The Stanstead journal, 24 décembre 1896, jeudi 24 décembre 1896

[" pu , Pept NI \u201cy P'Liiby 10 Broadway P mis Terres, tree\u201d ¢ VOL.LI.\u2014No.49.TOWN TOPICS.4 tbs best mixed candy for 25 cts.Melloon.Some readable Christmas sketches appear on the 8rd page of this paper.Alice M.Robinson and Miss Katherine Robinson are home for the holidays.Mr.Geo.E.Fuller of; the Albion Hotel, Montreal, is visiting friends in town.Remember the Ladies\u2019 Supper at Village Hall, Derby Line, on Monday evening next.Rev.A.L.Holmes of Coaticook, preached in the Methodist chorch last Sunday evening.Miss Lily E.Blanchard, Principal of Drury Academy, North Adams, Mass., is at home for the holidays.Mr.Roy Hovey, from Goddard Seminary, is assisting in the Rock Island Drug store during the holiday rush.CHRISTMAS DAY,\u2014The usual Annual Service for the day will be held in the Methodist Church at 11 o\u2019clock A.M.As we go to press this week one day earlier than usual we are obliged to lay over a few communications reaching us to-day.At a regular meeting of Sussex Preceptory No.9, held in Masonic Hall, Stanstead, on the 17th inst., the following officers were elected for the ensuing year.Don\u2019t forget the New England Supper and patriotic entertaiment, given by the Relief Corps, at the Village Hall, Monday Evening the 28th of December.25 cents admission.The Stanstead Skating Rink is now open Tuesday, Friday and Saturday evenings; Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons; and Saturday mornings.The rates have been reduced.Rev.A.Lee Holmes desires to dispose of his one-half interest in the building occupied by the Rock Island Drug store.It is a good stand and a desirable property.Mr.C.H.Kathan is authorized to sell it.Rev.Herbert E.Benton, of Tufts Divinity School, will preach at Derby Line, at 10.30 A.M., and at Griffin at 2.30 next Sunday.Mr.Benton has accepted the Pastorate at Derby Line, and will commence his services in June.Frater C.M.Thomas, Presiding Preceptor, Frater W.T.Forsythe, Constable; Frater W.M.Pike, Marshal; Frater Geo.D.Wyman, Chaplain; Frater C.H.Kathan, Treasurer; Frater H.E.Channel], Registrar; Frater A.N.Thompson, Sub-Marshal.Our merchants have no reason to complain of Christmas trade this year.They are having about all the business they can take care of.With a little push and considerable modernizing Rock Island\u2019s stores might draw as much outside trade as they ever did.A great transformation has been wrought in the interior appearance of the Columbia Club room by Mr.Chas.Burnett in charge of painting and decorating.The work has been faithfully and artistically executed.The room will be open to members in a few days.Tickets now on sale for the benefit Concert at Lane\u2019s Opera House Newport Tuesday evening Dec.20th.Send in your orders by mail or telephone.Music by the Priscilla Quartette, Blair\u2019s full Orchestra, Solo by Prof.Henri G.Blaisdell of Concord, N.H.See small bill and Come.The annual Christmas entertainment for the children of Christ Church Sunday School will be held at the town hall, Stanstead Plain, on Monday evening, December 28th, at 8 o\u2019clock.Cantata \u201cThe Enchanted Castle,\u201d will be given.All are invited.Nominal admission fee to cover expenses, 10 cents.At the regular meeting of the Golden Rule Lodge No.5, A.F.& A.M., held at Stanstead the 15th inst., the following officers were elected for the ensuing year.Bro.D.Mellhiney, W.M.; Bro.T.Maxwell, 8.W.; Bro.Geo.P.Butters, J.W.; Rev.Bro.W.T.Forsythe, Chaplain; Bro.R.C.Parsons, Treasurer; Bro.H.E.Channel, Secretary; Bro.Geo.A.Flint, Tyler.A good deal of feeling was stirred up by the removal of the arc ligat at the Rock Island station across the track where it was of no benefit to people approaching the station and little benefit to people getting on and off trains as the cars obstructed the light.Some laughed; others would not laugh\u2014they said it would be funny if it wasn\u2019t so mean.The superintendent was interviewed, and claimed that it was not by his request the light was \u201chid.\u201d The people are confident that it will be changed again so that it will do somebody some good.i Coa \u201c.\u2014\u2014 te oser sn ROCK ISLAND, (STANSTEAD) P.Q., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1896.A horse driven by Mrs.John Gilmore became frightened when near the top of the Plain hill yesterday.It ran to Crystal Lake Farm before it was caught.The sleigh was overturned near the E.T.Bank.Mrs.Gilmore and child were considerably bruised, and had a narrow escape from serious if not fatal injury.À purse containing a little over ten dollars was stolen from Mrs.G.Reynolds of Way\u2019s Mills on Monday.She Was examining some goods in a crowded store at Rock Island, and after pricing several articles, remarked, \u201cI will leave some money here before going away.\u201d At the same time she put the purse in her jacket pocket, but it didn\u2019t stay there long; she left the money though not in the manner expected.A well-known woman who made herself conspicuous around Mrs.Reynolds after she put the purse in her outside pocket, is suspected of the theft.It is not often that people\u2019s pockets are rified in this place, and an effort should be made to convict the offender.Dr.Charles W.Colby\u2019s lecture on Italy last Thursday night in the school room of the Methodist church was a rare treat to those who were privi- Jeged to attend.It showed a thorough knowledge of the subject which could only have been gained by broad and careful reading.After speaking of the climate and its effect upon the character of the inhabitants, he described the resources of the country and its powerful influence upon the civilization of the world.The main part of the lecture was given to the history of the people of Italy, the struggles of the plebians at patriotism, the founding of their cities and institutions, and their national consolidation.The lecture was followed by the exhibition of a large number of fine views of the principal Italian monuments, cathedrals, ruins and cities.The scenes were cast upon the canvas by electric light.Mr.Frank H.Pitcher of McGill University, managed the lights and slides.GEORGEVILLE.Miss Addie Tuck, youngest daughter of E.J.Tuck of this place, who has been attending the training school for nurses at the Newport, R.I.hospital, successfully passed her examinations a few weeks ago and has recently finished her term of two years instruction at that institution, since which time she has been nursing patients outside.Miss Tuck stands high in the esteem of every one who knows her, and by hard study and work has risen to the foremost rank in her chosen vocation.The lower part of the lake is frozeu up to within two miles of this village.Sargent\u2019s bay is also frozen over.Mrs.P.A.Somerville has returned from Montreal where she has been, for a few weeks, attending to her mother-in-law who has been quite ill.P.A.Somerville is prostrated by an attack of illness, S.A.Parker is able to sit up a little, after a long and hard run of typhoid fever.Mrs.R.L.Ayer is still confined to her bed by acute rheumatism.The Methodists will have their Christmas tree and entertainment at their church Wednesday evening, Dec.! 23.Mr.Rowell of the JOURNAL, was in| this village last week.Plate glass counters have recently been put into the store occupied by PA.Somerville.They are a great convenience.EAST BOLTON.We had quite a fsll of snow on Friday night and severely cold weather since.We are hoping for pleasant and warm weather for our Christmas entertainment this week.It will be at Peasley Corner Christmas eve.The annual New Year\u2019s dinner will be at Mr.Aylmer Place\u2019s hall as usual.Mrs.Hannah Blake, wife of the late Alexander Thompson, died the 11th inst., at Newport, Vt., aged 77 years.She had lived here over fifty years, and had many warm friends and much sympathy during the last few years, as her life has been one of suffering borne with great patience and resignation.She always has been an active member of the M.E.church, a helper of the needy and sick, and will long be remembered.Funeral services were held at Millington on Tuesday, by the Rev.I.Nelson.Asleep in Jesus, peaceful rest, Whose waking is snpremely blest.MARLINGTON.Special Christmas services in the school room Sunday, Dec.27th, 2.30 P.M., by Rev.W.T.Forsythe.All are invited.WAY'S MILLS.The directors chosen to manage the affairs of our Farmers Club are E.Kil- burn, E.Hanson, C.C.Hovey, A.G.Smith, H.N.Wheeler, W.H.Davidson, and 8.Corey.W.H.Davidson was chosen president, C.C.Hovey, vice-president, and C.W.Libby, secretary and treasurer.The next meeting will be held January 6th.,1897.C C.Hovey and Solomon Corey were chosen as a committee to furnish subjects to be discussed at the regular fortnightly meetings.A good program is booked for Jan.6th.At the annual meeting of the Stanstead County Agricultural Soviety for the election of directors there were about 25: members present among whom was | Mr.A.H.Moore who hus always taken a lively interest in the welfare of this society.I was glad to see that there was a little more interest being taken in these meetings.The election of directors was delayed until 2 o\u2019clock to make sure that every member intending to attend would be present.Quite a lively interest was taken in | the choice of men, thère being seve-; ral nominations for each Township | except Barford.Matley is nowrepre- sented by Geo.Kezar and J.Bowen, Stanstead by E.C.Peebles and Wm.! Buckland, Magog by Wm.Batchelder | and D.Pepin.Barford by H.E.Bald- | win.Barnston by J.J.Sutton and F.| H.Morrill.The election of officers takes place January 16th, to which date this meeting adjourned.! After the business part of the meeting was over the President issucd a general call for remarks from any members present.Among those who responded was A.H.Moore who had the kindness to say among other things that this society must have been ably managed to have withstood the oppositions that had been brought to bear against it in the county.The old directors were glad to find that after having paid nearly eleven hundred dollars in prizes and having made considerable improvements in their buildings, they still had 3300 balance in the treasury.Economy is the watchward of this society.The directors all being men who earn their bread by the sweat of their brow.Our Creamery still has a large quantity of milk.Feed is so cheap that | farmers are feeding their cows better : and find it pays in more ways than | one.Many of the cows here will be: brought through the winter in much better condition than ever before, which will make them pay next summer much better than they have here- | tofore.! Dr.Wilbur.Reynolds made a fly- | ing visit to his old home, coming Sat- | urday and returning Monday.GRIFFIN.i This beautiful hamlet situated on | Griffin hill, the home of honest men.and virtuous women, was thrown in-| to a state of chaos last week by the | criticism of Billy the \u2018\u2018Gaunt\u2019\u2019 on one; item that appeared in your local cor- | respondent\u2019s writings of last week,and that item being a typographical error of the printer.Your correspondent was in no wise to blame, and in fact took every means to rectify the same verbally and through the medium of, the Journal Nevertheless my \u201cdoughty\u201d critic, with sleeves rolled | i 4 ; up a wig cast aside, to cool his mas- give brain, and aided hy two or three of the same mental calibre, compounded such a lengthy effusion of in-' vectives as is seldom, if ever, seen in a clean sheet like the Journal.My, critic\u2019s application of words and tenses to \u2018his\u2019 black eyed subject, goes: to prove he\u2019s lost his senses.For instance, \u2018later\u2019 for a past issue, \u201coptical delusion,\u201d \u2018bricks in X rays,\u201d ¢t windedness,\u201d etc., plainly showing the illiteracy of the writer.The balance of his epistle is made, up of \u201cpig-English\u201d the jargon he, learned on the streets in Liverpool.| I advise my would be critic to leave criticising writing, if it does not \u2018con- | cern him,\u2019 to those that can do better justice to the subject of his text, and purchase a bottle of Ayer\u2019s Hair Vigor, for, until the wool grows where it ; ought to grow.Can he ever expect to receive glances of approval however gallant he may be.Mrs.James Howard is to spend Christmas with her sister Mrs.Benj.Cate.There will be Universalist preaching in the Union Church on Sunday, | 27th instant\u2019 at half past two o'clock p.m.It is to be hoped there will be a are requested to be present.large congregation to hear this noted young preacher.| At Uxbridge early Sunday Morning, | fire destroyed the Gunn block and | three other large business blocks, \u2018corn (old) for 43 cents bush., best Ont.middlings 814.75 per ton Loss, $110,000.\u2018last Friday evening.\"ings, and on returning it was impossi- \u2014 stead Journal.WHOLE No.2653.MASSAWIPPI, Temperâture on the morning of the 21st was 6 below.The roads have been rather icy of late, and as à consequence sleighs have capsized in turnjpg corners, and horses have run away, but no very serious damages have been reported.Rev.Mr.Williams lectured here Subject, \u2018The Plebiscite.\u201d Mrs.Putney, President of the W.C.T.U., also addressed the meeting.As far as the Township of Hatley is concerned, if a vote is taken upon the prohibition question, the expression will be emphatically in favor of prohibition, for it has been the sottled policy of the municipality for the last twenty-eight or thirty years to prohibit the sale of all intoxicating beverages within its limits, one of the beneficisl results of which, has been the gradual diminution of cases before both the commissioners\u2019 and magistrate courts, until within the past year or two, not one case has occurred in either court as far as I have heard.Mr.Reid, a Presbyterian student, held divine service here last Sunday morning, and Mr.Pocock is expected to preach here next Sunday forenoon.About half the surface of the lake is now frozen over.To ali far and near T wish a \u201cMerry Christmas.\u201d There was an error in my last correspondence, either by myself or \u201cthe devil,\u201d in giving Mr.True Worthen\u2019s age as 82 which should have been 92.FITCH BAY.At about 7 o'clock on Thursday morning, Dec.17th, the village was startled by the alarm of fire which proved to be the saw mill and Sash and Door shop of E.B.Dolloff.Mr.Dolloff had been into the shop and started a fire and went to start a fire in his office while his brother B.A.Dolloff went below to oil up the bear- ble to enter the shop, which was entirely consumed.The shop was well equipped with new and up-to-date machinery.The large store house | standing about twenty feet from the mill was emptied of its contents in a : more or less damaged condition but the store house was finally saved by hard work.Loss from seven to eight thousand dollars.Insurance on plant machinery and stock £4000.This is the second time Mr.Dolloff has been cleaned out by fire within the past three years.J.G.Brevoort is out again after being shut up about four weeks with Grippe and a bad cough.Mrs.Wright returned home from Lennoxville last week.Mabel I.Gage has returned from her visit to R.1.Mr.and Mrs.Burgess have gone to Boston for the winter.D.W.Gustin has gone to Boston for a few days.W.A.Gustin is home from Bishop\u2019s College for the holidays.The entertainment at the High School passed off well.Mr.Rowell of the JOURNAL, was in the village last week.10 below Monday morning, 16 below Tuesday morning.SMITH'S MILLS.The school has closed for holidays.Miss Fuller is visiting her brother, George Fuller, proprietor of the Albion Hotel, Montreal.A social dance was held in C.R.Ruiter\u2019s hall on Friday evening.The young people enjoyed a pleasant time.There will also be a social dance in C.R.Ruiter\u2019s hall New Years night, | Jan.1,1897.All are most cordially | invited.Mr.Ruiter has a very nice: hall and he puts himself out for the young people to have a good time.The Fitch Bay orchestra will furnish music.L.C.Carpenter of Boston, is visiting friends here.Fred Bigelow is home for the winter.C.A.Jenkins is visiting friends in St.Johnsbury.The Ladies\u2019 Aid is all the go.By lamp light and by day they will meet at the home of Mrs.H.L.Bigelow next Monday, Dec.28.Mrs.R.Hill was called to Lowell, Mass., to care for Mrs.Dan Bissell who is very ill.The W.C.T.U.will meet at the home of Miss L.J.Kimpton on Wednesday, Jan.6,1896.All members AYER'S FLAT.Clough wante two tons of good maple sugar before Jan.1st.A.E.Fish is selling Southern yellow ling force must scatter to the wind.BARNSTON.The social dance at the town hall on Friday night under the direction of Mr.H, Buckland and W.F.Howe was a very pleasant affair, and was much enjoyed by all present.The music furnished by Henry Bassett and Ashley Johnson of North Hatley was first- class.