The Sherbrooke examiner, 15 avril 1898, vendredi 15 avril 1898

Sherbrooke Hr* VOLUME XX.XO.37 SHEKliROOKK, QUE., KKIDAV, APRIL 16, IMIS We Keep in Stock r-c- *É 4 ! I ! * ¦¦ ¦ ' ' '¦ y- .{ ^ ri, ¦HI __ ^ -iA%- Oiaidieii!, Lightning, Cylinder and Barrel Churns.Our prices are right as well as th^ goods.Use the best Butter Paper and have neat packages.Three sizes 1 and 2 lb.Metallic Roofing1 - - - siï" s Is sure proof against rain.It lasts longer, wears better and looks better than any other kind.A Full Stock enables us to till orders promptly.FRESH SEEDS OF ALL KINDS.Some choice Varieties of German Flower Seeds left.I o - 9.PH U.u.& Uu WHOLESALE AND RETAIL HARDWARE & CROCKERY, 09 and 72 Wellington Street.SPUING GOODS ARRIVING EVERY DAY.NOW TS THE TÏME TO moi* IN AND LOOK OUK HAI.:tOW.S and PLOWS OVElt.' T^.x-r^ - »- ¦ j JT: .¦ ' X "_r?- •- - 4^ J, * -• ¦ »0\5ETH1NG ENTIRELY NEW AND UP TO DATE IN Spring” and Straight Tooth Harrov/s.SEEDERS flBD SOWERS.1,ouni'Kst?o.K FAR^ WftGGNS.Buggies and Express W agons.double and single harnesses harness repaired.Made to order.Churns, Wheelbarrows, Washing Machines, and Wringers.W.N.IRWIN, 130 to 134 Wenmgton Street, boh Telephone isr, Sherbrooke, Que t pURNITURE All you hear on the street is, have you seen the fine line of Furniture ai STIBEjXj &c BPiTJlSrET^S ?They have the finest line ever appeared in Sherbrooke and their prices can’t be boat.BEDROOM SUITS, PARLOR SUITS, SIDEBOARDS, EXTENSION DINING TABLES, BOOK CASES, HALL STANDS, Chiffonniers, music cabinets, fancy centre tables, • AK and BAMBOO EASLES, OFFICE DESKS, SPRING BEDS, MATTRESSES, PILLOWS, W ARDROBES, MANTLE BEDS, In fact everything in Uie Furniture line.p# g.—Our Baby Carriages are selling fast, they are beautiful and the prices are away down._____ STEEL & BRUNET, J.H.BRENT, Manager, 77 WELLINGTON STREET.OPPOSITE THE MARKET.SEEDS! SEEDS! -HEADQUARTERS I OR- FIELD, GARDEN, FLOWER.-AGENTS FOR THE- CELEBRATED PACIFIC CrUANO, Phosphate, L d Plaster.Jobbers in Barrel Churns, Blanchard Churns, Butter Moulds, Butter Workers, Tin Pans, Pails, etc , Galvanized and plain Barb Wire, Smooth Wire, Woven Wire, Fencing, otc., and all kind F rnv a Tools.Ask us for prices.Codere, Sons & Co., It 11 Wellington Htreet.P.8.—MAIL ORDERS CAREFULLY EX ECU ED.If H.SAMUEL.* p Sherbrookes Greatest Store (!) GREAT ¦dig It nl Duel.We have decide! to discontinue our large Carpet Depart-partment.In order to clear out each and every line of our large s ock of Carpets, we have marked over all the different qualities at prices very extraordinary.READ TODAY, YOU WILL BUY TO-MORROW.Brussels Carpets.BEST 5 FRAME BRUSSELS CARPETS from the celebrated makers, John Cross-ley it Sons, Harrisons, etc.New and exquisite designs, every one a st Her, your choice from over 50 designs, with or without border and stair to match, regular price $1.35, Liquidating'Sale Price $1.10 Best 4 Frame Brussels Carpets, Rich colorings in elegant new designs for your drawing room, sitting room, dining room or hall, everyone guaranteed to be full standard quality.Regular price $1.10.Liquidating Sale Price SOc.Ingrains, Unions, Cocoa Matting, Jute Matting, Matting, Wool, Union and Jute Squares.Tapestr) Carpets.BEST TAPESTRY CAR PETS imported direct from the best makers in England.No old stock, but new bright cole rings in all the ditTerent qualities.These Carpets could never be duplicated elsewhere at our regular prices.At our Great Liquidating Sale, original cost is not considered.Tapestry Carpets worth (L) 95c SALE PRICE 65c na Everything in this Department at Liquidating Sale I ,ce, also Floor Oil Cloths and Linoleums in all widths.H.SAMUEL House Cleaning Painting is part of it—just as much as soaping and scrubbing.There aro spots that water cannot remove, and discolorations that scouring will not take away.Use the paint brush in such cases.The Sherv/m- Williams F/smiw Paint In small cans, u made to meet the thousand and one demands fora little paint about the house.It is ready to use.Dries quickly with a good gloss.Can be washed.Leading dealers keep it.Writ® to us if you don’t find it.Book ou puiuting f^co.THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS CO.« Plaint and Color Makers» jTmfgà 100Canal Si., ('lovtland.XT v .ay; V/nshintfton St., Now York.2tt£j blew art Avc., Chicago.21 tit.Anlolnotit., MontrwJL MISSION OF WATERVILLE.Church services on Sunday, April 17 : North Hatley, 10:30, with Holy Communion ; Eusti», 2:30 ; Waterville at 7.FACTORY AT WAYS MILLS RE-OPENED.The Barnston Woolen Factory at Way’s Mills, which was burned to the ground some time »go, has been rebuilt and new machinery put in, and the company are now in a better position to meet the requirement s of the public.Mr.A.H.Dyson is manager.PHILIP8BURG.This has been a remarkable spring ; weather so bright, yet cold nights during April.The sugaring season was short, still of late there has been quite a fl »w from certain maple bushes.Easter brought the usual home coming to certain homes, as well as*the usual services b«*th on Good Friday and Eister Sabbath.Our fishermen are having fair success this season.It is with pleasure that we record the proper ob-ervance of the Sab-both on their part ; may it ever be so ! Nearly, if not all the the serious cases of sickness are much improved.HUNT1NOVILLE.A very enjoyable time was spent atth» sugar social for the Universalist Cfiurch at Mr.Elliott’s, March 31st.The sugar season is over for this year.Several very pleasant “sugaring offs’’have been held in this village.Quite a Urge party accepted an invita- tion from Mr W.S.Hunting, April fith, to visit his sugar camp and enjoy the sugar.Mr.ar»d Mrs.Wrn.Glenday from Farnham have been visiting their relatives here.Mr.Dana P.Hunting spent Easter in Massawippi with his sister, Mrs.Harvey Hunting.Service in the church here Sunday, April 17th, at 11 «/clock; at Ascot Corner in the evening.GEORGEVILLK.Mrs.J.E.Davidson «pent a few days in Fitch Bay this week, visiting her mother, Mrs.Prévost, who is ill.Miss Eva Davis is home from Stanstead College for a few days.The Ladies Guild gave a sug*r social in the p i rso nage Thu rad ty evening in aid of the Methodist Church.Rev V].A.Divis visited Montreal the first of the week.E ig- .e Packard has returned from Cahioruia, where he went for his health some weeks ago.We Mieveho was much benefitted 1-y the trip.We noticed in the Episcopal Church on Easter Sunday a new dos- l, which, w«* believe was given by Mrs.R.W E.Wiight, and a No a pair of 1 eau'iful brass vases given by the Children’s Guild.EAST CLIFTON.The ;; d, c.winter has given place to spring.The time of the singing of birds has come already.Vegetation shows signs of renewed life.The lumber huainena that had been p-oeecuted during the winter months witu s-ich vigor haa ceased, and river driving and sugar making for the last two weeks has Ueti the order of the day, but we bdlieve moat of ih « sugar makers have picked up their buckets and safely housed them until another season.Farm ers are busy at springs work.Mr.N ewell Waldron raised a new barn on Tin sday.Messrs T.B.Thompson A Co.have just competed five very tine well built double wagons.Anyone in mid of a go« d serviceable farm wagon would do well to come and see them.The sick ones arc mostly on the gain except Mr.Gordon, who does not improve as much as we would like to see.Every one is anxiously on the lookout for war ness.SOCIETY FOR PROMOTIOM OF 0HR18T1 AN KNOW LEDGE The Society'for Promoting Christian Knowledge, is the Chinch Si cieU which provides bibles, prater boons and pure literature ; helps home, colonial and foreign missions, gives spiritual aid to emigrants and maintains candidates for Holy Orders in our own c« lb g« s and universities.The Rev.Henry Gomery, the agent appointed by the House of Bithop*, will address a meeting and exj ’ n l’ie work of this society and the advantages it offers to the chinch in Canada in the church of St Barnabas, North « « iey, on Thursday, A pi il 21st at ten o’clock ; also in Christ Church, Eustis, at 2.30, and in St.John’s Church, Waterville, at 7.30 on the same day.An offertory for the S.I*.C.K.will be taktn up.All are cordially invited to come and hear the reinurkahle story of this venerable society’s work during the past 200 years.BISHOP’S CROSSING.We have had some very warm weather the last few days, which makes one think spring has indeed come to stay with us.It is some thing unusual for in to have winter h ave us with the last days of February.The r* ad are drying up nicely for this tin e of the year.It is said that the C.< >.F.of this place are going to prepare for another grand time for the 24th of May.Mr.and Mrs.Gauthier lost their baby hoy on April the 3rd.It only lived five da>s.They have the sympathy of their many friends.Mr.W.H.Bassett's three children have been sick but we are glad to hear they are all recovering.Mr Thos George was homo for a few iliys to attend the funeral of his father, Mr.John George who was buried on Saturday, April 2nd.We hear wedding bells in the distance.NORTON, VT.It is our melancholy duty to announce tho death of Mr.Wallace Lindsay, who has been the proprietor of the Stetton House since 1891.The sad event, which came as a shock to his large circle of friends and acquaintances, was the result of a violent attack of paralysis, superinduced by heart trouble.Ho was ill only four days, and died the 11th inst at the age of stxty-six years.His genial ways and generous disposition won for him a place which will not easily be filled, and ho had the happy faculty ?imparting some of his own cheerfulnesr to «ithors w hen they stood most in need of it.He leaves a young wife, formerly Mis-» Nellie Perry, of Caiman, Vt , who has the sympathy of the community in her loss.Let us hope that our expressions of sympathy iniiüht assist in giving her consolation in bow to the will of an all wise Providence.The funeral service was Stetson House parlors, and were brought to Lancaster, the hold in the remains Wednesday, and laid in the family h.t there.DANVILLi.We aro not diad nor sleeping.In addition to the new electric lights which work (as the Frenchman says) “first rate and a half,” improvements are being made on one of «jur corner stores.Another story is being added and a flat roof put on to make it look like its neighbors.The weather is beautiful ; the roads are quite dusty, and already the; grass is making a start.The Methodists do not hate the light by any means ; they are having their church lit by electricity and consequently deserve a pat on tho back for leading the van in this respect.School matters seem to be progressing favorably.At a recent meeting of the Board the whole staff was re-engaged.The Board deseives credit f«,r the way they manage the school affairs.A new organ has been purchased for the Academy from a Sherbrooke firm.An Easter ball was held in the town hall on Monday night ; it was quite early when it broke up.Now is the time for house cleaning,and the public rendezvous will be well patronized by the male members of the families who take the hint when they see the rolling pin out of its accustomed place.WINDSOR MILLS.Easter Sunday was fittingly observed in the Methodist Church here.The church was tastefully decorated with fl iwers.Able and appropriate sermons were preached by the pastor, Rev.A.T.Jones.In the evening the doctrine of the resurrection was clearly and logically expounded, and was listened to with rapt attention throughout.The singing, under the direction «f Mrs.(Rev.) Jones, was excellent.Asolo by Dr.Williams, also a duet by Miss Ida McDonald and Dr.Williams was greatly appreciated.Monda; ‘vei’ing an Easter social was held ia the basement of the church.Ice cream and cake were served.Music, games and 8 >cial converse filled up a very enjoyable ev« i «*.The new bndg .s r Mve question here ju-t ii'»w.It is a great pity that the municipalities concerned don’t see »he great advantage of purchasing the stock from ihe oM company arid erect a free bridge.Surely it is time the antiquated notion of « toll hri lge was d« ne a* ay with.The Canada Paper Uo.in view of their immense traffic on the bridge, would surely do somethii g h* ’some.Dont lei tho present opportunit> slip.TU to* Haii* tff&Jtaftj O^STOXtl.wrapp«a| ‘ART’ BAKING >- Is Equal to any and fan Superior to many.-\VK HAVE NOW ON HAND A FEW- Granite Kettles, Sauce Pans, Steamers, Knives, etc.- wm Til VT GO WITH EACH TIN ALL FOR 60c.^ COFFEE MILLS ALStf V FEW OF THE That are given with each pound of the whole CREAM COFFEE.R.Johnston & Go.IMPORTEE" AND FAMILY GROCERS We Have Just Received A FINE ASSORTMENT OF Lace " and Portions.Also Spring Curtains.Poles and Trimmings, Curtain Chains, Curtain Hooks, etc., T BELANGER 145 Wellington Street.'w'HICjJIN or'THE ]\IAF*L.B L.RAF'.liAGMUTK, Mrs.