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The ample and in of this ny enables its Directors to make ad-

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Loans granteti on improved farms and on., productive town and city properties. |

Mortgages and Debentures purchased. Application may bo made through tho local!

Appraisers of tho Company or to J. Herbert Mason,

Managing Director, Toronto'

Foiiiitaiii of ïontli A man may afford to be ugly, but uo wom-

an can. St. Leon Mineral Water has a magical

effect upon the skin in removing wrinkles, blotches and pimples. It clears up the complexion left heavy and sallow from sickness or the excessive use of cosmetics.

For sale everywhere.

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IMPORTANT Tho preparation of delicious and wholesome

food is ncccsstiry to our happinea-s. To accom pish this line materials must be used. We recommend

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appy ews. · that usually adorns his brow. “I beg your pardon, miss,” he says, slow- ly “but might I say a word to you?” “I am sorry to hear such bad accounts of Heskett,”