\u201cI'he first object that greeted my eye in entering the hall was the tall form of Gard.Sornbergers having her down in fine style, and even our worthy Secretary -Treasurer could not resist the temptation to shake the foot a little as in the olden time.At the last meeting of Ashlar Lodge AF & AM, at Coaticook, Mr.Adi S.Morrison, had the honor of being elected Worshipful Master for the ensuing year.Mr.C.N.Remick recently lost n valuable young horse by getting hung in the stall.He was found dead in the morning.Robert Bullis has rentered the farm of B.F.Kezur in Stanstead and haw moved thereon, Port.Cleveland has moved on to the John Dumas\u2019 farm, and Geo.Dumas has moved into the house of Charles White, The Indies of the Baptist Church held their annual bazaar and Sale at the town hall on Thursday evening and realized a handsome sum.Cards are out for a wedding at Way's Mills\u2019 church on the 31st inst.We also hear the faint murmurings of more wedding bells in the near future.One of Barnston's fairest daughters will be taken from among to grace n home in a neighboring city.Mr.and Mrs, R, W.Moore, Mr.N.Knight and Miss Minnie Aldrich of Stanstead, all former residents of Barnston, were in town on Friday last.While on a recent visit to Boston and vicinity I culled on a good many Barnston people and found they nearly all take the Journal which they read with greatinterest, especially the local items.1 hope when my lady friend in Somerville reads this she will take back some of the naughty things she said about the Barnston correspondent who was lost, strayed, or stolen.MOE'S RIVER.Mr.A.L.Brown, has been confined to the house, for some time, but is now able to be out.Mr.Charles Brown is still very low.Mr.slowly.The oyster supper given by the ln- dies of the Free Baptist Church was a success in every way, realizing about £22.00.The Ladies Aid met lust week with Mrs.Earl, with a very good attendance.The Universalists will have a Christmas Tree, supper, sale of fancy goods and Entertainment on the evening of the 23rd and have invited the Free Baptists to join with them which they will do not thinking as the \u2018Congo.Minister did in a village not far from here when asked to join in a Universal- ist Entertainment, replied the same bridge would not carry him over that did them, they doubtless think the bridge will be wide enough for both parties, and that friendship without faith is merely a farce that lacking this foundation, the slightest oppos- It is duty done that bringeth the joy of truth.Mr.Gayton of Lennoxville is selling quite a number of organs in this vicinity.Wishing not only the Editor but all renders of the JOURNAL many happy returns of the season.One winter more has just come o'er us; Another Spring ix close before ny With promise wwert of song and bloom, How oft the chilling tempest lowers, Oe'r Bpring's green fields and budding bowers, And shades the sunny day with bloom, But in that happier country whither We turn our yes, no storm clouds gather, Nor frost the tender blooms destroy, Into thy fold, good Shepherd lead us: In green and Heavenly pastures feed us: | Safe through the lonely journey speed us, Home to the mansions of thy joy.John Gommell is improving SCHOOL REPORT.The following are the average results of the Christmas examinations held in Libbytown, school district, Barnston: GRADE I ACADEMY\u2014JessiefDavid- son 91, Janie Davidson 82, Minnie Davidson 80, Laura Libby 72.GRADE II MopEL\u2014Flora Paul 80, Nathan Perry and Charlie Davis each 75.GRADE I MODEL\u2014Amy Davidson 92, Jamie McFadyen 89, Isaac Drew 88, Harvey Drew 85, George Libby 84, Washington Stone 70, Bernie McFa- dyen 69, Ethel Drew 60.PRIMERS\u2014Joe Stone 75, Marshal Jones 60.E.F.HovEy, A.A, Teacher.NORTH HATLEY.Cold weather.Bleighs are in use, but there is not snow sufficient to make sleigh riding a pleasure.On the afternoon of Thursday last the new and commodious hoarding house of David Jackson took fire in the absence of the family, and in spite of the strenuous efforts of many willing workers, with n large amount of furniture, nearly all the bedding, much wearing apparel, Mr.Jackson\u2019s carpenter and joiner and stone mason\u2019s tools, and many other things too numerous to mention were destroyed.Partially insured.Much sympathy is oxpressed for the sufferers from this fire.The chicken ple supper, Ladies\u2019 Ald sale and entertainment at the Univer- ralist church on the evening of the 17th inst., was quite a pleasant affair, from which was realized eighty dollars.Sorry to learn of the death of Mr, Henry Hunting.Several from hero attended his funeral at Huntingville Inst Wednesday.The next W C.T.T.meeting will be with Mrs, Elroy Johnson, January 6th.Rov.and Mrs.Smiley tro at Moe\u2019s River for u few days.Maus.B, LeBaron is visiting in Compton.Littlo Peter Gagnon, who wns so- verely scalded a few weeks since, Is recovering.Curtis Howe hay returned from La- conin, N.H.Miss Ethel Moy iu reported as hoing quite ill.Miss Georgia LeBaron is on the sick list.LINEBORO.Mr.Steven Sulls ig quite sick at this writing, Dec.22.We hear he has pneumonia.Mr.Noyes has moved hls iron from here to Morgan Four Corners, where he will make sugar arches, have gone to Clarenceville to spend Xmas.with her parents, Mr.and Mrs, Guerin.Alex Mcleod is very low at this writing.The Union met with Mrs.R, 8tro- ples lust week Thursday.Quite a number present.We wero glad to receive Rev.Mr.Allin as « member.Mr.and Mrs.Edward Longeway of Smith's Mills, spent.Friday at George Longewny's.Mra.James Scott of Stanstead June- tion, spent one day last week with Mrs.Es.P.Davis.Mrs.EE.I\u2019.Davis and Mrs.Monroe spent Inst Monday at Stanstead Plain with Mra.Allan Dalziel.Mrs.Hattie Miller of Derby Line gpent Saturday and Sunday nt the home of Mra.Geo.Longewny.Mr.and Mrs.Burt Parker moved her goods home to North Derby last Saturday afternoon.We understand that John House and John Kelsie killed two pigs at Glines Corner last week, and John unys one waa so small that they lost it in the scalding tub and had to strain the water to find him.Mrs.Eunice Sally is better at this writing.A very pleasant event took place at Cedarville last Wednesday, 16th inst, it being the marriage of Deacon Owen Bullock\u2019s daughter, Leafey, to Orval Wilson of Stanstead.About one hundred relatives and friends were present, The presents were valuable and too numerous to mention, The hride\u2019s parents presented a fine lot of silver ware and the groom\u2019s parents presented a nice piano.The cost of the presents in all three hundred ninety-five dollars.Many readers of the Journal wish them many wedded days and mnch happiness in their new life.The bride and groom went to Lonsdale on their trip to visit her sister for a few davs.Mr.Burt Parker, of North Derby, and Mrs.Helen Howie, of Beebe Plain, were married at Newport on the 16th inst.They spent a short time at St.Johnsbury making calls and returned home Friday evening.We wish Mr.and Mrs.Parker health and happiness and many other hlessings belonging to married life.The social held at Mr.Fred Hall's Monday evening was a perfect success, the proceeds being over 840.Nearly two-hundred people were present.A very fine musical entertainment was given by Mr.G.A, LeBaron and his son and daughter, of Sherbrooke, and Prof.Hubbard, of Waterloo, and Miss Barnes of Newport; also some of our home ladies.À political speech was given by Mr.Reynolds of Cedarville, and a reading by Miss Eva Tompkins of Beebe Plain.Rev.Mr.Allin also gave us a few words, all of which were very appropriate for the occasion.arr er apie nls We hear Mr.nnd Mrs.Melvin Tilton SE rm\u201d | j 3 ; \u201cmesse = .had been made aware of the need of a ©\" Quebec had received and was recelv- * voted for this motion since the Con- \"ground of economy and uselessness of .the body.\"formerly been himself in favor of the EER UR TERRE Va SFA A STORMY SESSION.The fcllowing bills were introduced in the Quebec Legislative assembly on the 16th inst.An act to amend the law respecting district magistrates\u2019 courts\u2014Hon.Mr.Pelletier.An act to amend the Notaria! Code- Hon.Mr.Pelletier.An act respecting the appointment of deputy prothonotaries, deputy sheriffs and deputy registrars\u2014Hon.Mr.Pelletier.An act respecting certain lots on the official cadastre of the Parish of St.Fersul-Mr.Bouffard.An act to amend Article 514 of the Municipal Code\u2014Mr.Teilier.Mr.Auge\u2019s bill to amend the early closing law by ndding a clause to provide for the imprisonment of parties violating its provisions, was passed in Committee and read a third time, but not until strong opposition had been made by Dr.Guerin and Messrs.Stephens, Martineau, Girard (Rouville) and others.After recess the House went into Committee and the Quebec bill came up for consideration.The bill was finally adopted, with an amendment to the effect that the loan of 20,000 for a park in St.Sauveur should not be raised unless approved by a two- third\u2019s vote of the Quebec City Council.Mr.Spencer\u2019s bill to incorporate \u201cThe Cold Storage and Freezing Company,\u201d as amended by the Private Bills Committee, was read a third time.Mr.Marchands bill to incorporate The Canada Stone Chinaware Company was also read a third time.Abolition of the Council.On the motion to go into supply Mr.Cooke made an amendment for the abolition of the Legislative Council.Hon.Mr.Flynn said he thought it his duty to say a few words on the motion introduced by the hon.member for Drummond, Mr.Cooke.The form of the motion made it a want of confidence motion, and thus a question which had formerly been a free question was now a Government question.He knew that the Conservative merabers of the House would continue their loyal support to the Government on this occasion, though some of them might be personally, or in principle, in favor of this amendment to the constitution.To vote with the hon.member for Drummond would virtually mean to vote for a most upusual motion, one which in the hands of that member could have no other object than an endeavor to embarrass the Government.Asa matter of parliamentary tactics it wus most unwise, and would fall short of the end intended.This motion had beeu brought before the House five times within the last four years and always been rejected.The Liberals, who, as a rule, gervative party came into power, i.e., since 1891, took precious good care | during the five years they held power under the Mercier Government, not| to introduce any motion to abolish the | Legislative Council.It was formerly | part of the programme of the Liberal party, but since 1887 he had not heard of it in that connection.It had been left to a private member to introduce this motion.The speech of the hon.leader of the Opposition at Sherbrooke which had been published by his own organ as his programme speech for the coming elections, had not contained a single reference to the aboli- | tion of the Council.He would not now take up the attention of the House with a discussion of the merits of the question.The members knew the opinion of the house on that subject, and besides, the motion, as now made, was one that could not be accepted.He did not think the time opportune for treating such a question.Neither party had accepted responsibility for the motion.Mr.Marchand Accepts Responsibility, Hon.Mr.Marchand\u2014*I accept the responsibility.\u201d Hon.Mr.Flynn, continuing, said that the leader of the Opposition was rather tardy in making this declaration.He had gone through the province and never spoken of this question.When in power for five years, as above stated, his party had taken precious good care not to abolish the Council, but instead had appointed their own friends to seats in that House until they had secured the majority there.It would be hard to make the House or the people of this Province believe that the Liberals would abolish the Council it they got into power.The hon.Prime Minister said that he did not intend discussing the merits of the question, but he felt that the abolition of the Upper House was not new in the domain of practical politics.Dr.Guerin declared himself in favor of the abolition of the Council on the Mr.Simpson explained that he had abolition of the Council, but later he \u2018its maintenance.The people of the \u201cProvince were opposed to the aboli- \u2018tion of the Council.The minority of ing very good treatment in this Province from the majority, but the state of affairs in Manitoba was a lesson, and the Council might prove useful not only to the minority but to the whole population.He would consequently vote for the maintenance of the Legislative Council.He protested against the statement of Mr, Cooke in the House some days ago, respecting the action of the English speaking members at the time of Mr.Hall's resignation, and declared that statement absolutely false, The Opposition raised the point of order that Mr.Simpson was not speaking to the guestion before the House, when, in order to permit him to do so, Mr.Al- lard moved the adjournment of the | House, and Mr.Simpson continued in support of his attack upon Mr.Cooke.Mr.Cooke then rose to speak, and for an hour and a half great confusion reigned in the House.Mr.Cooke was repeatedly culled to order, tig Opposition protesting each time.The Speaker cautioned certain members of the ITouse that the decisions of the Speaker should be accepted without comment, even if they were erroneous.Mr.Cooke undertook to defend his conduct, but he was continually interrupted.After some order had been restored the member for Drum- mond referred to the changes of party which had occurred in 1878.This brought the Premier to his feet, and | Mr.Cooke was again ruled out of order.The disorder became s0 great at one stage that the Speaker feared that he would have to name some member.Mr.Hackett replied to Mr.Cooke.: He said that he had voted for the abolition of the Council in 1893, 1894 and 1895, and if it had been placed fairly and squarely before the House this year in accordance with the views he had already enunciated he would have again supported the motion.Messrs.Marchand, Pelletier, and Lussier explained their views, and Mr.Caron, who generally votes with the Opposition, declared that be would vote against Mr.Cooke\u2019s amendment, which he did not consider opportune.The Motion Lost.The motion to adjourn having been disposed of, Mr.Cooke\u2019s amendment .wus lost on the following division: For\u2014Marchand, Bernatchez, She- hyn, Gladu, Tessier (Portneuf), Le- mieux, Lussier, Dechene, Turgeon, Tessier (Rimouski), Pinault, Bisson, Ste.Marie, Lalibertie, Parent, Girard (Rouville), Gillies, Guerin, Gosselin, Cooke, Desjardins\u201421.Against\u2014Flynn, Beaubien, Nantel, Pelletier, Hackett, Atwater, Duplessis Marion, Carbray, McDonald, Normand England, Spencer, Tellier, Beauchamp, Grenier, Tetreault, Magnan, Bouffard, Chateauvert, Doyon, Baker, Simpson, Bedard, Panneton, McCleary, Greig, Hall, Chicoyne, Cartier, Poirier, La- couture, Girard (Lake St.John), Bour- bonnois, Rioux, Martineau, Cholette, Savaria, Caron, Stephens \u2014 41.The House then went into committee of supply, and aîter disposing of a few items, adjourned at 12.15 a.m.i Robinson says: .cases of rheumatism have been cured Auge, The Moncton, N.B., Times says it is true there is considerable activity among Intercolonial railway labor organizations, but this is precutionary, rather than threateping.The paper al- |leges that the men do notregard partisanship alone sufficient cause for dig- missal.Aftor the funeral service over the body of the late Rev.A.M.Phillips, | iu Toronto on Saturday, the body was | interred in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, | Rev.J.C.Speer conducting the ser- | | vice at the grave.\u201d Almost every | | Methodist preacher in Toronto was | present.| res pce + ane ean.| Geoman\u2019s block and Chase Brothers Co.block at Colborne, Ont.were! {burned Sunday morning.The loss ! | was à total one, but there was consid- |erable insurance.In the afternoon a| | wall fell, burying five men who were { taken out alive, but badly hurt.| = eer rm - | A Detroit tragedy, in which Dr.H.:Kleindienst deliberatoly shot J.W.Beard, his son-in-law, took place on, Suturday.The men had a tight, in which the doctor was getting the | ! worst of it when he used his revolver.\"I'he injured man will recover.| The wife of Mr.D.Robinson, a | \"prominent lumber merchant of Hart-! wick, N.Y., was sick with rheumatism | five months.In speaking of it Mr.\u2018Chamberlain\u2019s Pain ' i Balm is the only thing that gave her | anv rest from pain.For the relief of .pain it can't be beat.\u201d Many very bad it.\u201cby For Sale by J.T.Flint, Drug- \u2018gist, for fifty cents a bottle.In 1892 Mr.A.L.Goldwater, who ownes three retuil drug stores in New \u2018York city, having learned of the great value of Chamberlain's Cough remedy for colds, croup and whooping cough, ordered a supply for his customers.It met with so much favor that he \u2018goon found it necessary to order more |and duriug the winter sold two gross 10f the remedy.He says it gives the | best satisfaction of any Cough cure he i has ever handled.For sale at 25 or 50 cents per bottle by J.T.Fling, Drug- :gist.; À young woman named Annie Cain, land a young woman named Jamés , Mills, of Magog, were drawded while \u2018skating near the light-house.| Major C.T.Picton is manager of the | \u2018State Hotel at Denison, Texas which! | the travelling men say is one of the\u2019 | best hotels in that section.In speaking of Chamberlain\u2019s Colic, Cholera, | Diarrhœa Remedy Major Picton,says: \u201cI have used it myself and in my fam- \"ily for several years, and take pleasure | lin saying that I consider it an infaillible cure for diarrhcea and dysentery.iT always reccommend it, and have frequently administered it to my \u2018guests in the hotel, and in every case \"it has proven itself worthy of unquali- i fied endorsement.For sale by J.T.Flint, Druggist.: All ships in the Brooklyn navy yard \u2018are to he repaired and available by \u201cJanuary 1.; When most needed it is not unusual for your family physician to be away | from home.Such was the experience of Mr.J.Y.Schenck, Editor of the.Caddo, Ind.Ter., Bunner, when his little girl, two years, was threatened \u2018with a severe attack of croup.He says \u201cMy wife insisted that I go for Sick Headache Permanently Cured \u201cI was troubled, «long time, with sick headache, IL was truuily ac- contpittied with severe pains in the tewples amd sickness at the ston.ach, 1 tricd a food mae remedies an recommended for Cai his complaint; het { ju was not until 1 began taking RYER'S 40 * a Pills that 1 received ! Te 7ad anything like pera.: nent benefit.A si1- gle box of these pills did the work for ime, and 1 am now a well man.\u201d C.H.llurerines, East Auburn, Me, Yor tie rapid cure of Constipation, Livspepsia, Diliousness, Nau- sen, and all disorders of Stomach, Liver, and Dowels, take ! 4 > ER, sat __Medal and Diploma at World's Fair.Ask your druggist for Ayer's Sarsaparilla, OLD TYPE | For sale at the \u201cJournal\u201d Office in large or small quantities.It makes |: THE BEST BABBIT \u2018and can be bought at a low price.: Lay in a supply while you can get it.P.A.Bissonet\u2019s Advertisement.v Grand Display of \"DRY GOODS.Largest Assortment Ever Shown Here.STYLISH JACKETS Fall and Winter Jackets for $4.75 up.AI the Novelties in DRESS GOODS, \u2014 Cloakings and Cape Cloths.Lots of Clothing for Men and Boys at prices to suit the times.P.A.BISSONNET.T.& C.OROURKE\u2019S AD.We wish to announce to the people that we are offering our large stock of Ready-Made Clothing at very low prices.We want money, and for that reason are prepared to make prices to suit the times, {remember my first experience w Diamond Dyes.My husband had a: Totlsaged With the iv poor appetite.feeble | Foster the doctor, but as our family physician | was out of town, I purchased a bottle | of Chamberlain\u2019s\u2019 Cough Remedy, | which relieved her immediately., 1 | Will not be without itin the future.