(Rev.) J.Moorhouse of Edina, win we serious iMiu ss was reported last week, di*'d on Friday last.A si »t service held at her late residence by Rev.A.A.Radley, the body being afterwards sent to Smith’s Falls for interment.The event was rendered specially sad by the fact that Mr.jtoorhouse is himself prostrated with the same disease (pneumonia) and was unable to attend tho funeral.Miss Chapman of Montreal, spent Easter lure with her aunt, Mrs.Andrews.Rdv.Mr.Consly of Lakefield, will preach in the Methodist Church next Sunday on behalf of tho Educational Society- Mr.Nicholson of Lakefield, was in town last Saturday.Mrs.Boyd of Dunany,and Mrs.Stewart Boyd were in town on Saturday last.Rev.M .Radley preached an illustrated hi rmon to children on Easter Sunday which was much appreciated.Messrs Duncan and George Joss are engaged on extensive repairs to Senator Owen’s residence a! Mo itebello.The 11th Battalion band gave their first open air rehearsal of thw?he sign of the swelling bu i, By JÏe green gras» ever greener, ‘fly the merry br »ok at flood.We are forging ou to th : u>ol‘oii gn Thvtabiumier with rdulios bght ; We are inarch'ng fast to the evening* That linger long aud bright.The beau iful road we are tread'ng, Fairer every day, Is the dear pa>h we remember Through April hours to May.Horner.s Buz*ir.PATENTS I PROMPTLY SECURED I G*T RICH QUICKLY.Write to^iay for Our beautiful illustrated Book on Patenta and the fascinating slot y of a poor Inventor who made $250,000.00.Send us a rough aketoii or model of your invention ami we will promptly tell you FREE if it Is new ami probably patentable., « , ^ Nohambug.HonostService.Specialty: Tough cases rejected in other hande and foreign applications.Roforoncea: Honorable T Herthiaume, prop, of “La Presse, Honorable I).A.Rosa, the leading newspapers, Banka, Express Companies A clients in any locality.All Hatenlssecured through our agency are brought l>efore the public by a special notice in over 300 newspapers.MARION A MARION.Patent Exports, Temple Building.l85St.James8L, Montreal The only Arm of Graduate Engineers in &e Dominion transacLtug patent businsM aclusivoly.Meutioutliis paper.50 YEARS* EXPERIENCE.of wkly, terms$3.00 a year» îlinen coptes ami IlAN'JJ nt free.Address ARE Y*)U TO.STOUT?“-Avri /' v rl cauHO a permaneni r« duclion of fiom o »o , ib-% weekly, without it onvcnicnce.No alteration ofniet needed.They are sue ce^ful in the most stubborn cases, and gréai y improve bolt health and fleure.Absolu elT genuine and trustworthy Numerous i.tim mials.Sent anywhere upon icceipt of tive Shillings, wit! fun instructions, and valuable informât to » Aaaress—Crofeasor H.COMhTON.MOa Dorse Road.South Lambeth.London.Eng.lyi § î|RE0LE tfoURTSHIP RhemnaliMii Cured.Suffèrers from this distressing ailment will welcome the « ews that a genuine absolute cuie mar be effected by the use of Professor Compton s “Rheumatic Cure.” This famous remedy acts like magic, ami speedily gives relief and is the very best medicine known for this complaint, as hundreds of sufferers have testified Kecimmended and used by Medical Practitioners.A supply, sufficient to cure any ordinary case, will be sent to any part of the world for Five Shillings.Full directions and valuable hints will be enclosed.Order at once to Professor H COMPTON.14Ua, Dorset Bond, South Lambeth.London.Kng.IMS DEAFNESS.DE AFNESS AND NOISES IN THE he \D ABSOLU! 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Always the letter.You know perfectly well that I wa* blinded with anger and carried away with resentment* when I wrote it, because you were behaving so foolishly aliout marrying me.You said you loved me, over and over again, and gave me every proof a girl could ask, hut what w as I to do when you told me you didn’t want to marry me because you were poor and 1 was an heiress ?What nonsense ! And you even let me beg you twice to take me, and you would not ! As if the mere fact that your father would not marry your mother because they were similarly situated had anything to do with it ! You Southerners have “such peculiar ideas.You do everything you can to make a girl love you, and if she happens to have a few dollars, which might be very convenient if the time should ever come to drive the wolf away from the door, you say, “Excuse me, I’m too poor to marry you, but I’ll love you forever.’ What’s the good of it ?I tell you, Gordon-” “Yo* fohget-’* “I don't propose to lie interrupted.I want you to answer me directly and straightforwardly.Do you care anything for me or not ?If you want to say you do, even a little bit, and have forgiven me the nasty things 1 have said to you when I was angry with you, come and kiss me at once.” “But Ah don’t desiah to kiss yo’ at all.” “I don’t believe it.And anyhow I want to be kissed.Are you going to place me in the position of begging you?’’ ',Lola, if yo’ really-” “Yes, l do, really.” He kissed her, and taking her by tbe h»nd, led her over to one of the wiikIowh *htre ho put his arm around tur and pointed out the view that could l e had of his place and considerable of the Und* sca(je beyond it.‘‘D > yo’ know.Lola,” he said, “ihis is a ve’y beautiful place of mine ?Yo* askin’ me a moment ago what Ah hev b en doin’ the last six yeahs, aud whe-thah Ah hev inosed yo’ Ah’ve been •Heatuin’ an’ Ah hev missed yo' i tally.Many a n.awning as Ah hev been filin’ up from jJisHisdppi 8oun’, Ah hev cought sight of ihuh white walls of this hout-e against thuh fresh green hackgrouu' of thuh pines, an’ mah rose-gyahden* an’ dew-wet lawns made thuh prettiest so ht of a settin’ foh thuh house, jes like a diamon' among emehalds, but yo’ wuh thut prettiest jewel in thut ««hole settin’ Ah thought, a* Ah imagined %Ah s«w yo’ waiting t n thuh vehanda foh me.Sometimes, in thuh evenin’ Ah went out thah in thuh vehinda, among the vines with mah pipe and mah liook, when the scent from th< se magnolias ovah thuh wandahed to and fro wuh ev’y fugitive breeze, an’thuh awakened night jasmine smelled so sweet thut Ah fohgot toe smoke oh toe re«d oh toe do anythin’ hut dr.am, dream, dream of yo’, while Ah watched thuh sun sink down in a blazn of glohy,an’ light, an’ thuh hush of thuh quiet evenin’ settled down ovah the Ian’, mah Ian’ ! Mine and yoahs ! Look ! As fah away among thuh pines as yo’ can see whah thuh Lisle Road sti etches away ovah thuh bill into thedistanceuntilits lost like asilvah thread among thuh trees, yo’ can’t see how fah oh how high mah thoughts have climbed, as Ah hev stood In ah at this window, evenin’ aftah evenin’, while thuh moon came up an’ cast its red glohy ovah mah quiet Southahn skies an’ thuh still watahs of thuh Wolf Rivah yo’ see shinin’ thah, an’ thuh stabs ap-peahed in all theah eilvah radiance a’ ove mah head.Many a stah has leaned down from thuh sky at thuh top of thuh hill than, an’ taken hack toe heaven with it a thought of yo.” “Gordon, dear,” she sai 1, tremulously, “this must be a very valuable place, is it not ?” “No.Ah cahn’t say it is.” “Then you are not well enohgh off yet to ask mo to marry you ?I would like very much to live here.” “Deah, you know me, of old.We hev talked lots about this.Nothin' can nake me change mah mind.When ouah posi tions in life ah equal-” “Let me see.Six years ago you were twenty-two years old.Therefore you are now twenty-eight.Six years ago I was twenty one.Therefore I am now an old maid.I do not propose to wait another day for you.I suppose you under stand that I am very seriously compromised by having come down here to you, and remaining alone with you in your bachelor home.If you intended to send me away you should have done so the minute I came here.” “No.Yo’ needn’t worry.Ah arranged thuh first five minutes yo’ wuh heah toe establish an alibi fo* yo’, if necessary with some friends of mine in N»w Orleans.Does yo’guahdiau know yo’ are heah ?” “My former guardian is dead.My mother occupies that position now.But I wrote her a note before I came away, saying I was going to you.And I als i sent a note to the person who gave me this ring-” “What ring ?Why, Ah gave yo’ thet ring ?" * No, this one My cousin gave me it a year and a half ago.I am engaged to him, you know.My mother wished it very much, ami he is really a very nice fellow, and hadn’t any peculiar ideas about marrying a girl because she is so unfortunate as to he an heiress, and I really like him very much.” “Oh, yo’ do !” “Yes.I am going back to marry him, if he will have me now.His ring,” turning it round and round on her finger, “is very much like his li y “1 was del.rmined to have you take me w th my mon y « r with *ut it, especially beciusj you are th«; only man I ever know who found it an objection to me.” “Yo’ know so few Croiles,” he inter- I lupted.“So I came down here,” she went on, “with the express intention of compro-m sing nqseif, a id laid my pians very carefully for that purpose.But you thini< you outwitted me because you are going to forbid your servants to say anyone W4H here, b» c« use you can bnlie the hotel people at R ss Chris'ian, and c«n get some one in N»;w Orlt-ariH who knows my people in New York to write letters saying how much my \is.t h «h been enj *y-ed, and because you rely on my mother’s love and your judgment of my cousin that he wi 1 mairy me whether l have Uen here or not But I had another resort.My last one.I persuaded my mother to tu n my entire fortune into Becu>itits, and that's it burnii g in the grate there !” He se zed the p< ker and quickly tried to draw them out, but was too late.He caught a glim se of numbers and engravings as they fell to pieces at the poser’s touch.He turned to her.She was crying, but sm ling through her tears as she waited.“Lola,” he said, “Ah doan’ know whethah yo’ are a fool oh an angel ! ’ He rang the bell for a servant.“Cyrus, ’ he said, when the d ^rkey a; • peared, “hev anothah covah fcaid foh dinnah.Ah doan’ know whethali Ah evah mentioned toe yo’ that Ah was inah’H.Mrs.d* Mauiiac has jos’ anivund, the surest and best of all medicines.Yours truly, Mrs.J.Currie, 280 Delaware Avenue.Toronto, Ont.Head Office Montrea' Board or Directors.ANDREW ALLAN, Esq.HECTOR MACKENZIE Esq.Vice-Pr©tj*d»,nf Robert Mackay, Es Jonathan H( John Cassils Thos.Long.f.^ Joi-t General Manager K.F.HEBDKN, Supt.of Branches, BRANCHES IN ONTARIO AND QUEBEC Belleville, London, Quebec, Berlin, Montreal, Renfrew’, Brampton, Montreal west Sherbrooke, Quo.Chatham end branch No Stratford, 245€ N Dame St.Si.John’s Que.Gananoque, Mitchell St.Jerome Que.Ha ikon, Napanee, Prescott, He^pcitr Out.Ottawa, St.Thomas, Ingersoll, Owen Sound Toronto, Kincardine.Perth, Walkerton Kingston, Preston,Ont.Windsor.BRANCHES IN MANITOBA.Winnipeg Brandon, Agency in New York—52 William Street), Messrs.T.E.Merritt aud John B.Harris, jr., agents.Letters of Credi issued, available in China japan and other foreign cour tries.G.CARRUTHKF Manager, Sbertnxke Library and Art " OF SHERBROOKE.FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY, Open week day* from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.FREE READING ROOM Open week days from 8 to 12 a.m.1 bo 8 an! 7 to 10 i>.m.Open Sundays from l.JU to 4.3 p.in.FREE ART GALLERY of PAINTING® Engravings, Reproductions, etc.Entrance by Main Hall and second atairw** Open weekday.- from 8to 12a.m.andl uiflp.tr.Open Sundays from 1.3U to 4.30 p.in.FREE AMUSEMENl ROOM FOF YOUNG MEN Games, Books, Papers, etc.Open week day* from 8 to 12 a.m.l »o.i 7 to 10 p.m.SAVINGS FUND for WORKING MEN Deposits received from 10c upwards, not as Deeding a total amount of $10, when ib is bran* ferred to any local Bank to name of depositor Interest allowed on every even dollar ATTFNTIONI ATTENTION1 Sherbrooke Loup.& Mortpgb so Paid up Capital $141,200,(X vIoney to Loan on First Mop.tgagi ai Current Rates of Interest Fibht Class Mortgages Purchased.Money received 011 deposit, repayable on dr mand, and interest allowed thereon from da>?of deposit at 4 per cent, payable hall yearly.The deposit receipts of this (Compati 7 are a legal investment for trust funds.A new series of accumulating stock, whlcr has een opened, offers a good opportunity fo '.he investments of small savings.Particulars on application to C.H.FOB**, Art Building.Sec.and Tn as.8HERBROORE Street Railway.WINTER TIME TABLE.Have lust received tho largest stock of fine JfiPAN AND BLACK TFAS Ever brought to Sherbrooke in one shipment, bought in anticipation of an increased duty Jr the near fut ure.In the meantime we an- soli ing a Tea at 25c per pound that can’t be bough elsewhere less than 40c.Your prize you wii find in the oualitv of Teas.We now irry the largest stock of Provision* Groceries Wines and Liquors in the Easter ! Townships.Our 30 years experience in bh< wholesale and retail business gives us a decid od advantage in buying our goods ; as we clair to know where when and how to buy.Our daily increasing trade is a proof thab ou cash system meets the approbation of th* fteneral public, they are now convinced that I s the mutual interosl of both seller and buyer.We are receiving to-day the following:— 1 car load Standard Granulated Suga» 1 car light Brown Sugar, 1 car of different kinds Salt Fish, consisting No.1 labrador Herring, Salmon.lake Trou* Cod Fish.White Fish.Els.omo in and get onr prices before buying can' be boa:.WM.MURRAY & Co No 23 King: Street.She was Right 1 WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR MATTRESS DONE OVER Î WHY AT Partington’s, He is the beet man.a* he thoroughly under stands his business.90 Years Experience.I 154 Wellington tt.BELT LINE.Belt Line car runs northerly on Wellington Street and sout herly on Queen Street, making the circuit every 30 minutes, passing UNION STATION.POST OKKICE.C.P.R.STATION 6.20 a.m, I 6.26 a.m.I 6 36a.m.and every half I and every I and every half hour until I hour until I hour until 10.50p.m.I 10,56p m.I 11.06p.m.LENNOXVILLE LINE.The City terminus for the Lennoxvillo cars is at the corner of Melbourne and Queen Streets.Cars Leave for Lennox ville.< very half hour from 6.40 a.m.1 10.40 p.m.passing Union Station every 30 minutes from 6.50 a.m.till 10.50 p.m.Return ng Oars Leave Lennoxvilla every half hour from 6.40 a.m.till 10.40 n.m, passing Union Station every thirty minute* from 7.00 a.m.till 11.00 p.m.Passengers may transfer from the Belt Line to the Lennoxville line at the junction ou Depot Street, and from the Lennoxville line to the Belt line at the office.Arrangements may be made for special cars.No regular cars on Sundays till after 9 a.m.L.E.WHITEHEAD, Superintendent, -UNION- Marble & Granite-Works COATICOOK, QUE.Hun# by Steam Power.THOMPSON & HAMBLY, PROPRIETORS.Dealers in and manufactures of foreign and domestic Marble and Granite Monumentr, Headstones, Post#, Curbing, Coping, etc.Engraving, lettering aud Carving a special! f and done by practical experienced men Order* nolle!ted, prompt attention, low'pr re# April ®th.MM’ lyvff* V ONLY COPY A\ 4 THE EXAMINER.APRIL 15, 1898 .1 fit SURVEYORS aSL.ADliUC H.A.do.Ciril kaifiMiM an * .ProTlucial Land Surveyor.Sbtrbcnk* .Ofllo** ;tnd re^ilono**.No 10 Bolviderv opposite the C.P K.station PHYSiriAVS _ L*T RUSSELL THOMAS.• U n .C.M.M< Gill.L.s.A.Knc .P .Jt H.M 4ii Lkssoxviii.k Qrmtw.Cot^ultintf hours—$to 10 h m., ItoSp n M AOAVDIFR M P.L.8 A., L.H.C.P.IL RCS England No.56 Melbourne Scroet.Bell telephone No.Î7A “People^ No.MO.V A.DUSSAULT.M.U.> Di^easen • eye-, ‘'«vie and inr»'ai Offloe 25 Commercial Consultation hours row 1*2 to 1 p m every day except on Sunday I).La e Resident Surgoo ontreal General Hospital office and mk\tT - So.15 Montreal St.WD -MITH, M.Mo V XT A.FAR WELL M.D.\ > Physician =»nd Surgeon.Slneckii ittei tion devoted to di*e«*e- of the (t/e, Noland Throat.37 C mmercial • ir^ -rhro»>ke.(>ne.ATTORNEYS.Cvn- WELLS & WHITE (succi'so s to Whi’e Cve & W 11-.1 Advoc Sarris «ra, etc., McCains Block Market Square.$herbroo-co, Qu •.__ __ T a caik.j p wkll* c.n.whitk.b.c.l.nAMIKA^AGENKST.^^ Office 116 Wellington Street, Sherbrooke K CHARBONNEL.U L B.Ad>'oca^.Cookshire, Que.1 noVARD L.L.B.Advocate.Lav Chamber*.Wellington St.Sherbrooke.« AWRKNLE & MORKI^.Advoca cs.etc UA Office : Ode1 Vs Block.Sherbrooke.Que.SIDNEY .brcioke.BRODERH’K.Advocate.Sher Office : Morey Art Building.Offices L.DkLO riTNVIijLE, Advoc t iT.Ouell’fi Blocic, Sherbrooke, Qae.Branch Office open at Magog every Monday k n EL ANGER.Q.C.Advocat Office, rooms Nos.4 and STwose’s Block 96 Wellington Street, Sherbrooke, P.Q.H.R.Fraser, L.L.B Ffaser^ Barristers, etc.Sherbrooke, Que Chambers.Tuck & MrNicol s Block.S.Hurd, Q.C.Hard & Advocates »*r*vi vrs .j J.BLOOMFIELD, L.D.S.Office in Oarthy Block, up stairs, Sherbrooke.Me HYNDMAN & BRADLEY, Dentists, Offices : 11 Wellington Square G.E.Hyndman.F H.Bradley, D.D.8.L.D.8.L.D.S NOTA HI*.*.I B.WORTHINGTON, U U.B.Notary Pub „ lie.Issuer of Marriage Licenses, Morey Art uliding, Sherbrooke, P.Q.yilN4 EI-l.ANFors.RANK J.BARTON, Veterinary Surgeon .vlbion Hotel, Sherbrooke.Charges mod «rate.E hargravE;ountan,t ^UDIToR Aud Commissioner of Superior Court.Insol vent Estates administered.Sherbrooke.Que.JM lî % ally dead, the future wife who the ni The is a is a lieipie ther whose ba Think of liv ~—< ing a year or tw o after one is dead ; dead practical m tents ami purposes.— ad.with the aulo-aph of death in* I scribed on brow and v du t k and lip Thousands of women live for a year or two after all helpfulness and happiness have gone out of their lives When a woman becomes hopelessly helpless and unhappy she is practic-voung woman to whom dreary waste, the young helplt ibcf nervous invalid, are a burden in stead of a blessing,—all these, unless they take the right measures to recover their health, are better dead than living In the majority of cases these ghosts of women owe their condition to weakness and disease of the distinctly feminine organism Frequently they have been deceived by the incorrect diagnosis of some obscure physician and do not understand the true nature of their trouble.It only costs a two cent postage stamp for a woman to write and describe her condition to I)r.R.V.Pierce*, an eminent and'skilfnl specialist.for thirty years chief consulting physicien to the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute of Buffalo, N Y.He will answer letters from ailing women without charge.He is the discoverer of Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription, the greatest of all known medicines for women.It acts directly on the delicate organs concerned in maternity and makes them strong, healthy and vigorous.It banishes the indispositions of the anxious period and makes baby's coming easy and almost painless.It cures all disorders and displacements and checks exhausting drains.• Previous to motherhood my wife was very sick ' writes Dennis H Connelly I'sq.of Clear Water.Wright Co.Minn " Two 1 Kittles of Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription made her well aud strong." Dr.Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets cure biliousness and constipation.One a dose.They never gripe STRENGTH CAME BACt Th* Auvll oi»«« mer» ring* with ik% *tr*k*s of hi* homm*r.Mr Tho*.Porteons, th* well known blacksmith of Goderich, Ont , tells bow iickness and weakness gave way to health and strength.“ For the past four years my » jlHTIS nuriNKIJLE.>ot and Shoemaker •muairs Flot*.Wellington street.Block.i«r 8 Sherbrooke, L.BIUJNKLLE i WcM AN MVI V Oo WHOLESALE •-ViiiorS iitiil I aIQ lt< agents for BISQI IT DuBOUCHES BRANDIES Sherbrooke, Qd«- nerves have been very weak, my sleep fitful and disturbed by dreams, consequently I arose in the morning unrested.I was frequently very dizzy and was much troubled with a mist that came before my eyes, my memory was often defective and I had fluttering of the heart, together with sharp pain through it at times.In this condition I was easily worried and fell enervated and exhausted.Two months ago I began taking Milburn’s Heart and Nerys Pills since that 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shipped in cars or boats which shall bear placards duly announcing that they contain southern cattle No other cattle are to be allowed on the trains containing animals from the in footed district without being similarly labeled as having been exposed to the in lection.Regulations just issued require that cars or Lx ats used for the trails portatiou of these animals shall be thoroughly disiufected after b*ing unloaded and require transportation companies to do this before the cars or boats arc again used fur the transportation, storage or ¦belter of either animals or merchandise.The order also requires that ail animals from tbs infected district shall be kept in isolated pens at both points of transshipment for final destination.They must also be fed and watered whil* in course of transportation at places specially set apart for them, aud to which no other cattle are admitted.The order also provides for the disinfection of all these temporary stopping aud feeding places.Cattle from 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I .IKI-»-A MARRIAGE F' R H \ î f arite I Ci'ngf.am by Cti'tiin A.tred St ok» Wayne, j .Riittll 1 «.tuiat.v h,' 11 R Vynno.• M Koadre*.I c • s«*' « ON THE ALTAR < ' PASaloN Uyjc^n GU»**i — A MAR TVK TO LOVE.By lo*nn* E.Wood.Cheap Sale -AT- I.SMITH’S 104 WFLUNGTOV -T __Opposite thr Grand Central Hotel- A*- I -Uhil remove to 12 Bridge Street May Int.I will tffe- mv en tre «to-k of Good-* at greatly reduced pricer*, ernsisting of CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES, RUBBERS RUBBER BOOTS AND SHOES, TRUNKS AND Live KtorU Points.When you construct a feeding rack for sheep, make it so that dust, rubbish and seed fre m th* hay aud fodder cannot fall into the sheep's fleece.This is an important matter aiM should be attended to.You can have the rack right by making it wider at the bottom than at the top.Then the dust will fall under the rack, not upon the sheep.Th* process for working up cornstalks commercially is this: The stalk is split mud the pith taken out.The pith is mad* into cellulose, * valuable material for packing th* joints of machinery so they will not cause fires from friction.The cellulose is uonoombustible and a nonconductor of beat.It is therefore of th* greatest value in cold storage and refrigerator packing.The cornstalk is ground up fine aud is sold for feed for farm animais, for which it is extremely desirable.As rougha/e to be mixed with other feed it has proved most acceptable.A farmer can now sell his cornstalks to the cellulose factory and get back the ground feed.Si., new cellulose factories are being erected in various parts of the corn belt.A horse's leg bone that is thin and flat when seen from the side is a good bone.Here is what is said to be an infallible remedy for grubs in the head of a sheep: Take equal parts of turpentine and sweet oil and mix them well and inject thoroughly into the sheep’s nostrils, first one, then the other.Hold the sheep’s nose up and backward, so that the mixture will run through the mucous membranes.One application generally cures.If it does not, try again.What the English call bacon pigs are so greatly wanted that they bring a very high price for export.The bacon pig proper If one that weighs from 160 to 200 pouuds.A diet of rye, peas, bar ley and shorts will produce the lean meat now demanded by eaters of pork at home and abroad.Cattle have been differentiated into beef and dairy types.Swine will in like manner presently be differentiated into th* lard and baeoa typaa.For lard the RoUnd China and breeds resanibling it will continue to be required.For bogs whose fleib is to be eaten, however, a separate type, one that makes much lean meat, will be called for.Systematic feeding aud breeding will produce the baf’on hog or the one to be eaten.Its flesh will be both more pal* stable and healthier than that of th*.purely lard bog.The Yorkshires and the Tamworth cross, so far as experiments have l>een made, promise to give the h im meat hog.HE THOUGHT IT VERY STRANGE “In 1 he au uiun of 1892 I spent nearly twouioi ilita M nit u >pmiga, C dorado, in the h pe > f ge ' t g r'ief I rum the tei-rihle ait n ke of br«>nchi ia aud aathin t, al ich a* u»ed dra^g tig me into the grave.1 had tried pretty ma ly every»hmg and groan very ak*| tical 011 the aubjejt *f medicine.Up to thet tune it bad never littu ugpealed to me that my trouble* might be due to indig**'ion or a In-ordered Mom tch.Yet l had q ider-i tie treatment at the h-«ndk of fuvnly i iff rent phu*i out and work on tt e 1 farms.\fter three week's d* Ly t hi « permission was gVA tied li» one of the sixte* 11 Applicants, nu American cit zoo.This man borrowed fifty dollars ti buy tools aid provisions, took cig)it men with him, ai d repaired to his old farm, some ten miles away, and Iwgtilto mike cha-o al He I eis mally br ugh» d «wn his first load !• r sale.Upon ti iishing the b isiueas he started to return, but whs stop|»*d.No explanation was given ; he win simply («•Idhec 'uld not go back.Hi-* woikmen waite 1 for him i n il their food was ex hautoted, and then made their way back into town as best they could.This w as the end of his effort to provide for his family.— Harder n BVeAdj/.A CASE OF VIOLENCE.Tin reis on rtcord but onecaFeof violence Among the starving *>f Matanzas city.I October, 1897, some five hutidrtd of the rvconcent rad*» women w ere put to woik by the Mayor at filling in with sand » morass on the outskirts of the iity.Thtrt wage was ten cents a day to each woman When the work was finished 1 he women went n a body to the insy », a ki"u him what was to become of them n*w that the morass was filled in ami tic.ha 1 no more money.