\u201d 25 rand 50 cent bottles for sale by J.T.| Flint, Druggist.Pleased With Her First Experience.T | A.C.Cunningham of Halifax, N.8.A wife and mother living in St, John N.B.says: \u201cI shall ever pleasantly large liabilities.i ith ; Sunday coat that was getting to be a cireulntion, and finpovrished blood, Ayers dingy and faded shade of brown.He |Sarsaparilln isa boon beyond price.Its affect needed a new one very badly, but \u2018is to check the ravages of time, by invigorat- could not afford it.After a day or !ing every organ, nerve, and tissue of the body.two of very serious consideration, I [Sec Ayers Almanac fur the new year.suggested that the coat be dyed in| a .- good black, and stated that I would! The fire reported from Duluth undertake the work.I had never! 4,; , 2 dyed anything before; but having | Minn., on Saturday burned the Davis heard how easy it was to die with the , block with 550.000 loss.Diamond Dyes, I bought a package of | Fast Diamond Dye Black for wool and proceeded for the opperntion.T was If you have à troublesome cough, don\u2019t keep nibbling sweets and spoil your appetite, A i Novelties.EE Na \u2018flour dealer, has left the city, leaving: quite nervous and fearful lest I would completely spoil the coat; but after following closely the directions for dyeing, I was overjoyed with m victory.I was successful beyond all expectations and my husband was delighted.The coat when dryed, pros- ged and finished looked like a new one from a tailoring establishment.Thanks for your magnificent dyes.\u201d LIBBYTOWN.Intended for last week.Rev.Mr.Stafford held service in the Libbytown school house last Sunday afternoon.We are in hopes that he will be able to meet with us again in.two weeks from that time in the evening.The school has reopened and is making rapid progress under the able management of Mr.Earl Hovey.Quite a number of our young people attended the social hop held at Mas- sawippi on the 11th inst.They all reported a very good time.: The Misses Glidden, Miss Grace home with their parents over Sunday.Three brothers named Hiles, working for Joseph (ilaves, of Wainfeet, Ont., put some nitro glycerine cartri- exploded, wrecking the house and that they cannot live.Mrs.Glaves was badly injured also.Paul and Miss Bertha Breaky were at dges on the stove to thaw out.They mangling two of the brothers so badly dose or two of Ayer's Cherry Fectoral will do | you more gourd than pounds of candy, and us | sist rather than fmonir your digestion, Al- | ways keep this medicine in your house, | | The hendquarters of the American | Federation of Labor have been chan- | ged from Indianapolis to Washington, by action of the convention sitting in Cincinnati.| Hall's Hair Renewer renders the hair lus- | trous and silken, glves it an even color, and i enables women to put it up in a great variety \\ of styles.= - | | | 0 Z Q - we RCE = VUE : ae te AER 8 \\(\\ = : 0e TTC TSTSTSSST\u2014OTOE IEEE CHHSC® 5 THE Janes SMSUT MG, CO ,1TD, OR BALE BY ROCK ISLAND HAR WAKE CO.WONDERFUL DISCOVERY, Excelsior fe EGGS FRESH For 12 MONTHS.IT IS NO PICKLE.You simply treat the Eggs with PRESERVER, and lay them away in a basket or box.ancaunaaannaca LAY DOWN A SUPPLY WHEN THEY ARE CHEAP.Call for book giving full information, frzo of.charge.: Sold by C.H.Taylor, Stanstead.Our Order Department has been greatly improved by the services of Mr.Begin, a practical cutter, and we are in a position to take care of our trade in the best possible manner.Remember this is our thirty-first year at the old stand, and we are thoroughly up-to-date as to style and workmanship.We are adding new lines weekly, and can show the largest selection of Scotch Tweeds, Worsteds, Frieze, Suitings, &c, Every garment guaranteed to be perfect fitting.Respectfully, T.& C.O'ROURE.The Hatley Man MISS H.A.TINKER is home from Boston with a choice assortment of MILLINERY and FANCY GOODS.A LARGE LINE OF TRIMMED H ATS , OT ED UNTRIMMED, and everything new in Millinery The newest things in Fancy Work, Underwear, Gloves and handkerchiefs.Please call and examine.Block, Derby Line, Vt.is \"Way Off in his explanation of the \u201cGreat Excitement at Kathan\u2019s.The remarkably Low Prices offered this Fall would cause an excitement even in Hatley.Here is one of them: Fitch Bay, P.Q.To any one wanting anything in my line such as House Finish of All Kinds, Rough an Dressed Lumber House Hardware, Nails, Putty, Glass and Everything a Painter Wants for Buildings or Carriages, We would say, get the lowest cash price of any dealer in Stanstead County, and then como to us and we will go them one better for cash.No lye or South wind about this, see.April Ist, 1806, Donotfs Mills.0009001010500070000000000 1 000\u20ac 571707007010 Man Knows.2 the perturbation of spirit a woman suffers in cooking with a had stove, Our constant aim has been to furnish the best article possible for the use intended.The \u201cREGAL PERFECTION\" «+.RANGE.for coal or wood, fulfils every require ment.The design and ornamentation of this range are in advance of anything previous] attempted, \u2018J he ovens sic arge and provided with draw-out rack, oven doors lined with tin, fire Lox provided with genuine duplex grate and #1 is aperfect and sure baker.lully equipped with oven shelf, tea pot shelf, footoven door trip, door hearth and extra large broiling or torsting door v ith mica frame, male with four or six cooling holes.Send for descrin -ve casalogi e.Brocx ies - \u2018Nr Come and E.B.DOLLOFF.Good Clothes Wringer For $1.50.Full line of ALL-WOOL UNDERWEAR Received and coming daily.Too busy ) waiting on customers to write ads this week, Further Particulars Later.KATHAN'S, ROCK ISLAND. A CHRISTMAS BALL.\u2018Way out in western Texas, where the Clear Forks waters flow: Where the cattle are a-browain an the Spanish ponies row; Where tbe northers come a- whistiin from beyoud the \u201c\u201cneuträl strip,\u201d An the prairie dogs are sneezin rz if they had the grip; Where the coyotes come a- howlin round the ranches after dark, An the mocking birds sre singin tu the lively medder lark; Where tho possum, an the badger, an rattle snakes abound, An the monstrous stars are winkin o'er a wilderness profound; Where lonesome, tawny prairies melt into airy streams, while the Double mountains siumber with heavenly kind in dreams; Where the antelope is grazin an the lonely plovers call\u2014 It was there that I attended the Cowboys\u2019 Christmas bull.The town wuz Anson City, ole Jones\u2019 county sent, Where they raise Polangus cuttle an wavin, whiskered wheat; Where the uir is soft un bammy, an dry an full uv health, An the prairies ls explodin With agricultural wealth: Where they print The Texas Western, that Alec MeCunn supplies With news an yarns an stories nv most amazin size: Where Frank Smith pulls the badger un know in tenderfect, An Democracy's triumphant an powerful hard to heat: Whero lives that good old hunter, John Milsap, from Lamar, Who \u2018\u2018used ter be the sherift bask cast in Paris, sat\" \u2014 \u2018Twas there, I say, ut Anson, with the lively Widder Wall, That 1 went to that recepshun, the Cowboys\u2019 Christmas ball, The boys had left the ranches an en to town in piles; The ladies, kinder sestterin, hed gethered in for miles, An yet the pluce wuz erow\u2026ed, ez J remember well-= \u2018Twuz got fur the ocenshun at the Morning Star hotel.The music wuz aflddle ana lively tambourine, An a vicl \u201c\u2018cun imported,\u2019 by the stage from Abilene.The room wuz togged out gorgeous with mistletoe an shawls, An candles flickered frescoes around the airy walls.Tho wimmin folks Jocked lovaiy The boys looked kinder treed \"Till the leader commenced yellin: **Whon, fellers] T.et\u2019s stampede!\u2019 An the music started, sighin through the hall, Ez kind uv introduction to Christmas bull, an s-wailin tha Cowboys\u2019 This lender wnz a feller thet cum from Swen- gon\u2019s ranch\u2014 They called him Windy Billy, Dead Man's Branch, His rig wuz kinder keorless\u2014big spurs an high heeled boots, He hed the reputation thet comes whon follors shoots.His voice wuz Hke a bugle upon the mountain\u2019s height.His feet wore animatod an a mighty movin sight.Then he commenced to holler: \u2018\u2018Neow, fellers, stake yer pon! Lock horus tu all them hei\u2019 like mon! from Little an russle \u2018em Balute yer luvly critters and your flocks, because it is only right that the animals which constitute your greatest help and source of pros.périty should participate in the joy which fills all our hearts.Now lead your flocks past me.°° «hé yeur may bu said to be! day a pola to which is fastened a large sheaf «f outs or corn for the benefit of the Jittlo birds, while in many distriets prain is &p end outside on the doorstep and witnlow sills on the evening of Dec.24.Tho Albaniavs, tho Montonegrins and in fact nearly ull tho races of the southeast of Iurope, irrespective of creed or nationality, make a peint of distributing their first Jurzo Christinan men! ohke among the cattle, ufter having broken it on the horn of an ox, while during tho sioge of Paris, when cach roldier cf tho belenguering Geor- man army managed to have his l'ttlo Christmas tree, however scant or poor, Bet up on Christmas ove in remembrance of tho loved ones at howe, nearly every trooper mn © a point of leading up hin horse to se his tree and tu recoive his.master's ration of bread in honor of the Occasion.Only in errtain dietricts of southern Italy wind i.the iale of Man are exceptions to be found te this rule.peasantry at Christinas time to place cako upon a table and to drive the oxen around it, those who attempt to taste the food being sluughtered on tho spot.: In tho isle of Man the cruel pustimo \u2018known os \u2018\u201c\u2018hunting the wren,\" and \u201cwhich dates back to pagan times, is still practiced every Christmas morning, all the villagers turning out, every one armed with two sticks-\u2014one for beating the bushes and the other for \u2018 throwing at the birds.The origin of tho custom is to be found in the legend according to which \u2018\u2018theroe formerly lived : in the isle of Man ua very beautiful fairy who exercised great influence over the male population by meaus of her voice, enticing them into the sea, whero they \"were drowned, So long did this continue that fears were entertained that the island would ve depopulated, Eventually, | however, a knight errant of King Arthur's Round Table appeared upon the scene, and he, having discovered a means of overcoming tho fairy's charm, pressed her so hard with a plot for her destruction that she could only save herself by taking the form of a wren.Whilo sha was in thida form a spell vas cast upon her which comg-Hed her to assume the kird's form on each Christmas day und decreed that gli should ul- | timately * \u2018die by human hands; hence the cruel hunting of the wrea ig kept up, and after the birds have been killed the children place them on ivy bushes and carry them around in procession.But it is in France, especially in the western and southern portions thereof, that the peasants made 5 point of introducing their domestic animals into the celebration of Christmas not only at home, but also at chareh, on the ground that the poor creatures having participated in the joy of mankind at the birth of Chi st should participate in the annual commemoration of the event.Thus in Brittany cattle and sheep may be said to form part of the congrigation that attends the quaint yet thoroughly reverent mass performed in most of the churches of the seaconst villages on Christmas ave, On tha right side of the altar a bower is constructed of fragrant pine and fir branel.es, with great bunch.eg of crimson berried hollies und mistletoe glistening among the verdure.Under this canopy there Bits the most beautiful maiden of the village, her hair falling on her Jocse white garments, while in her arms there repores a young infant.Beside her atands a young | man wearing a gold embroidered robo and leaning on a staff, while an ox, a donkey and four sheep quietly munch ! corn from a couple of mungers, As soon ns the gospel has been read a small chorister concealed in the cardboard figure of a rooster beging to chant the verses, \u2018\u2018For to us a child is born,\u201d imitating cleverly at the close of each The deep bass voice of another grown up Zhor- : ister hidden somewhere in the fir branch \"bower above described \u2018\u2018lows\u2019\u2019 the response of \u2018\u2018Uhi?\u2019 (where), which sounds as if it proceeds from the ox.A tenor chorister concealed near the sheep baas 1 the word \u2018\u2018Bethlehem,'\u2019 rnd then a ' baritone voice, apparently proceeding i from the donkey, brays \u201cEamus\u2019 (let us go thither).Thereupon the rector, tion form a procession and march from i the altar to the bower where the repre- | sentation of the nativity is arranged, , The priest, having sprinkled the mother and child as well as the animals with Thus in | it is customary among the his acolytes and the entire congrega- The shepherd and enttle herders then begin to drive the animals past, while the priest, dipping the sprinkler into the silver ewer of holy water, showers the latter upon the horses, the asses, the oxen, tho cows and the sheep.Tho clung of the bells around their necks, their lowing, their baning, their braying and neighing, as well as the cries and words of commnnd of their drivers, creato nn tremendous din, above which ever and anon rise the solemn words of | the priest, \u2018\u201cBenedicat vos omnipotens, Deus, Pater et Filius ot Spiritus Sano.tus!\"\u2019 tho choristers bringing the bless.: ings to au close with Amen!\" Every on + who has wintered in Spain will recul\u201d to miud the \"Missa del Gullo,\u2019 or \u2018cocks muss,\" celebrated in all the churches on Christmas eve, or rather Christmas morning.The chanti- eleer being the bird that is first to herald in tho advent of the morning light, the Spmards, by a happy and quaint conceit, Hke to imagine that he is anx.fous on this night of nights to call upon them evon at midnight to he awake and to salute the happy morning.In the principal ehurches of Madrid and Sevillo this midnight mass in honor of the i *\u2018Diog Nino'' ia rendered with exquisite pastoral music, castanots and tambour- nn resounding inos playing an important part in tho orchestra, whilo now and again, by means of a special instrument, pathetic ; and birdlike notes swell up with peeul- inr beauty, ns if some midnight bird had lent ith voice to mingle with tho I angelio psalms to herald in the mystio i coming of tho Labo of Pethlehem, In the churches of tho rmull provincial towns and villages the instrumcentul i bird notes are replaced by those of an ordinary rooster, which by somo devioo known to the peasants is made to orow at the appointed period during the oelo- bration.Not only on the continent of Europe, but also in the routhwestern counties cof England a superstition prevails to tho effect thut animals possess the power of speech at 12 o'clock on Christmas eve , Inasmuch, however, as only those persons who are entirely froa from mortal .Bin are supposMl to posecss tho privilege of understanding their utterances, there is no authentic record extint as to tho churacter of their remarks on theso go- CuHiOUB, Ex-ATTACIHE.Johnny's Chri-tmas.Johnny Blank is under effort to be good, if his A own statement is to be ac- Lite -cepted, He met à friend jap yesterday and made his companion's cyes bulge with his story.\u201c\u2018I hain't had no fun lately, Jim,\u201d he said, glancing around to sco that none of his relatives was in sight, \u201c\u2018but I'm in it this time.Pop's promiged mo wn new pair of skates if 1 got 85 on my December report, whioh'1l be made out next week, you see.If | don\u2019t miss Sunday school and kin tell what the text is, Mam she sez she'll get me an air gunn.Whoopee! Aud here John's exuberance wus given veut in n series of whoops with gymnastic accompaniment, a \u201cBut that's not half of Pen, Jig he continued.\u201cYon know, shen gis's beau cours I hang aronnd and work him for candy and sich, hut she has prorased me wo doilar of I keep off ber terntory on beau nights, Tnon ny uncle and my auut, On l'in tryin to i bo good, are goin to chip in, and as I'm : goin to two Sunday sehools 10) strictly cin it, and don\u2019t you forgit it\" RE After the Christmas Eve Ball, Up the broad steps they tripped into her home.¥ The gas burned low.Her + ; dep Hlender fingers hung to his Léa 4 moment.She stood di- DO rectly under the gas jet, under which some one, in anticipation of the morrow, had hung a sprig of mistletoe, He could not help it-\u2014he kisred her.8he looked so pretty, so innocent, under that rprig of mistletoe.Yes, it was an ungentlemanly and unmanly thing to do, Her frightened, startled look pained him.He stammered out a miserable excuse, filled with tears, and she gave a little choking sob when he apologized.x 5 i \u2018*Dear little innocent,\u201d he thought, .i \u201cI would pot have hurt her for the .world.\u201d , And sho\u2014after he was gone\u2014she dropped into a great chair and sobbed.| \u201cLike him?I love him.And to think | that he should kiss me at last and then | to say he didn\u2019t mean anything by it! | What does be think [ put the mistletoe holy water, thereupon makes his way to | there for?\" Tuking up his position on the top- THE SKATING LESSON, How Thornley Fulfilled His Rash Christe mas Proniise.the was n beautiful girl, and Thornley was the happiest m:n along the Hud- sou river because she was puying his sister Emily a two woeks' visit.There wus à stretsh of glassy ioe below the hong, and when Thornley jokingly asked her what he shonld give her for Christmas she smiled sweotly and replied: \u2018(tive mo a {ow lessons in skating.I have never lourned, and the ambition of my life is to glide oveg the smooth surface of the frozen river.\u201cI shall be delighted to instruct yon, Miss Lakeside,\u2019 Thornley suid cagerly.And he meant what be said, Ho little dreamed then that rhe woighod 180 pounds\u2014littlo carved, perhaps, for love is reckless nnd narcasoning.Thornley himself, wh n equipped with an over- cout, à pair of rubbers and his everyday clothing, tipped tho soales ot about 130 pounds, very high pressure in an - Her great eyes - | \u201cDo you think you ean rupport me, | Mr.Thornley?