“I’m sure 1 don’t know answered ihe mayor.The women were pirs stant in their demands for work or food, and the mayor was alarmed at thL feature of the question.Finally he sug gested, in a moment of weakness, that the city market was full—let them he p then selves there.He was taken at his wind ; in ah dy Ihe women moved on the suiprised market-men.Their strength was in their numbers, and they thoroughly cleared out the stalls Indore the surprised venders could put up the shut ters or drive them a way.— Harper'.'* B etk- ly- HATS, I AP*, VALISES.ringer Ms (aie The April Ccnfn» y has a group of papers on the I\nnsylvaniacoal regions.Henry Edward R >* d tells of the supplanting of English speaking miners by foreigners from Au tr a Hungary and Italy, his paper being entitled “A Polyglot Com munity.” Jay Harnbridge gives “An Artist's Impressions of the Colliery Region,” mainly in the vicinity of Lattimer, where the recent rioting took place.Under the general heading >f “Coal is King,” Edward Atkinson considers “The Advantages of England and the United States in the World’s Commerce,” and Edward W.Parker tells of “The Supply of Anthra cite Coal in Pennsylvania.” In “A Fain ous Sea Fight,” Claude H.Wetmore de scribes the engagement between the Chilian and Peruvian iron-clads off the coast of Bolivia in 1879.In a supplemental article, Hon.Theodore Roosevelt, Ass stant Secretary of the Navy, discusses “Fights Between Ironclads,” with reference to their si niticance and prmrity Privy Counsellor Dr.Slaby, e»f Chariot-ten burg, writes of “ The New Telegraphy.’ Elizabeth Robins Pe nnell tells of a delightful trip “Over the Alps on a Bicycle*.’ Sara Y.Stevenson brings te» a close her scries of reminiscences e»f the French in tervention iu Mexico,with a graphic paper on “The Fall of Maximilian,” telling of the last days and the execution e»f the Emperor.R Talbot Kelly writes an article entitled “An Artist Among th Fellaheen.” A series of articles on “The Seven Wonders of the World,” by Prof Benjamin Ide Whte h r.This month Mr I Castaigne gives a remarkable reproduction of the Pharos of Alexandria.In the series of “Heroes of Peace,” Gustav Kobbe writes of “Heroes of the Life-Saving Service.” A six-page poem by Bret Harte, “Her Last Letter,” being a reply to the well known poem by this author, entitled “His Answer,” is illus trated by C.M.Relyta.A further installment of Dr.Mitchell’s “Adventures of Francois,” the conclusion of Mrs.Harrison’s “Good Americans,” a characteristic novel on Western Life, “A ‘GoodfellowV Wife,” by Hamlin Garland, and a Southern sketch, “A Challenge,” by Richard Malcolm Johnston, comprise the fiction of the number.The frontispiece is Gilbert Stuart’s portrait of Lady Erskine, engraved by Henry Wolf.Kidney Disorders Arc responsible for a large proportion of sickness.If you have weak or Lame Back, Swelling of the Hands and Feet, Sediment in the Urine, Dizzy Spell*, Rheumatic Pains, Loss of Memory, S ivere Headaches, you may know* your kidneys are disordered, and the remedy for you is Doan’s Kidney Pills.3w87 Consumption Cured.An old physician, retired from practice, having had placed in his hands by an East India missionary, the formula of a simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and permanent cure of Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma, and all throat and lung Affections, also a positive and radical cure f«.r,Nervous Debilityall and Nervous Coin-plaints, after having tested its wonderful cuiative powers in thousands of cases, has hdt.it his duty to make it known to his suffering fellows.Actuated by this motive and a desire to relieve human suf fering, 1 will stud free of charge, to all who desire it, this recipe, in German, French or English, with full directions for preparing and using.Sent by mail by addressing with stamp, naming this*paper.W.A.Noyes, 820 Power’s B!»ck Rochester, N Y.eowl-yr-8 A REMARKABLE JOURNEY.TO THE WILDS OF THE FAR CANADIAN NORTHWEST.Winnipeg, Man., April 6 —L.Clifton, fellow of the Royal Geographical Society f England, has just reached v' innipeg from one of the most northerly trips made by white men in recent years.Mr.Clifton left Winnipeg over a year ag.», and travelled to the most northerly Hudson’s Bay Company’s post on Hudson's Bay.and from there 600 miles north, where alone, he lived among the Esquimaux.He extended his journey inland until he can claim, as not more than five or six white men can, the honor of killu g musk ox.He rea hod Churchill in June, and went north to Hell’s Gate in trading boats.At that point he was d* s-serted by a half-breed guile, who had promised to accompany him among the Esquimaux, after telling him that only one man would be allowed to live with them.This he discovered, on learning the language, whs a pure fabrication.Reaching the Faqu maux village he found all the people away farther north.He followed and lived a month with the pie there, and of the tifry, eight d-ed .• fürmirarPH t ASTORIA XVcge tabic Preparation for As similating the Food atul Reg ul; lii\g ihe Stomachs and Dowel FAC-Siri SIGNATURE Promotes Digestion,Cheerful ness and Rcsl.Contains neither SnunuMorphiue nor Mineral.ot Narcotic.Afev a day of pain and suffering.This was the crh»* with Miss Annie Patterson.*f HackTlIlo.N B.She suffered terribly from Indigestion and nervoiisn»*SH.She was influenced by some one, somehow, to try South American Nervine.Of course.It was like hoping against hope—another patent medicine.Rut ah»* had taken only one bottle when her system began to take on th health of earliest years, end after us! three bottles she was completely cure No wond»r she is strong In her conviction that then* 1s no remedy like South American Nervine.-29.ont weary 3f GRIFFITH THE POPULAR ORUGG ST HAS JUST RECEIVED A NEW SUPPLY OF Sponges.Chamois, Soup, AND ALL TOILET ARTICLES.Patent Medicince and Druggi-t Sundries, al way* a full and complete line kept in stock.All lettor and Telephone orders are given Immediate attention.THE FOPULAR DRUGGIST, Improved Homer Buggy Gear», Platform Gears.Lumber Wagon and Gears not in stock will be made on short notice.All my work is made of the best material and workma:^,’‘ip and warranted.Will be sold at prie m meet the times.Call and examine Ay stock and you are sure to be convinced that 1 can offer you bargains in the best A goods and at lowest prices.I have on hand a nr SECOND HAND BUGGIES that will ho sold very cheap.REPAIRS and PAINTING done on short notice.P.BIBON LAST SHERBBUOKL.Get The Best 1 The Best is the Cheapest ?The Cheapest is the Examiner ! Therefore-take the Examiner ! THE EXAMINER is acknow-lodged to hold a leading place among the papers in the Eastern Townships, and as it goes into Three Thousand Families every issue—three times a week — it has a reading population of not less than 12,000 for each issue.J.L.Mathieu Sherbrooke.Dnigglet, 153 WeMbiglon GRIFFITH, Khertoroolce* jan.mt.im.ONLY $1.00 A fEAR.Address THE EXAMINER Sherbrooke, Que.>ru in iniquity, but under Conservative rule it has become the very anhp>des of what it was intended to be.It was created to act th ught-fully above party.1h hi ijority is b!in l-ing partisan, and ils rejection of Liberal measures is nothing else than a misuse of its constitu ional powers for the purpose of aiding the Conservative party of C umda.•tAtatmanship of her try utinoit." TV 7)*iily stys ' /The war will not lie child’s pray.1 livre will Ikj tragedies | on the Béas; but there will b worse trad getlfes in Cub», where the United States will have to face fan army of one hundred thousand men.Sutton Village Alinoat Wiped Dut By Fire ihis Morning.(.S'/x rial to KramintrJ Suttoo Junction.Apiil 15.— The whole village of Su t n was almost wiped out by tire this morning.The lire started in Mrs.McDonald’s building and thence spread rapidly.The tire is stdl burning (11.15 a in.) but somewhat under control.A special train with tire brigade and tire tight ng apparatus curie down from Rich-ford, and are doing effective work.Mrs.McDonald’s building, Dr Cutter’s build ing and Curley’s Hotel are among those dostroytid.Later.11.JO a.in.Both hotels and a nunU er 'f other buildings hurnei, and the station is also threatened.Fire engine from St.Johns, just about there now.The tirestiittd some tune last night in the mill and was put out and ail left.The tire again broke out.Afterwards Curley’s and Lalioes hotel and some other stores O’Regaus among the number.;r« e was also conferred j j?'**’ 10 i'ÎT Je*r V*?» ^ ’ .*.• r i eailiuifi*, rtteers and Heifers, 1 thoi Borden, Ministor of J^r^ey Buil, 1 thoroughb*d Durham .Austin, Sherbrooke, ; theivvy doable T am vV’aji School Report.RESULT OF EXAMINATIONS AT THE SHERBROOKE ACADEMY War seems inovitible now between the United States and Spun and private advices indicate that the prep initions for it are far more extensive in the United States than the telegraphic news would imply.President McKinley’s desire for honorable and just peace has been ma le plain, while at the same time ho has been sincere and firm in his deman l for the cessation of anarchy in Cuba.Altogether the president is displaying a higher grasp of the principles of statesmanship than might have been expectei from the somewhat narrow political principle that he has represented in American political life anid on which his advancement was founded.Sir Charles Tapper says that when his friends was in power there was a far g eater rush to hear the budget speeches than there is now.The statistics of public librarians also furnish another confirmation of the fact that fiction is in more popular demand than solid information.Mr.James Jameson of Sherbrooke, died at Laconia, N.H., this morning.Six Great Powerc Will Ask for Peace.Exclusive Ideas At Popular Prices.f «^HERBUOOKE has nev-er before seen such an elegant stock of Ready Made Bicycle Clothing.Imported direct from the Old Country, we are able to sell an outfit at about what the bare manufacture would cost in our own city.Do not commit yourself to a purchase until you see what we have to offer.Ask to see our new Roman Stripe and Tartan Plaid Hose, also the new designs in plain and fancy effects.These goods are controlled exclusively by us, and in buying from us you secure goods not obtainable elsewhere.SENATE STILL DISCUSSING OLUTlOix .RES- REVOLUTION IN SLAIN FEARED.(Special to Examiner.) Montreal, April 15 - It is expected that the six groat powers will make another combined i ti' rt in the direction of peace.The Senate still has resolutions from Foreign Relations Committee und r discussion and it looks as if a couple oi days will he consumed before the last of the long list of speakers is heard.The recognition of Cuban indcpeuuence is the ch cf bone of contention.Excitement is growing in Spain and a revolution is greatly feared.President Directed to intervene at Once.Fuller Direct Importer of Bicycle Out fits.ARMISTICE BROKEN.New York, April 14.—Madrid and Washington have moved further on toward war—Madiid clamly, Washington with a mad plunge.Spain’s armistice seems to he making no headway.Congress is sure to direct armed intervention.Spain will consider this a hostile act.Signs of peace have vanished.The House of Representatives,after one of the most riotous sessions of its history, has directed the President to intervene at once.Premier Sagasta’s Cabinet has decided that the United States has no right to interfere in Spain’s affairs.A semi official note says the European powers will bo absolutely neutral in event of war.General Blanco tendered his resignation when he received news of the armistice but withdrew it at Senor Sagastas request.aumi>tice broken.Havana, April 14.