\" sho asked coyly.I support you?vepeated the gullant | but rash Thorn!ey ax he rose from his i knees and grasped her hands to begin | the lesson, \u201cSupport you?Why, I conld support you for\u2014for life, Mins Luko- side.\" : Oh, Mr, Thornley!*\u201d rho cried, \u201c blushing like à rose.Her eyes fell, and Lu moment later she and Thornley fol- \u201clowed them, Grasping her by tho arms, Thornley tugged until tho veing stood out like whipeords on his brow and finally raised her to her feet again, She made four desperate strokes with her wabhling skates, quite unintentionally kicked Thornley 's feet out from under him, and then sat down again with a vehemoenceo that enlled forth a erackling protest from the astonished ice.Thorn.ley picked her ap once more.They struck out a second time.History repentod it- \"elf, nud the habit Koon becamo chronio, Thornley 's brow was bended with perspiration.lt hegan to dawn upon him that she must weigh at least 150 pounds, When ho picked her up for the seventh time and attempted to guide her wane dering und irresponsible fect, he changed him mind.If alin weighs an ounce, rho weighs 8001\" he thought, with n gasp for breath.\u201c\u201cTais is positively dangorons, Tho ico is only about xix inches thiek, and there isn't a life proserver within à milo of us!\u201d Îfo ponsed for a moment to rest the right arm that had been holding ber up for half an hour and to get the numer ous painful kinks out of his back, \u201cYou are tired, Mr.Thornley?\u2019 she murmured.\u2018\u2019That'a\u2014that'# right,\u201d he panted.\"\u201cAro\u2014nro you still sure you could support mo for life?\u201d she uskod mis- chievonaly.\u201cSapport you for life: ho gasped.\u201cOf course I could if T only bad a derrick!\u201d And that night 150 pounds of offended \"loveliness started for home, ! Lane Ho FaTON, Charles Dickens on Christmas = Christmas fume! That San mun must be nu misan- xs Acyl thrope indeed in whose yl x breast something like a 3 jovial feeling is not rous- # cd, in whose mind some À plonsant associations are not nwnkened, by tho re- carrence of Christmas.\u2018l'here are people who will tell you that Christmas is not .to them what it used to be; that each succeeding Christina has found somo cherished hope or happy prospect of the year before dimmed or passed away ; that the present only serves to remind them of roduced circumstances nnd straitened incomes, of the fousts they once bestowed on hollow friends, and of the cold looks that meet them now in adversity and misfortune.Never heed such dismal reminiscences.Look on the merry faces of your children, if you have any, as they sit round the flre One little gent may bo empty.Ona slight form that gladdsened the father's Leart nud roused the mother's pride to look upon may not be there, Dwell not upon the past.Think not that one short year ago the fair ¢ .ild now resolving into dust sat beforo you with the bloutn of health upon its cheek and the gayoty of infancy in its yous eye.Reflect upon your present blessings, of which «very man has manv\u2014not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.Fill your glass again, with a merry face and contented heart.Our life ont, but your Christinng shall be merry ana your new year a happy one.Toagh on the Turkey.4-qgl | Landlady\u2014Are you ill, Mr.Middle- age?You do not seem to be enjoying your Christmas turkey with Mr.Young- blood?Mr.Middleage-\u2014No, not ill.But I'm | mot 80 muscular as I wan once.| Wo love and bless the hands wo press When the Christmas log is burning.; \u2014Cook.i Tete ma em The Stanstead Journal.UBL! PHHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE JOURNAL PRINTING CO.ROCK ISLAND, QUE.One year (advance payment) If paid in six months, At the ond of the year, ADVERTISING RATES.Transient advertising 10 cents a line for the first insertion and s cents for cach subsequent tusertion.12 lines to the inch.No advertise ment received for less than 50 cents.The bye election in Cornwall and Stormont took place on Saturday and resulted in the election of Mr.Snet- singer, Liberal, by a majority of 586.The total vote polled was 4486.The majority was asurprise to the winning \u2018party.But when it is considered that the full force of both the Provincial and Dominion Governments were made available, the party being determined to carry the constituency at all hazards.The Ministers, Messrs.Laurier, Scott, Fisher, Fitzpatrick, Paterson, Borden, Mulock, Blair, and Tarte took a hand in helping on the victory.Mr.Blair is said to have played the strong card of promising to spend a large amount of money on the dry dock and canal at Cornwall, and at the same time held the axe over the head of the employees who did not do his bidding.Money was used where it was thought necessary, civil service promises of employment in other cases where they would do the most good.In Saskatchewan there were two.Liberal candidates.Davis got 139 majority at 20 polls.There were 13 polls to hear from, which were expected to increase his majority.It is reported by a Quebec paper that if the Province of Quebec holds the elections after the Session of the Dominion Parliament commences, Premier Laurier will adjourn the House so that the Liberal members can take the stump for their friends in Quebec.Wewpresume thatthe Conservatives may do the same, if so disposed.But this may only be a *\u2018feeler\u2019 put out by the Quebec journal.Free discussion is all right, but it would hardly look right for the Dominion Premier to adjourn the House for the purpose of taking partina Provincial election.The members of the Quebec Legislature onght, and probably would, resent such a course on the part of the Parliament of all the Canadas.The legislature of Quebec had expected to get through their business before Christmas, but the idea has been abandoned and the question is now whether they can get through their business by the opening of the New Year.If not, it is said there will be an adjournment from Thursday over Twelfth Day.The Crown Lands report this year give some interesting items: Sales of land 1895-6 show a sale of 125,680 acres, yielding £39,761; on account of which and of previous sales $38,552 was collected; 58,602 acres were added to the extent already surveyed into farm lots, which now amount to 6,931,978 acres.1,569 acres were conceded as free grants to settlers, and 30,200 were assigned to fathers of twelve children.Three million eight hundred forty-one thousand thirty-two dollars were received from the Jesuits estate and £20,823 from fish and game, while mines added $2,697.25 and woods and forests 951, - 093.92, making the total revenue of the department for the year $1,045,- 310.19.By the judgment of the Privy Council on July 8th last, settling the question of its northern boundary, the territorial area of the Province was increased by 105,568 square miles, equal to 67,500,000 acres.LOSES A FOOT.Sad Accident to Simon B.Gustin while At his Work.Simon B.Gustin who was injured at the Goff\u2019s Falls bridge, Saturday morning, was given a thorough examination at the Elliot hospital on his arrival there and all hopes of saving the injured member were dispelled, as the bones from the ankle through the instep were crushed in pieces, so that eight or more of them were taken from the terribly mangled foot.The amputation was made at the ankle and the patient seemed to rally nicely after it was completed.Mr.Gustin is married and has one child.He has been at work under J.Hadley Fullerton for about six months and enjoyed the respect and esteem of his fellow workmen and employers It appears from the statement of an eye witness, that a hitch was made on the stick that fe)l, and the signal to hoist was given by Mr.Gustin.The stick was raised about five or six feet, when the hitch broke and the stick struck Mr.Gustin\u2019s foot, smashing it terribly.It is said thdt in the making ready of this hitch Mr.Gustin made the mistake of placing it on the stick wrong side up, and the wire seizing or mousing held just long enough \"to raise the stick toa height sufficient to allow it be swung on the car.The relatives of the unfortunate man were notified of the affair, and every thing to render him comfortable will be done \u2018at the hospital.* Fire Saturday night in Toronto did \u201c1.several thousand dollars\u2019 damage to ; the Hunter, Rose & Co.premises, Wellington street, i MACEO'S DEATH The World\u2019s correspondent at Havana says: | On the 18th instant steamer brought tidings that the story of the killing of s1.00 General Maceo was not due to deli- 135 berate treachiery on the part of the 1 | Spanish officials.I have personally investigated the { matter, with exceptional opportuni- \"ties for hearing both sides.The facts jare the General Weyler, then in the | depths of Pinar del Rio province, was ;a8 much surprised over the escape of \u2018Maceo into Havana province as any | one else was.The Marquis of Ahumada, command- (ing in Havana province, could have no dealing with Maximo Gomez who { was wounded in the vanguard at the trocha.The body of guerillus under Major ! Cirujida, whose shots killed the Cuban chieftain, had no conception of the magnitude of their work until the body was searched and articles belonging to him were found.Eveu then the were not sure of Maceo\u2019s identity, and the body was recovered by the insurgents after a hot fight.If Major Cirujada had known positively how great a chief had fallen, he would have sacrificed everything short of his life to keep the trophy.Altogether the slaying of Maceo was the results of the fortunes of war.He lived by the sword, and as is apt to \"be the case, he died by it.Havana, vin Key West, December '17.\u2014Following are the full details as \u2018gleaned by careful investigation \u2018among those who took part in the af- \u2018fair of the killing of Antonio Maceo: After crossing the trocha by land :as has been indicated in previous dispatches, Maceo and his staff, it appears were encamped in the hills and expecting the arrival of Cuban rein- \u2018forcements under Brigadier-General Sanchez and others, ordered by Gen- ral Aguire to raceive and escort the noted Pinar del Rio chieftain to the east.Major Cirujeda, was totally ignorant of Maceo\u2019s presence in the district, believing him to be still west of the trocha.But, learning on a Spanish fort on the St.Pedro had been fired upon that morning by insurgents, he started out on a tour at the head of part of the St.Quentin Battalion accompanied by a force of local guerillas under Captain Peral.The latter's men were dressed in a manner very similar to that of the insurgents, and they marched in the vanguard of the Spanish column.Mistaking these for Sanchez\u2019s vanguard, challenges having been made and countersigns given satisfactorily, Maceo surounded by the members of his staff and a handful of followers, advanced with all conti- dence to meet his friends, when the guerillas received them with a volley.Maceo fell at the first fire, his men temporily disconcerted with surprise, retired.Young Gomez though he had been previously wounded at the trocha, and still had his arm inasling, assisted, as the engagement became general, in dragging his chief toa place of temporary safety onthe grass and remained by his side until realizing that they had been abandoned, Gomez wrote the note # his parents, which had been previously telegraphed, and than committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver.After the fight the Spanish scout Santana, accompanied by the buglar of the San Quentin Batallion, while reconnoitering the field in quest of documents and other objects of importance or value, ran upon the body of Maceo, who was still alive.He the buglar pulled the ring from his finger Maceo asked in an agonized tone if they were Spaniards or Cubans.\u201cSpaniards,\u201d said the buglar, and as he raised his machete the dying chief said: \u201c1 die for Cuba and independence!\u201d As the knife came down, almost severing the victim's head from the body, the scout, interposing, remarked: \u2018That man resembles Maceo.\u201d \u201cImpossible,\u201d responded the buglar \u201cMaceo is in the Pinar del Rio.\u201d The scout insisted that a least it was \u2018a chief of some importance and tying the body by the feet to his horse's tail, he proceeded towards camp.Meanwhile the insurgents, learning that their chief\u2019s body was in Spanish hands, and evidently reinforced, rallied and made a new attack and succeeded in recovering the body.The Spanish officers, unaware of its importance, cut il loos as an unnecessary impidiment.It thus seems that Major Cirujeda did not know that the fôrces had encountered and killed Maceo till after reaching Cuatao at nightfall and reading the documents, etc.The full statement of Dr.Zertucha has not been allowed to be telegraphed even to Madrid.It developes that \u2018Maceo left Ruise Rivera in charge in \"Pinar del Rio, and came to Havana ! Province with the object of assisting to \u2018carry out the plans of Gomez for the reorganization of the forces in the ; central province, and to form an army ! of from 10,000 to 20,000 men, and to | prepare for a decisive blow intended to end the war.It is alleged that i Maceo considered the trocha a good !thing for the insurgents and that Jt i would indirectly be an ald in carry- jing out Gomez's plans.Gomez had complimented Maceo upon the manner in which his organization in Pinar del Rio had been effected by the formation of battalions and regiments, the distribution of arms by zones, the the establishments of shops, 8dt works and hospitals and the keeping up of communication \u2018frequently by small boats to the Florida coast.Dr.Zertucha has again been placed under arrest.© A dispatch from Key West, Fla., says: Passengers arriving here from Havana report that Antonio Maceo is alive and well and is in the province of Matanzas.These passengers say that all the festivities that were going on in Havana, to celebrate his death have been ordered stopped, since it has become known that he is alive.The body, says Havana advices, is still undiscovered and no further proofs of his death have been adduced, which leads the Cubans to be- ieve that he is still ali ve.The residents of Punta Brava, the vicinity in which the engagement occured, disbelieved the story of his death.Dr.Zertucha gives contradictory evidence.He now says the knife captured belonged to Gomez\u2019sson and not to Maceo.The Cubans consider it significant that the objects captured are not shown also the alleged written statement of Gomez\u2019s son.The attention of officials, in Washington, has been attracted by the stories coming from all portions of the country indicating that enlistments are going on of parties of men to go to Cuba to join the insurgents in their struggle against Spain.These enlistments are in direct violation of neutrality laws, and are prohibited under severe penalties, It is proba- be that the Department of Justices will send instructions of a special character to all its agents calling their attention to the proclamation issued by the President last spring and en- joyning upon them a strict enforcement of the neutrality laws.Dallas, Texas.\u2014United States Marshal Loveby has received instructions from Washington to take measures to suppress Cuban recruiting in this city.The recruting agents got notice, and abandoned headquarters before arrests could be made.Minneapolis, Minn.-Several trained nurses of this city have volunteered to go to Cuba, and they agree to pay their own expenses if some one will arrange matters so that they can getthere.Eighty men have volunteered.Union, IlIl.\u2014The people of this community forcibly expressed their sym-\u2019 pathy for Cuba last evening by burning an effigy of General Weyler and the Spanish flag.Tacoma, Washington.\u2014Tacoma has offered to the Government aregiment of 1,200 men, well drilled and officer- ed by thorough tacticians, to help the United States to destroy the power of Spain in Cuba.Port Angeles, Washington.\u2014The Cu- city who has succeeded in recruiting 85 young men, for the Cuban army.They are prepared to leave for the east on receiving transportation, which, has been promised by the Junta.Chicago.\u2014At a meeting of the executive committee of the Polish National Alliance $500 was appropriated for the aid of Cuba, and it was decided to collect $2,000 more for the same purpose among the Polish citizens of Chicago.Resolutions of grief for the death of Maceo and sympathy for the cause of Cuba were also adopted.New York\u2014The rooms of the Cuban Junta, were crowded all day by men who were anxious to enlist in the Cuban army, and telegrams were received by the score.Delegate Palmas\u2019 Clerks have been unable to keep pace with the enquiries as to the enlistments, and the subjoined circular was yesterday mailed to several hundred applicants: \u201cI beg to tender you in the name of the Republic of Cuba, my best thanks for your generous offer.Unfortunately, however, for your purpose, the laws of the United States forbid enlistments here for foreign armies.Should circumstances change, as I hope they may, your proposition will be duly considered, (Sgd.) «T, Estrada Palmas.\u201d Speaking at the Bank of Ottawa meeting, Mr.Charles Magee, the President of the institution, and one of the foremost business men of the Capital, said that any reduction in duties on wheat and flour would have the effect of injuring the flour milling interests of the country and of transferring an important business from Port Arthur to Duluth, to the detriment of the Manitoba farmers and possibly of those of other I'rovinces.This may be taken as the testimony of anotkier business man that protection is good for Canada\u2019s business.\u2014Mon- treal Gazette.The Soo line freight shed at Sault Sve.Marie, Mich., and seven freight cars were destroyed by fire; loss £40.- 000.Carleton Place, Ont., has passed a by-law granting the C.P.R.$20.000 for works extended there.putting on a war footing of 12,000 men, | : x | ban Junta has a representative in this THE QUEBEC OPPOSITION.The Montregl Gazette thus deals with the Opposition in the Lagislature of Quebec.The boauty of it consiste in its truthfulness:\u2014 The Quebec Opposition would influencé public opinion in a greater degree if it would put a little more variety into its want of confidence resolutions.In all its attacks on the financial administration, practically only one set of figures has been used.Mr.Marchand, early in the session, indicated qhe lines of Opposition criticism of the financial administration.Later Mr.Stephens spread the subject of Mr.Marchand\u2019s idea over many pages of paper, and put it forth as a want of confidence resolution.Then Mr.Cooke did the same thing.Mr.Gladu tried his hand, and probably some one else will repeat the process before the season ends.If the Government's of which Mr.Flynn's is the successor had failed altogether in keeping their pledges in the matter of the provincial revenue and expenditure, the public would never discover the kernel of the indictment in the multitude of words in which the Opppsition crit- ies cover while trying to disclose the point of their attack.For a last session, when the Opposition would presumably make the most of its opportunities to assail the administration, the Liberal chiefs at Quebec are falling far behind the standard they should be expected to reach.Itis really not a matter of surprise that members of their party so frequently vote against them, and that in the repeated defeats they sustain they do not muster in the division the full nominal strength of their party.The fact is the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly is fighting not only the Government but the facts.The figures of the public vccounts are the effective answer to the assertions that the Conservative Administration since 1892 has not been a fairly economical one, and that it has not improved the financial position and credit of the Province.The record is so plain that no one can mistake its meaning.Here are some of the facts taken from it:\u2014 In 1891 a Liberal Government spent %281,078 on legislation; in 1896 a Conservative Government got along by spending only $195,548.In 1891 a Liberal Government spent 8269,660 on civil administration; in 1896 a Conservative Government got along while spending $253,401.In 1891 a Liberal Government spent $679,008 in the administration of justice; in 1896 a Conservative Government did the work with equal efficiency for $568,544.In 1891 a Liberal Government spent #131,891 on colonization; in 1896 a Conservative Governmentspent $120,- 350.In 1891 a Liberal Government spent $059,867 on public works and what it called \u201cspecial\u201d services; in 1896 a Conservative Government got along with #156,029.In 1891 a Liberal Government spent £490,048 on \u2018\u2018misrollaneous services\u201d; in 1896 a Conservative Government spent only $433,099.In 1891 the total expenditure of a Liberal Government was $6,150,669; in 1896 the entire outlay of a Conservative Government was $4,665,455.The LiberalGovernment in the five years it was in power added #7,293,567 to the amount of the Province\u2019s cash obligations in connection with railroad subsidies; the Conservative Government in its five years of power added just five thousand dollars.In 1891 Mr.Shehyn, the Liberal Government\u2019s Treasurer, assisted by Mr.Mercier, the Liberal Premier, put a 4 per cent.loan on the market and got only 494.75 per hundred dollars; Mr.Taillon, a Conservative Government\u2019s Treasurer, put a4 per cent.loan on the market (to pay liabilities incurred by his Liberal predecessors) and got $1056 per hundred dollars.These are plain, unvarnished, un- controvertable lacts.They are known to all who give the least study to the financial situation of the province.They are the forceful answers to the criticisms of the present Minister's opponents, They are the reasons why Mr.Cooke rages and Mr.Stephens imagines a vain thing, and why they have to strive by adding word to word in their resolutions, to hide the weakness of the case they are trying to back up.BOSTON WEEKLY JOURNAL.The Coming year wi.l be an Unusually Interesting One.To many New England homes the regular visit of the Boston Weekly Journal is par:icularly welcome.The daily issue of the Boston Journal stands at the head of the daily papers published in that city, and the same is truc of the weekly edition.The paper is specially adapted to the wants of New England homes, and contains \u2018the vital features wich are attractive and interesting.If you cannot take the Boston Daily Journal, be sure that you have the Boston Weekly Journal in additien to your own local paper.Wood pulp going into the United States at Sault Ste.Marie Mich., by a treasury ruling, now pays duty at the rate of valuation of &11 per ton, instead of 810 ns heretofore, * oy [V[ELLOON'S' = HOLIDAY TALK.1 didn\u2019t get my ad.in last week\u2019s JOURNAL, but I got the goods in\u2014a regular carnival of bargains.Same goods with half their profits knocked off.that the storess in the big town have, Celluloid Novelties.Dressin Fancy Nicknacks.Oases, Work Boxes, Handkerchief Cases, Albums, and many Dolls.Blocks, Picture Books and Toys of all kinds.Special run on : Ladies\u2019 and Gents\u2019 Gloves For winter wear.The best line in moved regardless of price.Neck Scarfs, this part of the country.Must be Silk and Cashmere.Large variety.Chairs.Fancy Oak and Rattan Chairs, Cobbler Seat Rockers ever seen in the \u201cThree Villages.\u201d Lamps.etc.The best line They make useful holiday presents.A few Hanging and Stand Lamps left to close out.10 Barrels of Mixed Candy, The best quality that money can buy, 4 Ibs.for 26c.Come and take it away.FRANK MELLOON.Candy g- 4 Cents a pound For the Best Christal Mixed on Friday 25th.Oranges 25 ets.and 20 cts.a doz.Lemons 25 cts.and 20 cts.a doz.Chocolates 15 cts a pound.Oysters 35 Cts.à Qt.A good line of TEAS at 5c., 12¢., 15¢., 20c., 25c.and 29¢.a pound.Call and see Us at DREW'S, FITCH BAY.\u2014 For the Best Fruit and | \u2018Confectionery, Nuts, Canned Goods, Tobacco and Cigars | Go to | NEELANS\u2019 DERBY LINE.| | | | (FUNTS) | HOLIDAY OFFERINGS \u2014 OF \u2014\u2014 Choice, Attractive and Useful Presents for Xmas.Consisting in part of: Miscellaneous and Juvenile Books, Photo.Albums, Scrap Books, Autograph Albums, Fine Perfumes, Wallets, Pocket-Books, Fancy Box Stationery, Toys in Variety, Fancy Dressed Dolls, ~ Booklets, Xmas.Cards, Calenders, Hand Mirrors Blocks, Games, Writing Desks and Lap Tablets, Pen and Pocket Knives, Scissors and Shears, Celluloid Comb and Brush Sets, Jewel and Hdkf.Boxes.Glove, Fan and Necktie Boxes, Shaving and Manicure Sets, Toilet Articles and Nicknacks, Teacups and Saucers, Skates, Sleds and Hockey Sticks, et AT \u2014\u2014 Derby Line and Rock Island DRUG STORES.GEC.GOODERHAM, MACHINE WORK.The undersigned desires to inform his former patrons that he has purchased the Grady Machine Shop and Foundry at Wust Derby, Where he is prepared to do all kinds of machine work und Casting in Brass and Iron in a most satisfactory manner.first-class stock of I shall carry a Pipes and Fittings, Brass Fittings, LEATHER BELTING, Belt lacing, Babbit Steam packing of all kinds, Steam Glass gauges, pumps, ete.Perticular attention will be given to gumming saws, by an expert workman who has had charge of this department several years, ALL WOORK GUARANTEED.H.L.BATCHELDER.Fall and Winter Time - Table.On and after Monday, October 5th, 1896, trains will run as follows: THAINS LEAVE SHERBROOKE, EXPRESS\u2014 Leave Sherbrooks 8,00 a.m.Arrive Dudswel) Jet., 9.00 a.m, » St, Francis, 1,00 p, m.he Levis, 155 * \u201c Quebec (Ferry) 20 + Pullman Palace Car from Springfield to Que- bee connecting at Sherbrooke with Pullman Palnee Car from Boston by this train.ACCOMMODATION\u2014 Leave Sherbrooke, 11.30 p m.Arrive Dudswell Jet., 12,40 n, M.+ Levis, 8.00 * \u201c Quebec (Ferry) 8.15 \u201c WAY FREIGHT\u2014 Leave Sherbrooke, 8.10 a.m., Arrive Dudswell Jet., 11,00 a, m, « Beance Jet, 5.45 p.m TRAINS ARRIVE SHERBROOKE, EXPRESS\u2014 Leave Quebee (Ferry) 1,30 p.m.© Levis (QC.R) 2,00 p.m.\u201cSt, Francis, 2,50 p.m.Arrive Dudswell Jet.6.45 p.m.\u201c Sherbrooke, 7.50 p, m.Pullman Palace Car from Quebec to Spring.fleld connecting at Sherbrooke with Pullman Palace Car for Boston.ACCOMMODATION\u2014 Leave Quebec (Ferry) 0.30 p.m.\u201c_ Lenve Levis (Q.C.R.) 7,00 p.m.Arrive Dudawell Tet., 2.40 1, M.* Sherbrooke.4.00 a.m.WAY FREIGHT\u2014 Leave Beauve Jet, 6,50 1, mi, Arrive Dudswell Jet.2.10 p.m.* Sherbrooke, 3,50 p, m.Connections made nt Dudswell Junction with the Maine Central RR.so that passengers leaving Sherbrooke in the morning make quick connections for Cookshire, Sawyervillo, ete.For tickets and further information apply to the Company's Agents, FRANK GRUNDY, J.H.WALSH, General Manager, Gen\u201d) Passer Agent.5 Lantern Globes for 25c Lamp Chimneys Small size 4c Large size 7c FRANK RESH, Stanstead.À Canadian Company IS THE BEST.Qur Assets are invested in Canada.Our Policies are payable in Canadian currency or gold.Free Silver does not Affect a Canadian Company.Manufacturers Life Insurance Co.J.F.JUNKIN, President.General Manager.LACHANCE & FINDLAY, Managers for the Province of Quobee, 162 St.James St., MoNTRHAL.EE a EE Business and Professional Ogrds.LPH M, CANFIELD/ M.RA L.R.C.P.(London) Etc.418 Shawmut Avenue, Boston.Office hours : 1to8P, M, 7to8P.M.DR.J.E- C.TOMKINS, (MoGill) Physician and Surgeon, Plain ito Christ Church, Stanstead .Office opposit a net phone No.80.H.C.RUGG, M.D.,C.M,, Physician and Surgeon.dence of Hon, M.P.Hackett.office opporite Tee.\u2018Beil Telephone No.84, stanates DR.T.D.WHITCHER, Buebe Plain, Vt.Telephone connections.C.R.JONES, M.D, C.M.Hatley, Que.W.MeDUFFEE, C.M.M.D.JOHN Physician and Surgeon, Stanstead Plain, Que, Post Office address, Derby Line, Vt.C.1.MOULTON, L.D.S,, Dentist, gtanstead Plain, Que.DR.L.A.LAPALME, Physician and Surgeon, Stanstead Plain P.Q.Office and Rosidence nt Dr.Confield'sold place, ERASTUS P.BALL, Veterinary Surgeon.sraduate of Muntreal Veterinary College.Hr ten at Lee Farm, Rock Island, Que.U.5.P, O, address Derby Line, Vermont.M.F.HACKETT, Advocate, Solicitor, &c., Stanstead Plain, Ques will attend all courts in the istrict.Collec tions a specialty.H.M.HOVEY, Advocate, Rock Island.Que.U.8.P.O, address, Derby Line, Vt.Ww.C.HERBERT, Advocate, .o first door north of residence Stanstead Office Plain, Que.Bell Telephono No.55.ALONZO D.BATES, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Derby Line, Vt.Office opposite Derby Line Hotel.THOS.KIRK, Civil Engineer and Provincial Land Surveyor.Office at Stanstead Hotel, Stanstend, Que.A.LEOFRED, (Graduate of Laval and MeGilly Mining Engineer, Head Office, Quebec.Branch Offices: Sherbrooke; ontreal, 17 Place d'Armes Hill, for all matters relating to mines.CHAS.M.THOMAS, Notary Public, Commissioner Superior Court.Office at the Court House, Stanstead Plain.L.H.RAND, Undertaker, Fitch Bay, Que.A complete assortment of Fine Funeral Furnishings always kept in stock.FRANK CORMIER, Practical Blacksmith, Libby Shop, Rock Island, P.Q.Particular attention given to horse shoving.All work warranted.LOCAL READING NOTICES of an adver tising character are charged for at the rate of two cents a word for the first insertion, and one cent & word fur eich subsequent insertion.Notices of church entertain ments, ete, are subject to the same charge.Advertising readers coming from outside towns will te inserted under the heading of the town from which they came at the same rate, Cush should necompany order.MARRIED.FARWELL-FORD\u2014At Huutingvillle, Dee.16, 1805, nt the home of the bride's parents, by Rov.Blward Smiley, Mf.Frank 8.Farwell and ATberte Olive, daughter of Mr.B.M.Ford.\u2014 DIED.JOSE\u2014At Boston Mass,, December 11, 1806, Isa della F.Jose, nec Martin, interred in cemetery Ayer's Flat, QUe.Agud 58 years.PETTENGILL\u2014At Barton, December 16th, William Wallace Pettengill, in the 70th year of his age, EASTERN TOWNSHIPS BANK.DIVIDEND No.74.NOTICE is hereby given that a dividend of THREE AND ONE-HALF PER CENT.upon the paid up capital stock of this Bank has been declared for the current half year, and that the kame will be payable at the Head office and Branches on and after Saturday, 2nd day of January next.The transfer Books will be closed from the 15th to 31st December, both days inclusive.By order of the Board.WM.FARWELL, General Manager, Sherbrooke 2nd December, 1800.51w3 The National Bank of Derby Line aa THE Annual meeting of the stockholders of of this Bank, for the election of Directors and the transaction of any other business that may legally come before them, will bo held at their banking-house, Derby Line, Vt,, on Tuesday, Jan.12, 1897, at two o'clock.D.W.DAVIS, Cashier.Desirable Real Estate at Rock Island .For Sale One half interest in the Property occupied by the Rock Island Drug Store, and one fourth interest in rear of sume, Known as the \u201cBarry Honse ** together or separately.For price and termsapply to C.H, KATHAN, Rock Island.SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.NOTICE.A mesting of the Sehoo! Commissioners of the Township of Stanstend will be held in C, R Ruiter's Hall, Smith\": Mills, on Tuesday.Dec.20th, 1806, at 10 o'clock À.M.C.A.JENKINS, 3ec'y-Trons.ONfce of the School Commissioners of the Township of Stunstend, S8mith's Mills Dec.22 Will Sell or Exchange Threo sots double sleds, 1 three septed ex press «letgh, 2 single aleighy, Y res work harnesses, 2 single driving harnesses.b2w2 GLO.H.BUTTERS.Bod A UM a IE VE NOR EE EAST HATLEY.The beautiful moonlight evenings of last week were something long to be remembered.The Ladies\u2019 Ald sale on the 16th was quite a success.Several kind friends contributed useful and beautiful articles to the stock which had been manufactured during the last few months by members of the Aid and congregation, and a fair amount of sales were made all at moderate prices.Many useful articles are still on hand.Large congregations are usually present to listen to the eloquent and forceful sermons of Rev, Mr.Williams.A quiet wedding took place near here on the 16th, when Miss Lucy Gibb was united in marriage to Mr.Foote, of Coaticook.The ceremony was performed at the home of the bride\u2019s parenis.We wish the young people much happiness and prosperity.Schools closed on the 18th for the holidays.The pupils in the senior schools made a handsome present to their teacher, Mr.Vaughn.A Real Bargain.\u201cDear,'\u2019 she snid, and her sweetest and most engaging smile illumined her face, \u2018\u2018if you bad a handsome lap robe, could you use it?\u201d \u201cCertainly not,\u2019 he replied.\u201cYoun Ynow very well that we haven't a vehicle of any description.\u201d \u201cThat\u2019s what I thought,\u2019 she return: ed, \u2018so I have packed it away.Later, when we ure wealthy and keep horses, we can\u2019'\u2014 \u201cPacked it away!\u2019 he exclaimed, interrupting her.\u2018\u2018Packed what away?\u201d \u201cWhy, the lap robe,'\u2019 she answered sweetly.\u2018But we haven't a lap robe, \u2019\u2019 he protested.°° \u2018Oh, yes, we have,'\u2019 she returned.\u2018I happened to stumble into that department of one of the big stores today, and they had marked them down so low that I felt I ought to get one of them before the opportunity slipped away.\u201d \u201cBut we don't need\u2019\u2019'\u2014 \u201cNot now, but we may,\u201d she interrupted.\u2018\u2018It's just as well to get these things when they can be had ab a bargain, and this was a real bargain.You men are very thoughtless about such things.You would never have thought of buying this robe now.You wouldn't have the foresight, but would have waited until you had a horse, and then, very likely, you would have to pay a dollar more for it.\u2019\u2019\u2014Mercantile Journal.Photography Beats the Fakirs, The Indian \u2018\u2018mango\u2019\u2019 trick, in which a plant is seen to grow up from the seed in a few minutes, hag been done in a pew way by M.Michael Corday of the Ecole Polytechnigue in France.M.Corday employs the well known cine- matograph, or apparatus for producing \u201cliving photograph\u2019\u2019\u2014that is to say, photographic images endowed with movement and apparently with life.A rose plunt is photographed at intervals during its growth until the fldwer buds and blooms.The photographs thus taken are combined by the cinemato- graph and projected on a screen, so ad to represent the develepment of the plant in a short time.Tho number of photographs taken in six months should be equal to the number which the sensitive band of the cinematograph will continue, Obviously the same plan will be able to show the changing aspects of the country during the seasons in one progressive illusion, and we venture to suggest that it might be employed with advantage in illustrating various scientific experiments and natural processes of an evolutionary or gradual sort.\u2014 London Globe.Mr.Gotrox\u2014And so you are the noble fellow who rescued my wife from in front of the trolley ear at the risk of your life?Take this quarter, my heroio man, as un expression of our undying regard.Mr.Raglets\u2014All right, boss.You kuow hetter'n I do what the woman's wuth, \u2018Up to Date.Boston & Maine Railroad.Stanstead and Derby Line Branch.Trains leave Rock Island as follows: 5.45 a.m.for Montreal (LP.& (3.Ta Quebec GT, & Q.UC.) and Sherbrooke, Buston and New York.12.00 m.for South.1.40 BB for Island Pond (GG.T.) and Montreal (CP.3.4) p.m.for Newport (accommodation) and Montreal (C.Po) 9.45 p.m.for North for Boston and New York.Trains arrive at Rock Island: From South\u20144.20 a.m., and 2.10, 7.00 and 10.10 pont.From North\u20146.0 n.m., and 12.80 and 10.10 p.m.Outward trains leave Stanstead Plnin 5 min: ates earlier than Rock Is:and time.Inward trains arrive nt Stanstead Plain 5 minutes later than Ruck Island time.W.C TU HABITUAL INEBRIETY, What Shall We Give Our Friends for Pres- outa; 8 an Important Xmas.question, and where can we get the Best Value for our money; is a practical one.BY LADY HENRY SOMERSET.Let us help you to The more scientific study of inebri- Decide both.ety has led almost every doctor to admit that it is a disease which can be cured under certain conditions.