—In spite of the Spanish degree suspending hostilities in Cuba, it is officially set forth to-day that “Several skinmshç*, of no importance have taken place in the provinces of Santa Clara and Santiago de Cuba.A British small craft named the Arrow was captured some Ume ago with the five men composing her crew, near Santa Cruz, by the Spanish cruiser Dependiente, it being al oged that she was loaded with contraband of war.But,ow ing to the representation* of the British consul, an order for the release of the vessel has just been issued.THE LONDON PRESS.Th* Daily Mail thinks that ‘ even's are moving in the most ue-irable direction and giving America time to protect her preparations U* ensure a speedy victory.” The Daily Telegraph, looking to the liklihooo that after Spa n haa been defca-te t, the Cubans will not submissively accept the terms America may choose to imp -se, says : “It s no li^ht task that America has undertaken in the name of humanity, but one that will Ux the re* Those obtaining 75 ranked as 1st Class,f>0% and less than 75% as 2nd Clas*, 50 and less than GO /, Jrd Class.Names arranged in order of inept.A.A.Form 1st class, Jas Waterhouse.2nd class, YV.Hope, Eiward Witty, Wm.Lrew, Sinh Foss.Jrd class Flossie Young, Eva Odell.II Academy 1st class, Clara Taylor, Cert ha Eiwards, Gertie 1 'ett, I tonea Nourse, Geneva Pennoyc li rbert Sampson.2nd class, Ray Waterhouse, Carrie Hovey, Edith McCree, Allie Stacey, Douglas Odell, Geo.Humphrey, Eva Miller.Jrd class, Gertie Short, Fergus Dinning.I Academy—1st class, Mabel Hindman Minnie Logan, Meadows Dolphin, Amie Wilcox.2nd class, Dallas Bray, Clara Dresser, Edith Smith, Harry Davids* n.Jrd class, Lillian Samuel.II Model—1st class, Kathleen Hurd, Clare Wiggett, Helen Lawrence and Addie Bradford equal, E sic Moe, Helen Iletherington, Gordon Edwards, May Bradford, Kenneth Nourse, Nellie Waterhouse, Bertie Mundell and Edith Bradford, equal.2nd clas-, Lulu Bean, Harold Ilyndman, C.Wiggett, Ella Galbraith, Lena Ross.3rd class, Eiith McCurdy, Reg.Bartlett, Geo.Colons.I Model, Senior Division—1st class, Bessie Ilyndman, Jas.McIntosh, Rose Griffith and Ruby Bailey, equal, Chas.Howard and Harry Blue and Annie Fales equal, Olive Spearing, Gifford Wordsworth, Edmund Griffith and Mary Phelps, equal.2nd class, Alice Jenekes, Florence Dresser, Florence Byrd, Lillian Dighy and Lottie Bean, equal, George Stevens and Robert Eadie and Nellie VY’ebster, equal, Ethel Paul, Ruperts Wiggett.Jrd class, Sarah Hall and Harry Hargrave, equal, Frank Hovey.Junior Division — 1st clsss, Maud Farm.r.2nd class, Willie Brent, Monta Wiggett, Mamie Brooks, Max L u g- Jrd class, Gertie Stacey, Jessie McCree,Eirle Tabh, Gordon Armitagc, Alfred tlaunner-ick, Henry Short.HIE ementarySeniors Is’ class, Hairy Nhirreffs, Prudence Gilbert, Harry Lawrence, Ethel Sampson and Myrtle Flagg and Vernon Spearing, equal, Myrtm fjjvins.in, Clifford Bradford.2nd class, Ivy Sampson, Essie Gunning, Harry Byrd, Alberta Campbell and Eva Barlow equal, Arnold Brown.Jrd class, Kite Fales, Ethel McKeddie, Jack Pirritte, R.Gw)nn, Percy Beckett.John Dennis, Willie Major, Earnest Redman.Juniors 1st class, Ruth Wyatt, Lottie Sleeper, Geo.Thompson, Eva Dresser, Eva Bailey, Bessie Odell.2nii class, Kathleen Wiggett, Lena Hall, Idell Hub-bird, Harry Edney.3rd class, Harold Campbell, Ethel D gby and Ernest Roswell, equal, Arthur Hovey and Mville Preshy, equal, Carroll Cate, Hazel Long, Fred Eadie, Mary Garwood, Walter Johnson, Charlie Kinkead, Eirnest Armitage.li Klein., Seniors—1st class, Ethel McDonald, Maud Brent and Minnie Cross, equal, Winnie Mundell.2nd class, M aud Shirreffs and Hazel Water-house, equal, Clara Hyndrnan, race Mundell, Archie Fales, Howard Bradford.3rd class, Freddie Boyle and Not ma Fales, equal, Edward Boswell, Haz Samuel, Willie Iletherington, Hubei* Webster, Lee Ilyndman, Yirdrie Cart-mell, Leonard Beckett, Mildred Long, and Minnie Short.Juniors 2nd class, Kathleen Boyle, Lillian McSwiggan, Percy Flagg, Frank Foss.3rd class Ralph Webster, Hany Armstr.ng, Susie F iles, Gerald Griffith and Guy Long, equal, Lelah Sunhury, Ralph Gdkerson and Flossie Hallctt, equal.Primary.Seniors YY'alter Boswell, Lawrence Wyatt, Alfred Strickland.Arthur Hallctt, Charles Short, Ada Batt, Clementine Long, Stuart Low.Intermediate Class.— Myrtie Long, Florence M ij**r, Rupert Neil, Alison McBain, Florence Long, Nellie, Eadie, Gladys C >nley, Harold Levinson, Archie Perron, Jack Dresser, Bernice Fuller, Douglas Sangster, Jas.Strickland, Jas.Gunning, Albert VYebster, Roy Beckett.The Horton Gold Modal -The gift of Mr.Joseph Horton, engraver, was won by Miss Mabel Hyndman of Grade l Academy, hai ing obtained an average of 891.p orly endowed.At the prisent time the , governing b sly of Bisb* p s wo.s afraid to ' expend even a moderate sum on the m *1 ! * cede] college extension owing to the fear of incurring debt.Poor men were valued as highly as rich one* and frequently made the brightest scholar* and in orner to prop -rly encourage them the Govern* | ment grant sh mid be increased.The members of the graduating cla s ! were then cippel by the chancell >r and i presented with their diploma*.The ad | i uudem medical degr.e was also conferred upon the II n.Dr Militia ; Dr.F.J and Dr.J.W.Sterling, (Kdiu.,) Montreal.DEGREE OF D C.L.TO BE CONFERRED ON SIR WILFRID LAURIER.Sir Wilfrid Ijtuner is to have the degree of D.C.L.conferred upon him at the convocation of the University of Bishop’s College at Lennox ville, in June next This announcement was made by Rev.Principal Adams at the convocitiou of the Medical and Dental Faculties of the University held in Synod Hall.BUSINESS MEETING.The Eastertide meetings in connection with Bishop’s College, Lennoxville, were conclu led on Wednesday afternoon.Trustees discussing financial matters met on Tuesday evening, at the Windsor Hotel.A recommendation was made to the Corporation that the whole time of the lecturer in political ec moiny and kindred subjects be taken by the college.At ten the corporation met under the presidency of the Bishop of Montreal.The question of extension was referred to an adjourned meeting of the corporation to be held at Lennoxville on April 27.The usu d summaries of trustee and council business were brought up.The principal n*id the report of the college work, and also the headmaster’s report, showing sixty-nine pupils in college a-d a hundred in 'the s diool for the present session.Adding a hundred and one for the medical faculty and dental college, a total of two hundred and seventy students is got in connection with Bishop’s College.A resolution of regret was adopted relative to the death of the late Mr.H.Abbott, Q.C.Cattle Auction 8ale -ON- 8/iTURDAY, APRIL 10th, 1898 The under-igned has receive! iustruciiob» from Mr.J.C.Mallory, to fell by Pub ic Auction at hi* place know n a* Fair View Farm.LENNOXVILLE, Without reserve—16 New Milch Cow**.2> Milch Cow» toc*lve tin» mo ith and next, I Fat Cows Farrow Cow», 10 two year old Heifeo.10 thoroughbred null, both .agon.I'KUM.S -Three and »ix mouths.7 per cent, sail-factory mUs.Faleat 1 o'clock p m John J.Griffith, 2*36 Auctioneer.BIRTH6.DKCOTEAU—At Uromoton, April llth, a son to Mr.and Mrs.Edward Decoioau.ULOCKETT -At North Hatley, on Anil llth, Mr.ami Mrs.Ulockett or a son.TItENHOLM At Blue Bonnet#, on April 7, 1898, the wife of J.L.Trenholrn, of a daughter THOMPSON Al Duds well Junction, on April 5th, 1898, a son to Mr.and Mrs.William Thompson.FAbLOON At fawyervllle.Que .March 23rd, 1898, a son to Mr.and Mrs.David Falloon.FAKN8WORTH—In Newport, Que., on 2lst March, 1898, a daughter to Mr.and Mrs.A.Karn-worth.' I \K - At East Angus.P.Q., on 10th Ap 11 .aster Sunday), a daughter to Mr.and Mrs James Millar.WASH b K Al Ilobinson, Quo., on 7t.h April, a son toKov.Mr.and Mrs.Washer.DEATHS.TRKNHOLM—At Blue Bonnets, on April 7, 189*.Eliza A.St* vens.beloved wife of J.L Trenholrn, aged t hirty-nine years.HYATT At Adams County, Wisconsin, April 2nd, 189-:, Samuel E.Hyatt, aged ace Low Shoes, spring heel, heavy sole, sizes 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.Girls Tan l aco, pebble leather, heavy sole, sizes 8.9, 10.11.Child’s Black Lace and Buttoned, heavy soles, sizes 8, 9, 10 to 2.Girls Kid Buttoned and Lace, spring heels, heavy soles, 8 to 10 and 11 to 2 Girls Brown Low Shoes, heavy soles, 8 to 10 and 11 to 2.T hese are not lines that we’ve had in stock for years.They are this weeks arrivals.fluraifv Bros.SHERBROOKE, QUE.GRAND TRUNK SYSTEM^ AUCTION SALE -OK- REU ESTATE.FTC, I will sell for the Estate of the late REV.H.G.BUKRAGE, —ON— THURSDAY, APRIL 2l8t, I8C-8 THE FARM consisting of ninety-eight aer-s.more or l*s« The property is within five minutes walk of the Villace of EAST HAT» KY.New house, good turns, with running water, a fi »e trouT brook runni* g 'hr* ugh »h* farm Al*&, at the -ame lime, a «mal lo * f mowabie property, consi-ting of I Buggr Wa*»ori.n**ar!y new ; I.umber W «jçon a few Farm tmph nu m• Furniture at>d sm ol ware*.B**wn at No.131, ell iigt »n St.Z.P.Cormier, The leading hatter.The situation in Madrid is reported as being serious, and a revolution is feared.CLEAN FOWLS ALWAYS ON DRESS PARADE.Plenty of Pure Water and the lie it of Pood Healthy Geeae f atten Kapidly and Are Easily Marketed -An Ideal Gooee Farm.There is a growing impression that American poultry raisers have been neglecting the goose.Of the seven standard breeds the gray wild variety is extensively raised.These geese have a rather small head, small bill, sharp at the point and long, slender neck, snaky in appearance.The back is long and rather narrow, and is arched from neck to tail; breast, full and deep, and body long and somewhat slender.The wings are long, large and powerful, and the thighs are rather short.The head of the wild goose is black with a white stripe nearly covering the side of the face.The breast is light gray, which grows darker as it approaches the legs; ths plumage of the underparts of the body from the legs to the tail is white.The wings are dark gray; primaries dusky black, showing only a dark gray color when the wing is folded; secondaries are brown, but of a lighter shade than the primaries.The tail feathers are glossy black, and the thighs are gray.The shanks, roes and webs are black.The eyes are black.A goose farm of unusual interest is that of Sol Renaker of Cynthia, Ky., on the Licking river, says a correspondent of the New York Sun.Mr.Renaker has erected a large wooden building about 80 feet wide and 150 feet long.It if two stories high.The floors slant gradually to the center so that they can be flooded and thus kept clean.There are troughs placed at convenient points to hold the food for the geese.At present there are 5,200 geese in this building in different stages of the fattening process They are gathered from all parts of the state, and when they arrive their average weight is from four to eight pounds.They are first placed in the large yard MP ü»- GRAY WILD GOOSE.in which the building is situated, and there they find abundance of waterto that they can clean themselves.After a few days they are placed in the honse in the fattening pens.It requires four or five weeks of careful feeding to fatten the geese.The establishment has a steam corn mill and corn sheller.The corn is purchased from the farmers in the neighborhood and is shelled and ground into meal.The cobs run down a shoot to the furnace and make enough fuel to run the machinery.The meal is mixed into a dougli and in that form fed to the geese.“A goose is the cleanest fowl alive,’’ says^Mr.Renaker.“I have been in the poultry business since 1871, have handled all kinds of domestic fowl and have studied their habits closely and have never seen anything which equals the goose in cleanliness.They are constantly at work keeping their feathers clean and if they have plenty of water they are never seen except when fit for dress parade.They are equally careful r* garding their food.On one occasion we bought a lot of corn which had inusted.and the geese would not eat the dough made from it, nor W'ill they eat dough after it has soured.On this account w'e have to be very careful to mix up no more dough than the geese will eat in a day.“Another peculiar thing about geese is that they eat a great deal more some days than they do on others.For instance, it frequently requires 80 or 40 buckets of dough a day to a given pen of geese.Then for a few days they will probably not eat more than a dozen buckets.When they have plenty of water and wholesome food, geese fatten rapidly and have no disease, but uuless they have an opportunity to keep clean and have pure food they die rapidly.