\u2018\u2018Forty years ago,\u2019\u2019 says Dr.Norman Kerr, \u201csuch a verdict would not have been given,\u201d and even the earnest teetotalers, ministers and clergy were opposed to such a view.Now, however, we have a far truer concept of the intimate relations of the being which has been created by God withsoul and body; we dare no longer divorce these two estates, for we have realized that wholeness which is holiness must effect both the outward and the inward man.The medieval view of devotion is largely changed with this more scientific outlook on what constitutes the religious life.The ignorant notion that mortifying and destroying the body was helpful to the soul, is largely giving place to the understanding that everything which makes each organ of the body work more perfectly, adapts itself more quickly to the uses for which God intended it, and falls into line with that obedience which is necessary for the perfect control of mind over matter, is an essential to all consecrated service.It is largely on account of this view that we have come to recognize the fact that anything which affects the absolute integrity of the brainis in itself an evil.For this reason we should advocate total abstinence, believing the brain to be saner, the thought steadier, the eye quicker, the hand better adapted to the delicate work of these intricate days when no brain poison enters the system, no narcotic dulls the sense and no drug produces even a temporary elation.To those therefore, who have given way to habitual inebriety, it becomes a sine qua non for their restoration\u2019 that they be looked upon as irresponsible beings, possessed by an unwholesome craving for that which destroys their intellect and shortens their life; and that just as insanity rarely attacks every portion of the brain, but generally produces strong delusions upon one or two subjects, so they are possessed by the mad craving for alcohol, until they can no longer control the appetite, but must be, for a season at least, protected from its degrading mastery.Medical associations and many of.our ecclesiastical bodies are unani-: mous in considering that compulsory | legislation for the detention of inebri- | ates, on the ground that they are sub- | jects of a true disease, is the only, means of dealing with the evil.Of! course, the bogey of \u2018\u2018the liberty of: the subject\u2019 rises at once, and the | ghost has not yet been laid, but we believe that when proper provision is, made to place all retreats and institu- | tions under the immediate inspection | of Government authorities, who shall.have power to order medical inquiries at any time, the liberty of the subject will be safeguarded.The deliberate opinion of so many eminent doctors as to the hereditary tendency of the | disease ought to emphasize in our\u2019 minds the immense import of such legislation.Numbers of children A ROMANCE would not be born into the world with , the seed of their destruction in them, .OF THE SEA if men and women who were a prey to this insanity were compulsorily is- | olated until a cure had been effected.The terrible fact, however, remains entitled for us that the increase of female in- ebriety is unquestioned among almost all classes of the community.The custom of openly walking into the : Our Silverware.Your Choice of 22 Different Articles Free.\u2014\u2014.When Your Cash Purchases amount to #45.00 or a smaller assortment to select from when you have traded SV (need not be traded at one time.) This present is equal to 10 por cent.of your purchases und is FREE to all our cus tomers.Our Furniture Think of our Upholstered ensy chair for $5.00 or a Solid Oak Rocker $3.50.a Cano Rocker $1.25 or a Parlor Suite, for $25.00.Or, in dishes we have dinner-sets up to 12 dollars: or if somes thing cheap is wanted a nice Vane Lamp $1.00 or a Porridge Set, three pieces, #5 cents.FOR GENTLEMEN\u2014we have something in gloves.Muiflers, Silk HandKerchiefs and many things we have not room here to mention, but whut we wanted to speak about was the Big Reduction in All Staple Goods for the balunce or This Month.Flannellette 82 inches worth 10 cents a yard (we sold them for 0e.) now 7 cents or 15 yards for n dollar.27 yards, wide Cotton, $1.00, 17 yards Print $1.00 Siippers beents à pair, Ladies* Fluece-Lined (loves 10 cents, Misses do, b cents, Lamp wick Leent a yard.24 POUNDS BRST GRANULATED SUGAR $L.00, 17 1s.Best Labrador Trimmed Salmon $1.00, Lest Pollnek 8 cents or #5 Tbs.for $1.00, Glass Sets (4 pieces) 30 cents, (Glass tumblers, 85cts.uw doz., Large Lamp Chimneys § ets, Medium 4 ets, Lantern Globes data, and a Store full of Goods at Such Prices.Large Goat Robes only 46,50, Flour this week at less than it costs at the Mill.Southern Corn 45 cents a bushel.Ontario White Middlings $15.00 per ton.Remember the above Reduced prices are only for this Month.\u2018Come early and we will do our best not to keep you waiting.Respectfully Yours A.E.FISH, December Oth, 1808, Ayer's Flat, That you will find very interesting reading is our new Seria) public house has undoubtedly gained | + ground, and the habit of drunkenness 0 ¢ In | is becoming far more common among | women than it was twenty years ago.We believe it to be essential, in dealing with this disease, that all institu- | tions and retreats should endeavor,\u2019 as far as possible, scientifically to trace the cause of the disorder, the | family history, the patients history, whether the drunkenness is periodical | THE MATE or continuous, what has been the drug , taken and what the effect, and by! OF THE HINDU such methods we are confident that in | ° time, we shall arrive at a far better understanding of what is the cause of , NOTICE.our national calamity, and that the | desire to inform the pnblic that I am run- whole question will be regarded by \u2018ning n carriage to conneet with all trains to the general public from a more ration- and from Stanstead Station.Orders left at \u2018 : : | the Stanstead Hotel will receive prompt atten- al and logical standpoint.tion.Meanwhile, we hold ns strongly as\u2018 5vw3 ever to the belief that the grace of\u2019 God in the heart is the most searching and radical of all remedies, and that while striving to isolate the dipsoma- Cp Loner ond of SIeighx.Call and get prices.niac from temptation untill his physi- !30w18 JOHN CLARKE, Griffin.cal nature is rehabilithted, we must em use every endeavor to bring his in- FOR SALE.most spirit into closer contact with | To settle the estate of the late Gardner the living spirit and to awaken that.Morse, we, the undersigned, will sell the fol- set .+ oe { lowing proeprty, viz.divine impulse which rises Godward | pp, nest desirable proper | erty at Ayer's Fiat, in the human heart.| comuiating of Two Story ling.house, barn Reigate, Eng.It is a new story hy Captain Ralph Davis, a writer who has a great faculty for narrating thrilling stories of adventure, There are plenty of thrills in R.W, MOORE.New Sleighs Cheap.Just received from Kingston (Ont.Vehicle and sheds, and three acres of nnd.Also, Farm, consisting of 175 acres of land, \u2014\u2014 more or less, with buildings thereon.There are 1500 sugar trees and wood lot.This farm For Over Fifty Years.is situated in the Townenis of Barmutm, on +3 \"os i 5 | half mile from the village of Stanhope and fore Mra.Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been ha , , , on, used for oven Atty yon by mio of mot hers iles from I ton ve Baldwin's for their children while teething, with perfect ' ; : fs, It « wothes the child, softens the gms, Eher Howe, Dixville Que., will show the alinws all pair, cares wind colic, and i< the beat farm to intending purchasers.remedy fo\u201d dinrrhœn, It will relieve the poor | For terms, &e,, apply to itt] swlerer immediate ¥.5d by druggists Mns.JOHN CLARKE, Griffin in every part of the world, Tweaty-flve cents ne Le Le a bottle.Be sure and nale for Mrs, Winslow's Mns.SUSAN MORSE, Ayer's Flat.Exceators.sutf Nothing Syrup,\u201d and take no other kind, \u2026 AT \u2026 (CLARK'S Derby Line.My entire stock consisting of Boots, Shoes and Rubbers, Clothing, Gents\u2019 Furnishings, Hats and Caps.Must and Shall be Sold at some price within the next 30 day.For Christmas.Are you looking for a place where you can go and buy anything you require.Our assortment of This is just the place.Useful and Fancy Goods for the Holiday Trade is very complete, including a good line of SILVER PLATED WARE, as good goods and as cheap as you can buy.4 Ladies\u2019 Hem Stitch Linen Hdkfs., $ .25 Ladies\u2019 Hem Stitch Initial Silk ** 12 5 Ladies\u2018 Fine Lawn \u2018 25 15 yds.32 inch Flannelett, 1.00 Highly Decorated Parlor Lamp, 1.20 \u2018 \u2018 \u201c \u201cportable oil fount 1.75 99 Piece Dinner Sets, first « '1ality, 5.50 Hall Hanging Lamp, spring .itachment, 1.35 Our assortment of + FURS + is not surpassed.An excellent line of Ladies\u2019 Garments.Special value in.A Wombat Coat at $16.00.Largest and Best Sleigh Robes.Remember those Frieze Overcoats, $5.00.A very few more $5.00 Suits left.Every one purchasing from $20.00 to $40.00 is entitled to a present in value from $1.00 to $5.00.The purchase must be for cash, and cash only, and before Christmas.An unlimited amount of Maple Sugar wanted in exchange for goods.PARKER & KNIGHT.Hatley, Dec.Ist, 1896.% FOR & Holiday Goods and Christmas Gifts ou GILMOREYS we You will find the Best Assortment and Newest Styles of Headwear, Neckwear, Footwear, and Clothing.We are showing this year the finest line of Silk Handkerchiefs and Neck Ties ever brought to Town.Over one hundred patterns at twenty - five cents.Hats, Caps, Gloves, and Mittens, in great variety.Many new styles in Fancy Slippers for Ladies or Gentlemen; nothing more pleasing for a Christmas Gift.Our Six dollar Suita and Six dollar Overcoats are going fast; if you want to keep warm this winter come and see us and we will fix you up, and save you money.Merry Christmas to all.JOHN GILMORE, - Derby Line.Closin g Out Sale i ! \u2014\u2014 Bpecimens of Four of the Great Meat Prev ducing Cattle Families, It is impossible to say which of the beef fumil.s, Aberdeon-Angus, Shorthorn, Hereford or Red Poll, is the best.Tho Aberdeen-Angus cattle are not quite so lurge as the Shorthorn, but they wature quicker, as is generally conceded, AUERDEEN-ANGUS.and aro not to be beaten ar the makers of tender and juicy meat.They are eus- ily kept und fatten for as little cost tc the pound as any breed known.The Aberdeen- Angus bull in the pic turo is à perfect model of bis tribe.He has wou prizes at the leading agricul tural shows for some years and is one of the finest animals ever bred in America He looks one Jump, not of fut, but ol LBEREFORD.meat.The smoothness and finish of this typical black fellow are scarcely equaled by auy of the other breeds.The Hereford sire is alro a beautiful American bred animal and bas made his mark at the fairs, tukiug the prize from nearly all others.The Hereford is the most picturesque of all the beeves.Atn fair specimens of this breed present « very attructive appearance, with their curly hair, heuvy horus, massive, fleshy red bodies and white faces.Here is the picture of one of the choicest specimens of the Red Poll fam- es NE En SD N N SN RED POLL.ily ever bred.This unimal is, however, an imported one and one of the finest ever reared \u2018nu England, where the Red Poll breed ,3 becoming such a favorite for beef and milk.Britons still beljeve it possible to breed for both milk and beef.Finally, bere is a picture of a superlatively fine Shorthorn sire.He, too, is a British product and is of the best and .; A - .So NN oh 3 Ne SHORTHOEN.purest blood ever bred in Scotland.Ho is now five years old and of à fine roan color.À cross between the massive Short.born and the quick growing Aberdeen- Angus has been tried to some extent and with great surcess, It is now occupying the close attention of some of the most careful stock breeders of Great Britain and ought to do the same hero.Good Dreeiling Stock Pays, In Austrulasin and America we have to record fairly fabulous prices for high class breeding animals, While the low prices of wool and pork have been discouraging to the average woolgrower and swine feeder, tho breeders of sheep and swine have not lost fuith in the value of well bred animals from families of proved excellence.Late public and private sales of Poland- Chinas and Berkshires show that animals of the right sort are eagerly sought for hy intelligent and enterprising breeders.They are alive to the fact that in periods of depression comen the golden time for selection that laya tho foundation for the best breeding.They have read aright the history of the stock business, which teaches that when the \u2018\u2018scrub\u2019\u2019 growerr and feeders loge heart the breeders of the best take conrago and push farther tothe front.Thuy have faith in the Lest and believe it to be the cheapest at any price.High prices for well bred breeding stock do not seem to be limited to the sales or stock we have mentioned, Bulls and rams of bigh excellence have been taken at large prices for shipment to South America.\u2014Breeter's Gazette.à ' Too Much Sand.The Live Stock Journal reports four doaths among horses from awnllowing ve quantities of sand with drink.4ng water, espenially when allowed to |.rink from shallow ponds.In one in.\u201c> tAD08, on autopsy, 14 pounds of sand Were found in the digestive tract, FEEDING THE HORSES.BENJAFIELD'S MONEY Proper Ratlous as They Pass From Fall to Winter, News of Mr, Reuben Waddlo's leg- No rulo can be laid down as to the | acy preceded him up to Smithfield on quantity of the rations that should bo | the duy after old Beujatield\u2019s will was supplied either to youug growing horses read.Benjafield was Renbon's neighbor or ta those that are matured.What is, in the market, and, so far us he could enough to keep one animal thrifty would be said to hnve a friend, that friend was strvo another.About the only safe rule Reuben, but no one had dreamed that is to let the condition of the animal de- Benjafield would make Rouben bis heir termine the quantity of the ration.It | and Reuben himself least of all, always pays to keep all of the horses on! The surmise was even grenter when the farm in good, thrifty condition, | the amount of Reuben\u2019s legacy leaked This is necessary with the young horses | out.Benjafield was a miserly man, in order to get the best growth and de- | without relatives, although there wero velopment, and it is quite an item to, ramors of a scamp of an illegitimate have this growth continuous.At no 8on in the United States, and be was timo is it necessary to keep à growing known to have saved money, but the colt fut.In fact, keeping him fat is a eves of thn market men almost jumped detriment rather thisu a bonefit, Tho ra-| from their heads when his estate wal tion should be offe calenluted to develop | valued at $125,000.In the absence of a bono aud muscle rather than fat.direct heir Reuben was sole executor The work teams must be in thrifty | and legatee and took everthing.condition in order that they may do the, Mrs.Waddle was the dunghter of a most worl in the least timo without in- | tax collector nud wus thought by her jury to themselves.friends to have thrown herself away It is best to commence feeding a lit- when she married into Smithfield mar- tle grain or hay iu connection with pas- | ket.Her sister wns the wife of a bur- turage rather than to allow them to run ! rister\u2019s elerk, which was au additional down.It is ulways best to allow the aggravation.growing colts to run ont every day that, Benjufield had always been a Fore the weuther will permit.Colts, like ' point with her, and she found difficulty | sheep, need plenty of fresh air and exer- (in saying a good werd for him, even | cise, but it is not good economy to al- ; whon his will had made ber husband a low them to be axposed to cold or: rich man.storms, | \u201cHigh time he did somebody a good One of the very best rations that can turn.He never did uno alive,\u2019 ba given to growing colts is unthrashed \u201cLet them throw dirs ut old Benja- outs, run thovzh a feed cutter, to which , field as didn\u2019t get his money, e's been a little wheat bran is added, If, after, à good friend to you, Elizabeth.\u2019 tho bran is added, the whole is slightly | Elizabeth tessed her hend.\u201cI nover dumpened, it will bo still better.This! asked him for his money.\u201d makes à complete ration, us it supplies! \u201cThat's all right, then.Wo won't tho material needed for the growth and have it, 1°11 tell the solicitors to adver.development of bone aud musclo.| tiso in the New York and Chi tago pa- | It is a good plan to begin feeding a light ration of this in the full as tho | pastures begin to fail, gradually in- | creasing until they are given all that they will eat up clean, : The teums veed somo grain every day.| When not at work, less is NECESSAFY | than when at work, It is poor economy | because the teams are not at work to let | them run down with the expectation of feeding better and getting them into | proper condition later on, The more | economical plan is to feed them evough to keep thrifty all the time.By keep- | ing them thrifty now less grain will be | ueeded to kesp them so during the win- | ter.i If, after the fall work ia finished up.| the toss sre given a ten days\u2019 or two | weeks\u2019 run in the pastures, giving, in | addition, their regular grain ration, it] will bs a great help in getting them into good shape for winter.\u2014St.Louis Republic.| Helps Hog Cholera Along.| I buve known bog cholera germa to be | conveyed four miles on the wind, alight | in a filthy hogpen and finally destroy | all the hogs iu it, while hogs in clean pens near by escaped.There is a great | disparity of opinion as to what filth is.| pers, and then Benjafield's son may turu up.He's tha rightful heir.\u201d *\u2018Rightful heir, indeed! A scoundrel that would run through every farthing in a twelvemonth! Don\u2019t bea Hot, Reuben!\" All attempts to communicate with the young nun in America failed, After a time th se efforts ceased, and Reuben entered into possession of the entire property.Every der rhe dinned into his ears the folly of keepiug on the business, The barrister\u2019s clerk and bis wife, who bad become affable, wera equally pressing, He should think of his two daughters, and might marry noblemen if their father would only give them the chance, Reuben surrendered at lasr, Iie would place n manager in his stall and let it be carried on under another name, hat he would take no share in the bnsin.ss himseif.This victory for Mrs.Waddle was soon follows.l by another, She wonld:t live any mcra in a poky little Walworth house, with u back garden that would hardly muko a decent hen run.Wal- warth was discarded for Sydenham hill.Time hung heavily on Reaben\u2019s hands They would be heiresses some day [3 wh Generally is emits a disugreeuble scent, | Hest das En Eu ra, ve whey of the A stinking will barrel or Log trough is, Wadalo called him to see the dining not cleauliaess, nor is a bad smelling t room, be commenced to caleulate the hogpeu.**Hogging down\u2019\u2019 corn, espe- | number of carcasses of Australian mut- cially when the weather is warm, is not i ton it would store and wus hurt because on the remuinder to fester in the hot breed, and then another hog come along and flnigh the ear, disease germs and all, \u2018Hogs following cattle\u2019'\u2014well, this is dangerous ground.So many practice it and believe iu it that if I should con- from Oklahoma to Ohio would \u2018\u2018follow\u2019\u2019 me with the precipitancy of 4 man ran- ning down stuirz pursued by a kitchen stove, and perhaps, for safety, compelling me hastily to seek the shortest way to the tallest timber, So I will let that pass and suy nothing about it, Anything that weakens a hog's system makes him more receptive of cholera microbes.In this category can be named too close inbreeding, breeding from immature animals and wrong feoding, as an all corn diet for young animals, stinking slops, impure drinking water, nesting in cold, damp places and other errors in feeding aud care.Discase bac- terin and cleanliness ars anutazonistic, and the farmer will not flourish if en- vironed by tho latter, with this one exception, that there has been à profuse production of the former in some nearby fountain of filth.\u2014 Exchange.Live Stock Points, At the New York horse show there was one fine Morgan stallion, King Morgan.Are you going to let your cattle and other live stock stand knee deep in snow or humped np in the piercing winds this winter?If so, then nature will dry up your cows and shrivel and stunt your you in that way.An even temperature of about 40 degrees is the best for a stable of any kind.Where it is kept too warm cows are apt to develop lung trouble, and all animals are more or less liable to take cold.A thousand stables are kept too cold, however, where one is too warm.There were very full entries in the hackney and harness classes at the Now some of his handsomest French couchers from Illinois.The classes for saddle horses of various kinda were larger than usual, the polo ponies attracted much attention, while the high jumpers were simply out of sight.A ruccessful horse breedor says that during the winter season he keeps his stallions clean and gives them grain twice a day, with all the rough feed they want, part hay, part fodder and part clean, bright straw.In the coldest Weather the grain is corn.As summer approaches be increases the grain somewhat.Live stock of all kinds, except horses, the prospect is that prices will be good.At tho same time the most tremendous corn crop over raised in America has to be eaten up.à clean proceeding.A hog may eat part ; of an ear of corn, leave solid droppings | sun, cholers bacteria alight upon it and | denn it all the Toms, Dicks and Harrys other stock, taking her revenge out of York horse show.Mr.Dunham brought \u2018 is comparatively scarce this season, and | | Mrs.Waddle made a horrified face at his | proposal to place his old chopping block | in the orfe] window as an ornament, \"'Seems to me, Elizabeth,\u201d he grumbled, \u201c\u2018you've got too big a head on [ you.A tradesman\u2019s entrance! Who , wants a tradesman\u2019s entrance?Ain't I | a tradesman?And the Fuchsias! We'ro à nice lotto Jive in the Fuchsias.I'm | Botting kick of the whole business, and | that's a fact,\u201d and he stamped away + back ta the stable in a towering rage, : Mrs, Waddle shouting after him: [ \u201cWa dine at 7.\" \u2018Reuben, dear,\u2019 Mrs, Waddle said i befors he sat down to dinner, \u2018you must ; learn to keep your coat on at dinner or | tho servants won't respect you.Gra- { oioud heavens! Is the man mad?| Mr.Waddle had jumped to his fret and was shouting for the new table | maid.The girl came in, with an alarm- { ed Jook.Reuben yelled at her: | o'*See here, what's yer name, I have | dinner in my shirt sleeves, like this, | and ko tore off his coat and dashed it i on to the sideboard, sweeping off a de- | eanter of whisky and a corn flour shape, | \u201cand if you don't like it you can take à { mouth,\u201d and Mr.Waddle glared across t the table with a Jook that kept his wife silent, i One day Mrs.Waddle, coming down late to breakfast, heard her husband | epeuking to sume ona in an animated i tone in tha front garden, | Rec here, Mr.Lickfold,\u201d he was | saving-\u2014Mr.Lickfold was his solicitor \u2014\u2018if tho young man can prove that old | Benjuficld married his mother, there's | no more to be said.Tho money's his, (and I'll get buck to my trade straight away.Mr.Lickfc 1 replied.i Mrs.Waddle stood in the ball, drink- ling in every word.A humming came | into her ears und a mist over her eyes.i Bho folt herself clutching at the hat stand, and then\u2014-the next she saw was © ber husband bending over her as she ny ; ou the dining room sofa.; She juinpiil up with a start.\u2018Oh, | 1 Bay it's not true.\u2019 \u201cTrue en-vgh, Elizabeth.Old Ben- { jafiold's boy's come buck, and he\u2019s Kot { his mothez's marringe certificate, Get | on your bor: ot, dear, and we'll go back to Walworth, I A fow days later word ran through the market that Reuben Wuddle wus back at his post, and old friends und strangers were swarming back to see.Yes, Reuben was there, looking na full of business us ever.Aud, strauger still, old Benjnfield\u2019s stall wns open, too, and n youngster, taller and L.tter looking than the old mun, but with the unmistakable Benja- fleld ose, » as there ns well.| \u201cBack agnin, Renben?' was the astonished cry.\u2018\u2018So you haven't retired?\u2019 Reuben laughed.\u2018Retired! 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No.58, A.H.CUMMIMGS & SON Coaticook, : : Que.MANUFACTURERN OF Doors, Sash, Blinds and Frames, | Window Mouldings, Blanchard Churns and all kinds of House Finish Hard-wood Floor Boards and Matched Celling manufactured from kiln-dried lumber, All orders promptly attended to.We are bound not fo be undersold, | SAMUEL E.ABBOTT, of STANSTRAD is our agent for that Township.w a ats wd [13 = [CONTINUED] «il¢ helping to murder Ludy Dud- Jes I\"\u2019 grosned Uncle Johyu, while I stood Like a man turned to stone.\u2018\u2018Why, gents, 1 hope that none of you have gone crazy.How could he have boen a gharer in that horrid crime when he was in my house from soon after 8 o'clock till after widuight without Jeaving his chair?\u201d \u201cYou are not here to ask questions or give advice,\u2019 cautioned the chief, flaring up in his temper at the word.Bless my blooming heart, of course not, but you'll only cover yourselves with confusion if you go on this way.\u201d \u201cDo you rccognize the man, my Jord?\u2019 asked the chief of the preat man, \u2018J have never seen him before, to my knowledge.\u2019 The same question was asked of the gervants, but here a singular trait of human uature showed itself.They felt that it would be a great consolation to bis lordship und the police if the guilty parties were caught and punished, and go the whole three hesitated and stammered and finally concluded that they had seen me in the company of Ben Johnson several times during the past fortnight.Uncle John saw the chief's private secretury taking down everything said, but instead of protesting he gave me a wink which decided me not to tell wy story over again, \u201cWho says this man had a hand in that there murder?\u2019\u2019 asked the landlord as the chief wanted to know if I desired to talk.\u201cHis pal has confessed and given him away.\u201d \u201cDo you mean that Ben Johnson says Ralph Tompkins was in it with him?\u201d \u201cI do.He says this man acted as his lookout on the outside, and that he is really the one who put up the job.\" \u201cWell, of all the biling, blooming, bgssoming stories I ever heard this do beat \u2018em all!\u2019 exclaimed Uncle John as he struck his fist on a table.Ben Johnson had made a clean breast of it and had declared that Mary, the maid, avd your humble servant were as guilty as himself, He wus getting even with me sooner than he had hoped to.CHAPTER IIL *\u2018GUILTY'\u2019 AND \u2018'NOT GUILTY.\" The first thing the police of any country do when a murder has beon committed is to find a prisoner, and they always assume that whoever they happen to lay hands on must be guilty because they have got him.The officers were not so far out of the way iv holding her ladyship\u2019s maid for exnmina- tion, for all circumstances were agningt her, but in my case one hour's intelligent work by a detective ought to have get me at liberty.My mother, Uncle Jobn Hampton, Jerry Simpson and others could account for every minute of my tune since landing in Dudloy.At the hour tho murder was committed I Was in the company of five or six men, all of whom were law abiding and honest.I say that it would have been easy enough for the police to satisfy themselves that I was an innocent man, but they never work to clear o man.On the contrary, they bend their energies to prove or to try to prove the guilt of the one arrested, Uncle John was reprimanded for expressing his astonishment, and his offers of assistance to help prove my innocence were promptly refused.I was pretty well satisfied that Lord Dudley himself doubted my complicity, but the police had the case, and it was not for him to interfere.It was not until atter the funeral of Lady Dudley that I was taken to court for examination.Being only a sailor man, and never having had to do with law before except to make affidavit, 1 own that I was badly upset and could not plan what to do.Unclo John and mother fixed it, however.They sent me in a lawyer, telegraphed to Liverpool for Captain Clark and got all my witnesses together.I came very near having a row with the lawyer before he had been in my cell five minutes, As goon as he had introduced himself he led off with: \u201cI am glad to bo able to tell you that it wae not a murder out of hand, but that Lady Dudley came to her death by a shock, There is no evidence that Ben Johnson luid a finger on her.\u201d \u201c\u2018But what have I to do with that?\" I asked by way of reply.\u201cIt is necessary, if I take your case, that we have an understanaing,'\u2019 he said after giving me a searching look.**I am agreeabls to that.1 hope yon didn\u2019t como hero believing me a guilty man?\u201d \u201cJohngon persists in his declarations, and the polics cvidently believe they have a good caso against you.\u201d ; \u201cJohnson und the police ho hanged, and you on t.p of them.If you haven't more senge than the men who locked me up bere, I want nothing to do with you.\u201d\u2019 \u201cWhat will Lo cur line of defense?\u201d he ealmly asked, paying no attention to my temper, \u201cWhy, that I had nomore to do with it than tbe chicf cf pelice himself.\u201d \u201cWe shall havo witresees to prove an alibi, then?\u201d \u201cOf course wo shall.Wo will prove the hour 1 left Liverpool and ny whore- abouts during every hour afterward.\u201d I gave him my story, und wien I had finished he rubbed his bands and swiled and said: AUN Ln SNAUE A STORY OF 0 ON \u2018COPYRIANT/ 1896 Bx THÉ AUTHOR: marrer , Of AVENTURE .IBAVLIPIAI DAVIS) a Poco A rT EEG = Pri) SEA.25 \u2018\u2018Really, now, but this does me good.1 was prepared for a bard struggle before the courts, and here our cage is already won.Half a day\u2019s work will get our case in proper shape.\u2019\u2019 My stoven skiff had floated away down stream, but was recovered, The one which had run into me was care- | fully lifted uside.The spot where John- !son\u2019s head had rested ou the inn floor \u2018had been stained with his blood, and Uncle John would not allow it to be washed away.It seemed like turning your hand over to establish an alibi and ; prove my innocence to the satisfaction jof everybody.Indeed, Uncle John and | others declared with much feeling that if Lord Dudley did not present me with \u2018at least £560 for catching the murderer be was not the may to retain their respect.Some even went s0 fur as to promise that the chief of police would apologize to me in public.Perhaps I should have stated in the preceding chapter that tho fall name of ber ladyship's maid was Mary Williams, and that she was the daughter of a small farmer a few miles away.She had been in the family so long and had been found so fuithful that I am sure Lord Dudley would never have doubted her innocence but for the police.Neither do I think the police altogether astray.Had it been any other man than Ben Johnson, Ler lover, they would not have reasoned as they did.In the goodness of her heart the girl had insisted on attending her ladyship that night, and in the light of subsequent events that was a point against her.Some of the servants also confidently remem- berud of huving heard her talk about Americaand wish for a life of ease, and that was put dowu as evidence.* However, after the shock of the affair had worn off a bit tho girl made a rally and showed her spirit Feeling herself | to be perfectly innocent guve her great I strength.I have always belioved that it | was Lord Dudley himself who engaged a lawyer to defend her and hunted out \u2018the points in her favor, and it was something greatly to his credit.Bon \u2018 Johnsou was furious with the girl be- i cause she bad baffled him and furious ! with me because I had brought about his capture.He was not an cducated ; man, but be was gifted with powerful assurance and natural cunning, and he completely deceived his lawyer and the police and general public.He admitted threatening Lady Dudley with the knife, While the menaco had caused her death, prove that the cutch had been sprung from the outside There was no chloroform about the house, nor could Mary bave got any at the drug store without an order.The servants at once denied what they had said regarding Mary, and she was promptly dischurged from custody.The police evinced their disappointment and chagrin at the ontcome of the case, but were probably solaced by the fact that I had no Jord to testify in my bebalf.You buve guessed my line of defense, and you know that I had hulf a dozen witnesses.It aboulqn\u2019t have been a surprise to the police, but it certainly was.This was due to the bold fuced lying of the villaiu Johnson.The story he told when put into the witness box against me made me pinch my legs to see if 1 was awake or dreaming, und his manner of telling it almost satisfied me that I was an accessory.Such calm, cold nerve was never seon before.He began by stating that be had met me in Liverpool a fortnight before and told me of the \u2018\u2019job'\u2019 and that I had readily agreed to join him.He claimed that I had been in Dudley three duys; that he was the ono who entered the castle while I kept watch outside; that as we were making our cscupe by bout I charged him with pluying me faise and struck him down before he could defend him- self\u2014all this and much more, and a man telling the solemn truth could not have assumed a more honest demeanor.We showed, of course, that the Hindu was still at ses on the date he gave and in all other ways upset his yarn, but he was taken to jail declaring thas every word he had spoken was gospel truth, No sane man could dispute wy innocence, but I presently found that the public Jooked ut me askance.I have been told tbat there is always a bit of feeling against the man who proves that be had uothing to do with the crime for which he wus urrested, particularly if it i8 à heinous one aud the public has made up ita mind rhat he is guilty.They somehow can\u2019t quite forgive him | for disappointing them.In my case the chief of police even had the impudence | to say to me: \u201cWell, my man, it scems that somehow you have slipped the halter off your neck, but let moe warn you that 1 \"shall have an eye upon your future movements, 1 presume you will leave town very soon?\u201d \u201cI shall leave when I get ready to,\u201d was my blunt and perhaps impudent reply.\u201cNo talking back, sir! I have the power to wirn suspicious characters to leave town and to lcck them up if they hasitate to go.\u2019 * Well, sir, go nhead on any course that suits you.I know how greatly you are disuppointed, but it is all owing to your luck of sense in handling the case at the start.\u2019\u2019 .Ho fumed and blastered; Lut, having burned his fingers once, he did not proceed to extreme measures.Some ona spread the report that I had been twica arrested in Liverpool, and I had a pretty clear idea us to where the gossip started from.Lord Dudley, ns soon as sending for the police, had offered a ro- no doubt, it wouldn't be a hanging offense.He might be transported for life, but his lawyer hoped to get him off with 15 or 20 years.His accessories might escape with a shorter period.\u2018We had elected, as was our right, to be tried separately.I don\u2019t mean tried for our lives, but examined to decido if wo should be held to the assizos, It was wonderful what a story the villain Johuson reeled off tothe beneh.Having confessed his crime, he was held, as a matter of course, and be was also used as a witness against the two of us, The girl was arraigned first.Johnson swore that she proposed the robbery more than a year beforo it took place, and that for months she had ridiculed him because his conscience cried out against committing such a crime.Loving her as he did, he had finally been won over.She had selected the asylum to which they should flee, and he named Quehec ns the port they were to sail for, She had persisted in sitting up with Lady Dudley | that night that he might not be disturbed in his operations, She had left the window unfastened and the key of the safe in the Jock.She had also taken care all her indysbip\u2019s jewelry, that but | i Fe | I refused to aceept a penny of it.more especially a magnificent diamond \u2019 pecklace, vsus in the safe that night.The cold blooded villain went still farther.He declared that she had left a gas jet lighted for his convenience, and that sho hud suggested chloroforming Lady Dudley to give him full swing.Ho even declared that she commanded him to kill the woman when she arose from her bed and discovered them.Those whe heard Ben Johnson's testimony said that he lnoked the judge straight in the eye and never hesitated or blundered.When he was through, nine-tenths of the people in the courtroom regarded her as tho more guilty of the two.Then came the defense and the reaction.Lord Dudley himself testified to her Jong and loyal services.He said the key of the safe happened to be in his own pocket that night and for three Cuys and nights previously, as he bad taken the necklace ton jeweler for repairs and was waiting for its return.