“They are sold by the brace and average when fat from 14 to 88 pounds a brace.We sell our geese in only one market—New York city.They are shipped in poultry cars and are furnished with an abundance of water and cornmeal dongh while they are on the way.The reason they are shipped alive is that Hebrew’s may not purchase them after they are killed.Last year w e shipped about 12,000 geese to New York city, mid this year we will handle 18,* 000.The capacity of our house is between 6,000 and 6,000.It requires Ihree men to attend the corn sheller and the mill and to feed the geese.We have waterworks connections and keep the bouse nice and clean by Hooding the Doors, and w e keep the geese supplied with all the fresh water they need.” Pal Hen»* Eggs Seldom Hatch.A oorrespnndeut of The English Fanciers’ Gazette says he has been watching his hens and their eggs and the hatching of their eggs and has discovered that the eggs of the abnormally fat hen ssldoni hatch.The chicken dies about the tenth or twelfth day of incubation.The eggs from the most active and healthy hens hatch first and often a day or two in advance of time.Invariably the egg from the sleepy, lazy hen batches late.He has two hens whose eggs he has never found fertile, though he has mated them with different roos ters, and they are the worst tempered hens in the yard, always quarreling and beating the others.The Rink of England has increase*! its rate of disc* unt from 3 to 4 per cent.The monthly British Board of Trade returns for March show an increase in the imports of £*2,755,700 and a decrease in the exports of £*813,400.The wheat yield of Victoria is estimated at 10,400,000 bushels.The English press comm nits in warm terms of Mr.Fielding’s budget speech.The Kingston Daily is being sued for libel by Hon.Wm.Harbj.FATTENinG CHICKENS.Bow to Recaro the Hrrt K«*«ult« With tti Kxpouso.The return to the producer for f .r*» Ing his stock, writes H.8.Bui r‘: The Country Gentleman, conn s in t\.forms—first, l y an increase in tl weight of the chickens, and.second.I an increase in the price per pound.Sui pose, for example, the p altrvir m h 200 chickens to sell, which, uufutlcner would average four poui.ds each ui bring 15 cents per po; d—that is, 1 would receive for 800 pounds, at cents per pound, |K0.Now, suppose I fattening them he makes them wei' but one pound more each—n small ga —and he gets but 2 cents per pound in freuse in price (a sum frequently great 1 exceeded), his chickens will bring him.1,000 pounds at 17 cents, $170, an advance of $50—a very convenient little sum.Should be add two pounds per chicken and get 5 cents additional per pound—by no means an extravagant hypothesis—he will raise his $120 to $240, exactly double what he would have received in the unfaliened coudi tion.In this country, as the popular taste demands as yellow a chicken as can he had, the food should be chosen accordingly.For grain, I think nothing is better than sound, yellow corn, either whole, cracked or ground.For rapid fattening, I prefer it ground and made into dough by being slightly moistened with milk.If to the cornmeal is added about 10 to 15 per cent of ground beef scraps, the fattening will proceed more rapidly.For drink, nothing is better than sweet milk, except sweet milk sweetened with sugar, about u heaping tablespoonfnl to each gill of milk.If the droppings show a tendency toward diarrhea, the milk should be boiled.Cost of production consists of three elements—the price of the food used, the labor employed in feeding am! the effects upon the fowls.By feeding mashes in the morning more time is consumed in preparing the food and the cost of production is thereby increased.We feed our hens dry food, and thus save the labor of mixing the mashes.It is also a more cleanly way of feeding Our experience has been that fowls fed on dry grain keep in better health than when they have a warm mash given to thorn.Inasmuch as ailing fowls seldom lay well and require more time for their care, the system of dry feeding possesses an advantage over the other system.Why Ch!«-ken« Die.The “unknown cause” of the frequent losses among chickens before they are more than 4 weeks old which we see frequently spoken of or inquired about in some of the papers professedly devoted to the poultry iuterests, and which they often ascribe to “constitutional weakness,” is most frequently caused by indigestion.The weakness is an inability to digest their food without cloan grit of some sort to go with it into the gizzard, or to digest sour and moldy dough or moldy grain under any conditions.We have seen some such cases, and we always found either this or lice in abundance to be the cause of the trouble.There may bo a constitutional lack of vigor which causes chickens to die in the shell before they are sufficiently developed to break out and which causes w’ell cared for chickens to grow very slowly and mature late, and even to be generally worthless after they have matured, but we ascribe these to the breeding fowl having been made too fat or to having been weakened by some disease like the roup.Sudden deaths in great numbers after tiie chickens ar© hutched and growing weW arc usually due to a lack of vigor on the part of the keeper.Somebody is too lazy, careless or busy at something else to kill the vermin in the coops, give fresh, clean gravel in the yards and mix fresh, sweet food every time they are fed and take away all that they w ill not eat up clean us soon as it is given them.—American Cultivator.Cleuuing Koontt.The proper way to clean a roost, says Epitomist, is to first carry everything out doors, roost poles, nest boxes and loose boards.(Jive them a dose of oil and apply the match.If the w'ood takes fire, it can be put out by throwing sand on it.Now rake out all fowl dirt and give the inside a good coating of whitewash.Do this once a month.If we do not have time for all this, then get some liquid lice paint and go over the roost poles, nest boxes, etc., with a brush dipped in the paint.Put on a good coat.This should be done just before the fowls go to roost at night.Probably the fowls will not like the smell, but drive them all in and shut the house up tight for an hour or two.This will not only kill the red and gray nAtes, but all the body lice ou the hens as wrell.In ten days (after the lice eggs previously laid ar*) about all hatched out) repeat the operation, when w’e may reasonably know that our hens and roosts are free from lice and will stay so for a month or two.Farmers should feed oats more freely to poultry than is generally the case.Oats are a most excellent eggmaking food when fed in connection with other food.Boiled oats are especially good.F««rilng AflVcta Fkk».We once heard an old physician say that when obliged to remain at some houses so long that it was necessary or desirable to eat there, he always chose to have one or two eggs boiled for him.The impression conveyed was that he thought that nothing unclean could be inside the eggshell, but if he could have seen some of the messes that are fed out to hens or that hens feed upon 1 would scarcely have felt so sure of having wholesome food even when he broke the eggshell.Many people do not understand that an unpleasant flavor can be fed into an egg ss easily as it can into milk and that only such food should be given to the fowl as is perfectly fresh and free from objectionable ©dors or flavors.—Cultivator.American eagles to the amount of 8268,1100 were withdrawn from the Bank of EngUtid .Wellington St., near Odell Blook .No.2 FT re Station, London St.U Cor.Dominion Avenue and London >.Cor.Bank and William Ste.JOnaon .B.A.Land Company 's Saw Mill !.Cor.Gordon and Sanborn Ste.Cor.Liverpool and London Ste »• Cor.Commercial and lx>wer Water St-I.A.L.Grindrod & Co.Milk, ^ .High Street I.No.3 Fire Station, King St.1.Jenckes Machine Co.Works .PatonM ills .Cor.Bowen Avenue and Morkill Road Cor.Bridge and Pine Sts.Cor.First Avenue and Council St u Geo.Ixing's Shop .Pamphile Biron.Bowen Avenue .Convent Grove St.'• Cor.King and (ioodhne Sts., (’entrai .General Hospital.Belvidere Road t50h00^ .Gillespie St., near Ball , Cor.Bridge St.and First Avenue .V\ mdsor St., Fast '.Girls Home, Fast .Corner Queen and Montreal Ste .Cor.King and Grove St>.Cor.Court and Commercial Ste.Riverside St.East .Grand Trunk Railway Depot s Goodhue St., Pelletier's Hall .North F3nd FTrst Avenue, Fàist .A.Ixunas & Son's Mill .Gardner Tool Co.Bank St.Cor.Brooks and Ball Sts.Wellington St.South of King .Island St.North .Cor.Queen and Liverpool Ste.Cor.Queen and Stanley Ste.Cor.King and Belvidere Ste.('or.Queen and Moore Ste.Factory St.B.A.l^nd Co’s Office .w iggetvllle.North .Cor.London Street and Portland Souar* .Cor.Market and Goodhue Ste .Cur.Prospect and London Ste.Brook* .Moore St, near Morehouse residence .Cor.Crewe and Melbourne Ste .Cot.Montreal and Williams Ste H.C.Wilson.Prospect St .Cor.Alexander and Galt Ste Galt St.I^aBree’s house Drummond Road South .Cor.Bridge and Su MichaelSte .Meadow St, Lower End Cor Shor‘ and B idare Ste.ONLY COPY A Our Colored Shoes Lead.E.u.WICCETT.iO!X K H m H ¦ If you are in Want “What’s a shoe for?” “To cover the foot?” “ThatinTV’ “ Not for a moment,” says Paiuy Foot.” Well I guess not,” shivers Cold Feet.‘‘To sell,1* chuckles Dealer under his breath.TO ITT 1: K K*f, ' * Slater Shoe bluntly putsTu ow you liit me.” ones Corn> Toe.‘‘/ust my size,” sings old Bunion Joint.‘‘Who’d a thought it.” whined Bunch-o-toes.Are you hit,—shoe wearer.Feet fitters are the genuine, Goodyear welted, stamped on the sole $yoot $4 00 and $5 00 per pair 1 “The Slater Shoe.Catalooub Pace n- 11 E G Wig’g’ett, Sole Local Agent.THE STEADY INCREASE OF OUft TRADE betokens growing confidence and appre etation of up-to-date Goods and methods.The ‘ , Of a Wheel ;ATM T?1 There is no guessing as to which is the easiest running and strongest Wheel.^NlLLOpf has demonstrated that it is built to run easy and to stand all sorts of hard riding.Constructed throughout of the highest grade components which are world standard.Ladies’ and Gents’ $40 and $00.Our guarantee is one year from day of purchase.JOHN BROWN IOV XSLITXr G.STn-mJEST SUGARj SUGAR ! _THINK IT OVER AND D) CIDE HOW MANY- Sap Buckets, Spouts, Pails, Evaporators, Heaters, Pans, Sugar Moulds, etc.YOU WH.Ij IIAYK.PRICES LOWER TUAN EVER, AT Codere, Sons êu Co., It$l Wellinjafton P S.—MAIL OK DELS CAREFULLY EXECUTED.SHERBROOKE WEED UALL OOOOOOO We are receiving new goods every day' from some of the leading Canadian Mills.Also a good line of imported Tweeds aed Worsteds.We have now the largest and most complete stock of Tweeds in the city.We are offering special values in new Spring Suitings and Overcoatings.IK Kina: Street.“ ' 1 Daily Herald -AND- EXAMINER FOR S200.By PDfcl.il favorable arrangement* with tie Po hi in hern of the MONTRÉAL DAILY HKRALD.just made.w.are enabled to offer fora very ^hort time itae DAILY HKRALD mm! the EXAMINER *t the low nrioe of 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Hygenic Baths Î The wonderful ctreot.of these bat hs are noticeable- fi’OTi the firnt use.They expel by per-pira lion the impurities and poisonous matt r of the blood through5 U e 5.000,000 pores cf the skin, equalizes the cir eolation, arou-es the dormant energies, preserves the liver, strengi hens the kidneys and relieves pain.'I he effect ui on the nervon-system is almost instat* tancous.After a days work it rests without weakening and refresl -ens without exertion For rheumatism,sciatic, neuralgia, obisity and gout they are infallible.If iudiciou-ly and persistently used pneumonia grippe and colds prevented.A lady of dropd-cal tendencies was reduced fiO pound- in flesh and the doctor claimed the baths saved her li e.With each a mineral vitalizer enough to vaporize forty baths, it cuts the effete matter and stimulates skin glands.We guarantee results equal to hot springs.All kinds of med icated baths can be used with our heat gener ator.Strongly recommended by the medical men of Sherbrooke Formulas and instructions, and testimonials from doctors and medical institutions given with each outfit.Price 85.00 MRS.L.M.McDONALD, Special Açent, Waterville, Que.3mos.THIS IS THE TIME ¦Of year to get your- CARRUGF PAINTED And I have a good p winter who has had seventeen years experience in good shop-and can give t-a’Ufactio ;.I use only the best paints.W.T.MOUNTAIN.FACTORY STRKBT.February 5th.1888 LKAVirrs mills.Sugar making ii the order of the day.Mef-ara C.L.Caawell and N.H Manon were in town last week.Mis* Ada BAlley is home from Vermont.Mr.B.Caswell is not improving a* we would wi*h.Mias Winuifred, a« d Messrs S.S.and H B.Bade) spent Sunday m this place.We were pleased to notice so many out at the atrvice conducted by Mi.Campbell on Sunday.Mr.John Gritbn is somewhat better.About fifty of our young people gathered at the home of * r and Mrs.Ar thur Bailey not Ion» ago.They were hospitably 1 eceived an 1 a veiy pleasant evening was spent.A very nice lunch* n was served about 11 oYlo:k.Before leaving they presented their host and h« stess with a nice clock.We also noticed » handsome lamp from Mr.and Mrs.K.MilUr of Birch-ton.George Bush ley is gaining.Miss E'U Leavitt is home from Sherbrooke « 11 a vacation, Mias E hel is expected this month.We n« t;ce Mr.Harrison trimming out some of the brush out of his field which gr^at'y improved the appearance of it.Miss Carrie Caswell has been sick, but she is able to ho out sgain.The tire brigade were called out the other Sunday right, but it was a false al arm.We are sorry to see Mr.Mosheir go away, as he has I een among us for some weeks and will l>e missed.Our sch ol has closed after a succe-sful tenu of seven months.Miss Shorten has returned to her home at Sawyerville.Mr.Win.Bailey was here Ust week visiting his many friends.Miss Jessie Bailey is home from John-ville.BOOM IN MANITOBA.Winnipeg, A ril ti —The report of the Department i f Agriculture ami immigration laid i n the table by the Premier yesterday is a voluminous document.It first deals with the crop of 1897, which while a little less than the average, was rendered more satisfactory by the higher prices obtained and the favorable seison for harvesting an 1 thresh ng.Cattle prices have b-*en good, which will be a further incen'ive to farmers to improve their herds.The outlook f r the year is favorable.Over a thousand home.-tead entries were made in Manitoba in 1897,and the sales of land to settlers has greatiy increased.Tne develop nent of mining ha given an impetus to pr »vincial trade.FOR THE NERVOUS AND EMACIATED, SOUTH AMERICAN NERVINE IS A RICH, DEEP HEALTH FOUNTAIN AND NEVER FAILS.Nervous exhaustion, I ad digestion, impoverished bio d are the diseasis imprinted on many a l-r »w.South Ameii-cin Nervine has a niirvellous p iW’er as a nerve tonic, a blood builder and stimulator.Tones the system, chais, regulates and dispels depression and res orts the good spirits es-entUl to good health.George Webster, of Forest, writes: “For years I suffered much from sleeplessness, nervousness, tw itching muscles and palpitation.AH remedies faihd hue South American Nervire.The first bottle greatly help d and five bottles cured me.I feel I owe my life to û.” Sold by J.L.Mathieu.CURING CHEESE.The approach of the dairying seaso 1 is heralded by the publication 1 eg leer to provide themselves with suitable quantities of that natural cooling agent to he had in abundance in every part of the D uninion, ice.The matter is one in wh ch all dairymen are vitally interested, and not only dairymen, but produce merchant*», ship-pern and all others who derive advantage from the fifteen millions and m re of export trade in this article.—Montreal Trade Bu’letin.1 Consumption Will scorns emulsion cure consumption ?Yes and no.Will it cure every case?No.What cases will it cure then ?Those in their earlier stages, especially in young people.We make no exaggerated claims, but we have positive evidence that the early use of Scott’s Emulsion of Cod-liver oil with Hypo-phosphites of Lime and Soda in these cases results in a positive cure to a large number.In advanced cases, however, where a cure is impossible» this well-known remedy should be relied upon to prolong life surprisingly* )oc.and $1 00.ill druRglftA.SCOTT A BOWNE, Cbunm*.Toro*to.OUR OTTAWA LETTER CANADA’S PROSPERITY.Ottawa, April 10th.—The thr ateniug aspect of the war cloud in Amer.ca over-bhadow* Canadian politic* at the preaent, in the mind* of the general public, with ire all ab*« rbmg ëu^peiige and anxiety, and a live interest in the pirliAuientiry doing* here i* thereby greatly le**ei.ed.This was particularly observable 111 the iu-tetest manifested in 'he budget apeech this sesaion.'Ihe smallest gathering 111 the galleries ?een for many years, assi milled to listen tithe really fine effort of the Hon.Mr.Fielding, in presenting his financial statements to parliament and the couiitiy on Tuesday last.Of course it was generally known that nothing of a radical or startling character would lie con tamed in the budget th s year, and what would be said by the Finance Minister, in respect to the subjects to be de»alt with by him, were already 1 f public notoriety.The budget speech, being a necessary formal deliverance*, was this yea**, ow ing to the policy of tariff stability, little ca'-culated to excite public curiosity.At times, during the three hours occupied m the delivery of the speech, the feces of Isado'H of the opposition were an amusing study to behold.The announcement of a surplus for the ensuing year and the array of fa-ts and figures proving the prosperous condition of Caiad* today, were heard by them in blank amaze and silence.As revealed in the budget statements it may now be safely assumed that the Dominion of Canada is well and fairly launched upon an ep ich of great commercial and industrial expansion.As the sunrise awakens the world to lito and activity, s 1 the brightening influences of liberal rule have awakened the country from its long sleep of depression t 1 a state of prosperity unexampled by any former period in its national existence.This pnsperity is now plainly visible to the naked eye, as Sir Wilfnd Laurier once predicted it would be undir liberal government, and it needs no argument to convince anyone of that fact.All the leading institutions and corporations of the Dominion exhibit by their annual reports, or otherwise, evidences of the most pronounced character of Canada’s progress of late.She is advancing by bounds, and everything to-day points to the fact that the next few years will disclose an activity and enterprise such as never before marked the record of her national career.Take the record of business failures in Canada for the past year.In them we have a sure index of the brightening of business.The decline in failures last ye r as c nnpared with the year previous is certainly remarkable.The falling off for the first three months of the year as compared with the like period of lait year is 251, or over 37 per cent, of the whole.During the like periods the liabilities declined from $5,185,•00 to $2,941,067.And so it is in nearly every branch i f the i nanoial economy of the nation, expansion and a healthy and progressive prosperity is clearly observable.Tne increase in the national debt has bee insignificant, although to-morrow, when parliament reassembles.Foster will gather what crumbs of comfort he can Ir nn that source and shout accordingly.There is so little for the opposition to unfavorably criticise in the budget revelations that aoy small th ng will be expatiated upon for more than it is worth.We are told that such is the sound status of the country’s finances, that there will be no borrowing of money, temporarily or otherwise, in any form during the fiscal year, to meet the public exigences.During the progress of his speech, and when Mr.Fielding was reciting the various fads which go to m-ke up the sum total of Canada’s prosperity to day, I noticed Mr.Pope, the tory member f«»r Compton, frequently applau l with the ministeiial members.This was a refreshing sight, for all the opposition leaders with their other followers in the House were busy cudgelling their brains to discover some mode of extracting the color of blue ruin from the roseate hues of the budget revelations.YY’e know that the measure of a country’s credit in the money markets of the world is a pretty fair index of that country’s prosperous condition.Therefore the loan of ten millions v.h ch was H ated by the government in England last }ear, proved the credit of Canada to be of a very high order, and although only two and a half per cent, interest was offered on the loan, bringing it nearly on a level of British consuls, we are infornnd that the amount was subscribed for twice over at marly 92 cents on the dollar.Canada heretofore had never obtained for her bonds a lower figure than three per cent, and none of the British colonies has any lower on the market.The fi ating of these new 2A per cent, bonds at such a fair selling price indicates, beyond perad venture, the elevated position to which Canadian credit lias attained, consequent upon national development and material progress as compared with former years under tory rule.A reference to the trade and navigation returns p obably affords the most convincing proof of Canada’s well be ng, and her wonderful advancement in matters affecting her commerce and industry.The year 1897 shows an enormous expansion over the previous year and over 1895.But for the eight months of the current fiscal year, up to the end of last February, Mr.Fielding showed that the imj»o:ts were $12 tMX),000 in advance for the same period in the previous year, and exports $26,000,000 in excess of like periods.What better evidence could be produced of the unpre cedented activity and prosperity in all the commercial and industrial departments i f the country.In demonstrating the flourishing condition of Canada the Finance Minister aleo cited as indices of the c untry’s prosperity, the increases in bank deposits, in note circulation, 111 railway traffic and in the marvellous buoyancy of the revenue in the face of the preferential tariff reductions.And what is the chief cause of all this marvellous improvement in a vist country of little more than five millions of people ?As has been said, it is attributable to the energy, enlightenment and progressiveness of the gre*t agricul'ural classes of the Drminiofi.The splendid emps which rewarded the labors of the farmer and fruitgrower last s- as »n, to gether with the good prices and ready sale obtained by cattle raisers in Ontario and the North-west for their product*, have raised those classes to c mparative affluent .The general bus ness « f Canada has become prosperous liecause prosperity has come to these classes of industry.Canadians now view in the future of the country a most cheering prospect and under liberal guidance theg< od tini“« which have at last entered the Canadian borders, will be directed into safe and permanent channels.Will the Senate dam the flow?A.V.W.FRESH VEÜETABLI ••lloaciM KaUfd In HuthonM^ lalaud and Near Boston.The hothouses from which New York draws much of its supply are near Bos-| tou and ou Louft Island.Out» of >he largest establishments near Boston m the best tomatoes to New York between November and March.They are grown in propagating houses, where all the young plants are put out in the spring.Raising t r.ttoes uu Ur glass is a scientific priAi ¦ < r t tomato b)o*«onia are fertilized 1 > him » in the natural state, and under the so 1 hanged conditions the fertilization must be accomplished by hand.The temperature is kept constantly nt about 70 degrees F where the early varieties which bear outdoors in July are grown.In deseril nig the various dep.rtments of this niedt 1 hot bouse a writer in the New York Tribune says: In a long series of outdoor frames are grown the plants which always keep the table supplied with parsley, leMuce, radishes and daudeliou*.These ais planted at intervals, so that as soon as one frame of lettuce is approaching the eeciing stage another is just coming into crisp freshness.By properly arranging the sequence of planting these vegetables may be bad at any time of the year.Cucumbers are also forced in the greenhouses, tne seeds being planted in February in tne bouse.Later they are put in a rich compost in the frames and kept from freezing, und one can ai most see the plants grow, so rapidly do they come into bearing.Mushrooms belong to the table delicacies which must be brought fresh to the kitchen iu order to be really good, and for that reason the hothouse article is iu demand.Some of those which come to the New York nmiket are raised in eaves on Long Island, but larger quantities come from the vicinity of Boston.The best spawn is imported from England, and one grower said that when the mushroom bed is first prepared the temperature must be kepi at 110 degrees for a short time and is then allowed to go down.When it reaches 80 degrees, the spawn is put in.An inch of soil is put over the lieds, and in five weeks, if things go right, the large and juicy mushrooms appear over the surface.Attractive features in the vegetable establishments are the pyramids of tiny baskets containing brussels sprouts.They belong to the hardy vegetables, like the several varieties of cabbage, and arc kept buried until ready for market, when they are packed in crates like berries and transported.During the months when the farmer sees only root vegetables the city tables are supplied with lettuce, spinach, cauliflowers and all the garden products which recall the wanner days.That Average Cow.At a recent New York state farinerB* institute Mr.F.E.Dawley said: The average yield of milk of the cows in this state is about 8,000 pounds per annum.This at a cent a pound is just $80 What has the owner of such a cow left to him after paying for her keeping?Nothing.The first need, then, is a better cow, one that will give 5,000 or 6.000 p ou no.4 of milk each year.Keep but half as many as you formerly did.You will have as much money and will bave saved half your foods.Get a scales and Babcock tester and apply them to the cow.If she is found wanting and you cannot by good care und feeding bring ber up to the standard 1 have named, sell her or kill her.Begin with 4.000 pounds of milk and raise it to 6.000 or 6,000 pounds.It has been done iu thousands of herds in this state and even to a much higher standard.I saw a herd of 70 cows a few davs since that gave 10,000 pounds of milk each last year.Get a cow that gives a good flow of milk that has a good percentage of butter fat in it, no matter whether you are making cheese or butter or are selling milk.We once thought the cheese and the butter cow were two different cows.The experiments made during the last five years show this to be an er ror.The cow that is best for one is best for the other.Get the dairy cow.not the general purpose kind.Be specific and then feed and rare for her for a special purpose, keeping the cow at work 11 mouths in the year, making the winter season the main one, when milk brings the most money, and allowing her to go dry in summer when prices are low and flies plentiful.How to Detect the Han Joae Heal*.In looking for this insect most persons will pass it by unnoticed on account of its very small size.The female scale is only about one twenty-fifth of an inch in diameter, while the male is only about one half that size.The shape of the female is nearly circular, while (be male is more elongated.The female is sharply convex or conical in the center.This lust character will help to distinguish it from many of the other more common species.Its color is nearly like Ibo hark on which it is found.Another distinguishing character is found in the reddish discoloration of the bark immediately surrounding the scale, extending through both the outer and inner bark.These character* will enable one with an ordinary pocket magnifying glass to readily detect the presence of the insect.—Professor Troop, Indiana Station.ThUD partaient of Agri IVai >f (jut bee amiouoces •hi t -i»i sgsm carry out, with in di estions, thehystmi it augura*ed * • uiuit r for encouraging improvei loads, as a result of wh ch sevw\f*y^t*v inuiucipalitiis have between them |>aired a hundred and tifry miles of r since last June.A special giant of three hundred lars will therefore la* given to or di brtween the counties which shall clsiuud it 111 whole or nirt betweei and July.In Cviunties where the amount shall have been to distrib the department w ill grant three fu prounuii s «4 seventy five d liars ea».v tlie find three muntcq alttie* app'ying Ur the ame.It a single muni iptiity in a com ty has then availed itself of the 1 ffer u ado to each county,the d partiuMit will p ace at the disposal of the tame county a bonus of a hundrtd dollar* and two of seventy-five d illars.Moreover in ordtr to encourage the toning of loads, the deptitnieiit has de-c ded to grant each county nninicqiality aid towards the purchase of st ne-hreak ers, wi h engine, roller and sorter, provided that the total e >st • f such machines does not exceed $2,400 per county.The premium shall he pa d after at least two miles of earth road shall have been repaired.In the case of the purchase of a stone breaker, half a mile of m* cadam-i/.ed road must have be.11 complete L Ma chimsfor repairing eir h roads that are bought by the municipalities with the help of the government are to remain the property of such municipalities for at least three years, and the county ouneds that purchase stone-Sieakeis cannot sell such machines before they have Inen at least five years in use in the same county.Brief and Decisive Opinions About Diamond Dyes.Mis.J.H.Coulter, Neepawa, Man., says : “I always have much phasure in using Diamond Dyes ; and I think they are grand agents for making old things look like new.” Mary A.Riycraft, Leeds, P.Q,, gives her experience in seven word*» : “I am delighted with your D amond Dyes.” Mrs.Chas.Hutchings, Jones’ Falls, Out., ivrites : ‘‘Have used several pickages of your Diamond Dyes and find them better than any other make ; they never fade or crock and are entirely satisfactory.” Mrs.John Men it, .Sandy Cove, N.S., says • Have used Diamond Dyes for over seven years, and have found great successes.” Mrs.David Grant, Mountain Station, Ont., s^ys : “Diamond Dyes far surpacs all other dyes that I have tried, CHINESE CORRUPTION.A despttch from Shanghai states that a pei son of the highest rank has memorial- • zed the Emperor iu the most vigorous language, accusing all the Chinese foreign ofli< ials of being in the pay of Russia.He af-sorts that Russia expended 10,000,000 taels in bribery during the recent negot a tions regarding the cession of Port Arthur and Ta Lien-Wan, etc., audcla in that Li i Itiug-Chang’s share was 1,500,000 taels.Thereupon the p« r-; on age referred to demands a full investigation and asks that Li-Hung Chaug be beheaded if (lie accusations are proven, the memoralizer offering to be executed hiimelf if his chargi s are not sustained.REORGANIZATION OF CENTRAL VERMONT RAILWAY COMPANY New York, April 6—The following committee for the reorganization of the Central Vermont Kailroad Company was organized in this city to-day : — Rich «rd Olney, Boston; T.J» ftVraon Coolidge, ji\, president Old Colony Trust Company, Boston ; B.P.Cheney.Boston ; James A.B'air, of Blair »Y Co., New York ; James Stillman, president of the National City Bank, New York ; and Dr.Seward Web*», New York.Richard Olney is chairman of the committee ; John B D» tin's, secretary, and Charhs S.deed and L.S.Dabney, counsel.The comnuttee represents a large variety of inti rests and will probably put out a plan immediately, havir g in view the unification and consolidation of the system on an independent basis.FREE COAL FOR BRITAUn.London, April 5.—The ministry of the British colony at Natal hasctbkd to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr.Joseph Chamberlain, off: ring to supply gratis twelve thousand tons of coal annually to British warships coaling at Durban, and to afford,them all possible facilities in other ways.Mr.Chamberlain has replied to the message, arc pting the offer and warmly thanking the colonists.MUST PAY THE BONUS.Quebec, April 7.—The Court of Appeal sustains the validity of the Order-in-Council put through at the eleventh hour by the defeated Flynn Government, concerning the Baie des Chai» ur Railway and guaranteeing the interest on its b< nds.The amateur ce»sed his song and t urned to know his fate.‘ Say,” said the manager, “on the dead, I don’t believe you could get a hand even if you did a song about the old flag.Bacterial Disease of Coro* A bacterial disease of sweet corn is found in the market gardens on Long Island and i* the subject of remark iu a New York state station bulletin.The plants wilt and die when quite youug, and the disease seems to be confined to ¦weot corn and is most destructive to early varieties.Field corn and popcorn appear to be entirely exempt.The plant doctors have not l»eeu able to find any remedy for the disease except great care in selection and the use of varieties that are capablo of resisting the disease.Lime and sulphur have been tried, and neither has proved successful.Luckily this disease is not widely scattered over Ibe country.THE GilTTFR OF GOID Lure4 men on, so that in the wild rush f r w’ealth, they to * often neglect hedth.They have Dyspepsia, C» nstq.at on, Liver Dsorde s, Impure Bhxkl, wh ch makes life mis raMe.Th»n th*v look for a cure they get Burdock Blooi Bitt rs.Their blood be c mies rich and pure The liver troubles and constipation disappear, they are hearty and healthy again.B.B.B.is to them a greater prize than gold.3w3T The Queen liassent to the wounded Indian soldiers at Netley framed portrait?* f herself, (-ne for each ward and has also ordered couches for the disabled soldiers, as well as the finest artificial lindsfor those who have lost their o a n.Prince'S Henry of Battenberg sends a portrait of her late husband as “The gift of the widow of a soldier, to solciers who have fought for their country.” T is true enough in some cases there is better value in imported goods than home production notwithstanding the protective tariff but that is only in cases where the natural advantages or the improved methods of production are very much superior to that of Canada.When such is the case it cannot be expected that sentiment or loyalty will be considered Hut it is absolutely absurd to buy many imported articles, for instance in the case of a Piano.There is no reason why they cannot be manu-'actured as cheap and as good in Canada as in the United States.There was a time when in order to get a high giade Piano it was necessary to import a Steinway or Chicktring.But that time has passed and to day we can not only buy a medium grade Piano as good and cheap, but we may well feel proud tnat we have made in Canada to day a high grade Piano second to none on the Continent of America, and the maker Gerhard Heintzman of Toronto, has the honor and p easure of this fact being acknowledged by the highest musical authority, and while Gerhard Heintzman has at-taired to such a high standard of p< rfecGon, some of our manufacturers have been making progress in the way of a medium priced Piano, for instance the Standard Piano Co., of Toronto, manufacturers of the Whaley-Royce Piano, have achieved a great Miccess and are to-day making a Piano equal and in many cases superior to the so called high grade American Pianos sold by most Canadian dealers If the public would stop and consider for a moment that a Chickering or Steinway costs, duties paid, from six hundred doi-ars up, they will at once understand that for three-fifty or four-fifty gives them a cheap American Piano, while they could get a high grade n Canada for the same money.A l*iano that costs $300 in New York will cost $400 laid down in Sherbrooke.(i.1 Ldiumi SHERBROOKE.March 30th, 1898.SOME OF OUR Special Lines Old Solid Comfort, Old Moji’h Solid Comfort.Old I^idicH' Indoor ShooH.Womeii’n Prunella Boou and Slippers.Women a ‘ Matron’* Deli*!'*, “Cook’s Friend" House Kipper, v» ry h avv Garden BooIh.Heavy Hole, ow Shoe*, for outside.^^^ No reason why wo ear not tr«u with jou now, for we have the sloei.and at reason, able prices for first-class miute ikets a.hoes- Moraicy k«s.SHERBROOKE QUE.60c.85c, $1 00.$1.60, $2.00 PER PAIR.1 Rt RELIEVES IN 30 MINUTES.A MAGICAL LIFI 8AV8R.The rw>*t pronounced symptoms of heart dlaeate arc palpitation or flutterlnf of th»* heart, shortness of breath, weak or irregular pulse, smothering «pell* «t night, nalna In region of heart.Tne brain may Ik* congested, causing headache*, diszl-n«**» or vertigo.In short, whenever the *ieart flutters, ache* or palpitates.It Is diseased, md If life is valued treatment must be taken.Dr.Agnew’s fOrre for the Heart Is the only remedy yet discovered which will always give relief In 80 mli> He*, and cure absolutely.-28.J.L.Mathiku, Druggist, U3 Wellington Art Muslins 9c and 10c yd.Newestdesigns in Cretonnes 20c and 2.r>e yard.Window Shades and Hollers Curtain Poles, etc., etc.NFW GOODS! 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'mt REFORM® M'clothiimg^ THIS MAMDWMTH firiMJtPH THE KENNEDY CO., Limited 2364 8t.Catherine St., Montreal.NORTH HATLEY.The three service» »t the Universalisé Church were well attended.In the morning; Rev.Mr Smiley spoke on “Jesus and the Resurrection.” Then followed the administration of the Lord’s Supper.At the Sunday School very encouraging reports of the attendance and financial standing were given.In the evening a special service by the Y.1*.C.U.with the following programme : Anthem, “From Far to Near.” Responsive Scripture Reading and Prayer.Hy ran, “Freedom I Bring.” Canticle of Remembrance, Class recitations on the Life of Christ, by Mrs.A.P.LeBaron’s and Mrs.Smiley’s classes.Singing, “Long Wait the Flowers.” Recitations hy Maids Le Baron arid Harold Jackson, Rheta Jackson, Joy Reed, Ida Ramsdelland Gladys Call, Singing, “O We Often Dream.” Recitations by Beatrice Bassett and Ruth Shelly.Closing Hymn, “Hark, I Hear the Eister Bells.” Benediction, “The Mizrah.” The collection at the three services to be bestowed as an Easter offering to the Vermont and Province of Quebec Convention.The Floral Committee of the Y.P.C.U.had charge of the decoration of the church which was very tastefully •xacuted.Rev.E.Smiley’s subject next Sunday morning, “The New Thought of Death,” in commemoration of the departure of Rev.Dr.Emerson, late editor of the Christian Leader.Subject of the Y.P.C.U.in the evening, ‘ Hero’sm of Common Life.” Mrs.Smiley will lead.Miss Lougea is spending a few weeks with Mrs.George Colt.Mr.Frank Dame, of Newport, N.H., has been visiting his sister, Mrs.A.Gordon.The Ladies Aid meets Thursday, April 21, w’th Mis.Willie Le Baron.Miss Ida Mahaffy, from Illinois, is visiting her cousin, Mrs.Charles Uarus-dell.Mr.Joseph Goodwin, Mr.Joseph Rlockett and Mr.John Brooks have had the electric li^ht put into their houses.The Yates house, now owned by Dr.Edgar, is being fixed up as a residence for Mra.C.Sampson.Miss Theresa who h is been absent in the States all winter, returned Monday evening.^vstTTatley.Easter swvices m the churches here were appropriate and elevating.Schools w< re re-opened on Wednesday.“Beautifijl weather” is the usual couinent just ir >w.“What about the war ?” springs ntn to the lips.Let us hope that “sweet peace” will he the final pronouncement, and at the same time may the claims?f humanity and righteousness be fully Sevm .hr\ur young men have lately left home, some of them for the first time, to seek w ork in our neighboring Republic.Mr.Ayer is making quite extensive repairs to her village property which will greatly improve its appearance.Arthur Sweeney and family are moving into the store of E.W.Parker.They have a nice stock of millinery goods and other novelties.TARTAN ?• #### MOKING r m TOBACCO IH IBUËH J.Rattray&w