\u201chere wns no money in the safe, and indeed but little jewelry.There was no gus in the room, ns her ludyship objected to it.There were marks cu the sash to | Ward of £1,000 for the arrest and con- | viction of the murderer.[had certainly { been the means of his arrest, and be- | tween Mary Williams and myself the | prosecutor had ull the evidence neces- | gary to convict.After I had been discharged from custody his lordship sent i for me, He received me very kindly, expressed his gratifiention that I had { come out of the case with flying colors : and referred to the matter of the reward.I refused to accept à penny of it, | to his great astonishment, but later on | T could not well refuse the gold witch, i telescope, chronometer and other gifts ! he sent mo by his chief steward, together with his best wishes for my future welfare.As Ben Johnson was held to the assizes, the girl and I must be detained as witnesses; so the chict of police could not have driven me away it ho bad set about it.We had to give bonds, and it was Lord Dudley himself who furnished them.It so happened, however, that the term was close at hand, and the case would be disposed of by the time the Hinau had been overhauled.This would let mie out of a bud scrape, but nevertheless Captain Clark felt it his duty fo growl at me: \u2018Now, Ralph, you see the consequences of a sailor man idling about on land, and 1 hope it will be a warning to you fer the rest of your lifo.\u2018\u2019 \u2018But one must see his old mother now und then,\u201d I protested.\u2018Age, if she be living within stone\u2019s throw of the sea, but otherwise she must not expect it.The land, Ralph, was created for corn and tices and hedges and villains, and no true sailor who fears God and wants to live an honest life has uny business outside of a scuport.I bepe I shall get no wickedness through this trip up here, but I feel rhaky.1wouldn't bave had it hup- pen for n £10 note.\u201d On his trin] in the higher court Ben Johnson was impudent and deflant and perfectly reckless ns to cousequences.He threatened my life in open court, and he made a determined effort to us- sault his old sweetheart with his fists, Had he been a dificrent man, the jury would have dealt more Jeniently with hin, no doubt.There were those who said that he would only have been punished for attempted rolibery.As it was, he made everybody uround him realize thut he wus a desperate and revengeful \u201cmun who ought to Le put away for life, wud that was his sentence\u2014transporta- tion to the prnu) colony in Australis for the term of lus natural life.\u201cYou'll never get me there!\u201d he sbouted when the judge pro- \u201cnounced sentence, 1 warn you, judge, jury, lawyers, wiluesses and all, thut for every wock l'm a prisoner I'll have a life!\u201d They had given him the full extent and could du no more, ahd everybody felt relicveu when it was known that he wag handcuffed end shackled und chained to the wall of his cell, Lord Dudley's sister had come to pre- giGe ut the castle.cud bath were ter.half way fectly willing to have Mary Wilhama take her old placa.The girl would not go back, howevor.With all the gossip + of the country roundabout, and with the columns of scuff printed in the newspapers, she felt disgraced for life and was anxious to get out of the couniry.Her parents felt the same way, sud one day her futher came down to Uncle John Hampton's inu to make some inquirics of m6 regardiug Australia.I had made three voyages to that country and return aud had picked up a smart bit of information.When I bad toid him all I could, ho said: \u201cMother and me might stay on and live it down, but Mary would grieve herself to death, She was proved as innocent &s à bube, but she knows she'll be pointed vut for years to como, and that certain people will always be flinging out, and so we'll pull up stakes nud go.\u2019 When Lord Dudley heard of this resolve, hie called upon Farmer Willisms jand paid him u fair price for his laud aud stock, and it's wy belief that he , also paid the pussage of tho three out to Australia besides.They bad only de- ,cided on going wheu I returned to Liv- ; erpool and thought I bad sceu the last of thew, though the thought upset mo {wore thun I dared adwit to myself.To be honést with you, 1 had fallen in love , with Mury Williams, Perhaps the thing (would huve come ubout just the sume \u201chad I wet her ut church or on the highway, but maybe the circumstance of our \u201cbeing urrested and tried together and jof our interests und dungers being the smme pushed matters along ab n faster ;pace, Boe that as it way, I realized that 'I loved her.She was under a cloud, You see, and one couldn't rvasonubly ex- | | pect her to permit of uny advances.Her love for Ben Johnson hud: turned to | gall, sure enough, but thut was no help \u201cto me under the circumstances, 1 rouliz- \u2018ed thut 1 was foolish to entertain cor- | fain hopes, und yet 1 could not drive | \u2018them out of my mind.! CHAPTER IV.THE CUNVICT SHIP.An unpleasant surprise awaited mo on my arrival at Liverpool.The Hindu \u201chad been thoroughly refitted for seu, but was in the hands of à gung of carpen- \u201cters and blacksmiths as she lay in her \u201cberth.I \u201cWhat's the meaning of all this?\" repeated Cuptain Clark as 1 found him -overseeing the workmen in the hold.;** Well, Ralph, to be short about it, \u2018we've got u government charter for Botany Bay.\u2019 \u201cWhat! The Hindu to go out to Aus- | tralia with conviets!®\u2019 | \u201cExactly.Don't fire up about it, man, until you learn full particulars.Things are very dull just now in the i earrying trade, sud if we hadn't made {this charter we might have been forced (to lie bers for weeks, We didn't jump at it, I assure you, butyot we look upon |it as a lucky stroke, und there are a \u201cseore of crafts in port which would be willing to pay us a premium.\" | \u2018But it will +0 the shipa bad name,\" Émrrtosteu, \u201cNot in this case, 1 Hope, though we must take our chusecs.You see, the government has Leen in tho habit of chartering any old tub which could be got hold of cheap, There's à public ont.Cry against sending cut convict ships which are go unscawarihy that a top- gail breeze is hound to do for them, There's also a great ado about crowding the men as if they were blacks from the African coast.Certain papers amd public men have been raising a great vow on this subject while you've heon in drydock ut Dudley, and the upshot sof thie matter is that the government às going to try un experiment,\u2019 \u2018At the loss of our reputation.Why, sir, à craft which has ever made the trip to Botany Bay goes to the boneyard or into the coal trade on herveturn.All shippers seem to look upon her with distrust and disgust after that.\u201d However, I enme to look wpon the charter with more favor after a Lit The price paid us wus very high, and ; we had the privilege of fitting up ne- commodations to carry 20 passengers us well, You will understand that I am now Writing OË u matter really belonging to the lust generation.It is a good many years since the penal enlony at Botany Bay was abolished and since England ceased to send her convicts out of the country.The idea of transportation was, first, to remove bad men as fur away us possible, und, second, to | muke convicta the nucleus of new col- * quics.Alter two or three years of proper behavior a convict got a ticket of leuvo and could settle outside the camp.i If his record continoed good for twb or three years more, he was discharged and \"could settle anywhere in Australia.It \"is o matter of history that three-fourths , of the sheep growers and a good share ,of the business men of the big island i today can trace their ancestry back to | the convict camp st Botany Bay.There wete no steamers running to Australia in those days.Aside from \"the regular packet ships, thera wero craft fitted out to carry emigrants, a thousand at a time, but there was a class of people which preferred to go by convict ship.The fare was about half what tbe puckets charged, and yet higher than by an emigrant craft, Lut only a few were taken, and the acenmmoda- tinns were very good.The Hindu had only a main held, which had a depth of about nine feet, Our contract called for the carrying of 60 male convicts, To keep these men secure the hold of the ship was converted into three cages, us it Were, cach cago to hold 20 men, The entrance to them was by way of the hutdhes.The cages were of iron, of \u2018 course, aud made as strong as in a prison.There were bunks for the prisoners, apd portholes gave them light and ventilation, In the rear of the third cage was fitted up what is known as a \u201cbrig, \u201d\u2019 or dark cell, for the confinement of refractory prisoners, The remainder of the hold was taken up by rtorage rooms, staterooms and cabins, In tho duys of which I write a convict ship semetimes carried out as many a8 359 men ard women.The i happen on the voyago unless we were came nbourd to reo that everything re- There was nothing to find fault with, | led below, while the futher declared to me that nothing on earth could have induced him to go with the Hindu had he known that Ben Johnson was to be one of the gaug.The situation waëa bad one for all four of us, but the only way left us was to put on a bold face and make the best of it.Ben Johnson \u2018was perhaps the most desperate man in the lot, but the gang as à whole Was one of the worst over embarked.Wher they had been divided and caged, the officer of the guard felt it his duty to law laid its band heavily upon every wrongdoer.Offenders who would not get more than three months in ; il today were then sent away for five or ten yeara, The embezsler and the murderer were treated alike until they arrived at the Bay.Then some little difforence wai ade iu the favor of the former, though tha place was a hel) on earth for all, according to every man's testimony.Where a big batch was taken, the government sent along from 8 to 12 marines and an officer to take entire charge of the prisoners.In our case the contruct only bound the government to furnish u doctor.We must ship hands enough to guard the convicts and land them safely at Botany Buy, and the ebip must provide its own outfit of flre- Arus.We went about these things in good fuith and with an eye as to what might \u201cI have handled at lenst 50 ganga of convicts in my time, and I tell you that po ship ever bad a worse one under hatches.There are plenty of men afloat and shore who are willing to but two to ane that you never get ua far as the fully prepared for trouble.There were\u201d hundreds of men looking for au opportunity to work their passage out.We bargained with seven very decent looking fellowa to pay their way by acting as guards.The odd man had been a sorgennt of infantry and Was to com- maud the guard.Wo bought a dozen muskets and plenty of ammunition, and ono day, when almost ready to receive tho prisoucrs abourd, the captain said to mo: \u201cRalph, there's no knowing what may happen to us with 60 desperate vil lains aboard.I understand that all our prisoners sre Jong termers and over half of thom are going for life.I am going to arrange the main cabin go that we cun turn it into a fort if nonessary.\u2019\u2019 Presuming that you have never beon abourd of a sailing craft, 1 make bold to tell you that our quarters comprised 0 main cabin, n dining room and three staterooms.Forward of it and reached by thu kmme entranice or companionway wero the quarters fitted up for tho passengers.The roof of the cabin was clo- vated about two feet above the deck and wus lighted in part by o skylight in the center.Each stateroom had a small window looking out on deck, and the dining room hud three or four, Tho entrance to the cabin was in front.Wall, what we did was to secure iron shutters for all the windows looking out forward, each shutter having a porthole for musketry firing and likewise iron tain, 1t was badly written and spelled, plates which could be clumped on be- and its contents were another dose for neath the skylight if the emergency us.It read: arose, Then the bulkhond botween cago \u201c1 think it my duty as an honest man No.8 and the passengers\u2019 quarters was to toll you that at least ono of your provided with portholes aud made bul- guards is a friond of Ben Johnson's lot proof us well.For the cabin defense and will stop at nothing to help him wo bought four double barreled shot- take the ship.Be on your guard,\u201d\u2019 guns and two rifles.This would give A ES us, in caso of a row, six goud arn to CHAPTER V.say nothing of tho officers\u2019 pistols and THE BHIT 5 DOCTOR, what | In every ship sent out with convicts firearmis tho passengers might \u2018 .; bring.You will observe that I have left tho prisoners were under the charge of the doctor cent along at governmont ox.the seven ards entirely out in m - BY À y peuse, His authority way supreme, Ho figuring.\u201cWhen the Hindu was ready to receive represented tha government.Wo ot tho tho convicts, a government ihspector Mindu did not cateh sight of our doctor iunt-1 the last moment beforo sailing, ar \u2018the sight of him gave us o suprrise.| © Vhy, Ralph, the authorities must \u201cnd oor crazy to send such no man + with n gang like this,\" growled vn Clark after the num had intro- \u201cYou here, Ralph Tompkins!® cape of Good lope.You must watoh thoso fellows day snd night, 1f you get caroless for u day, they'll oapture the ship and cut tho throats of officers, passengers und crew at the first rush.\" Wo had a suiling craw of 14 men, Each had signed for the round trip and knew what the cargo would be, and yot whou they saw what a villainous gang had come aboard nt least half tho snilors would have deserted if there had boon opportunity.If thero was ono singlo person nbove decka who was sntisflod with tho situation, he must have kept his thoughts to himself.We wero off, however, and it was useless to growl or lnnient.Just ax tho towbont had got our cable a wherry dropped alongside, nnd a letter was handed up for the cap- Jating to the prisoners was shipshape.and ho named the dato when the gang be would te sent abonrd.Our passongers ae came first\u2014exactly 20 of them, Whom Cay mem Le 20e do you suppose the first threo wero?When 1 first clapped eyos on them, I \u201cwad so taken aback that I stood open mouthed and eould not utter a word.They were Mr.and Mrs, Williams and the danghter, Mary.Jt had been six weeks sinco I efs Dudley, and I had received no news of them whetover, though I wax every duy trying to pluck up the courage to write direct to Mary herself.\u201cWell, Raph, it's this way,\" said the father as I expressed my astonishment, \u2018Everybody knowa the gal ia innocent as n babe, but she can't abide notoriety, We'll go out to Australia cduced himself and walked away.He was a young nun, not over two and twenty, a medical student, or just \u201cpradusted, and we marked him down nt once for aman without any spirit.1 mov as well tell you that he had se- eared the place through the influenes of \u2018relatives, and that he had but a faint Aden of the burdens and rosponsibilition \u2018of the position, He bad had komo little medienl practice in the charity hospitals andl had perhaps been told that all he would have to do on shipboard would \u201cbo to preseribo epsom salts or blue mass pnd sce that the convicts swallowed the Bue, and Lave n look around, nod if thin s |, Why, we'll have on row before we don\u2019t suit we can return after un couples Aro fairly clear of the land,\u2019 continued of years.I'd forgotten the nume of your tho captain, who had pretty thorooghly craft, and it's pleased I am to find thag Posted himself as to matters aboard of a wo are to sail with you.\" convict ship while we were fitting out.I can't say that Mary seemed over- Pan good mind to cart off, coma to plensed to And me there, Indeed, she anchor nnd demand that he be replaced acted ns if considerably put ont shoot 'by an old hand.\u201d it.While I may not have been distuste- | I protested against euch a step, argu- ful to her personally, yet the sight of ing that tho suthorities knew their buni- me kept all the past in mind, and she Hess and must have confidence in the bad taken her troubles very much to man they bad put aboard; but, to tell heart.Hhe shock hands and made an you the truth, I had little faith in my effort to be friendly, however, and that own words, Supper wak the firat meal wus all I conld expect.Of the other 17 to be served to the convicts, We had a pussengers there were four murried con- double galley on deck, with two cooks, ples, two young women servants, one and the convicts were to ho supplied single man and six children, They were with govermment provisions It was for all middle class people, tidy and ro- the doctor to see that things were prop- spectable, and we could not have asked erly cooked, to set the hours for the for a better Jot, meals and to take general charge of the The passengers came aboard in tho provisions while on deck, Tho cages, aa morning.At 2 o'clock in the after- I have tld you, were built one in rear noon cur prisoners came alongside un.of the other, beginning at the fo'castlo der a benvy guard, and I received an- bulkhead, The gangs of convicts were other shock, and a far more disagreeable numbered 1, 2 and 8, nnd each had its one.The first convict to step aboard captain or Loss.Every man was sup- was Ben Johnson, the villain who was plied with a tin plate and cup.The ' to blame for what 1 had gone through, first gang to come up was No, 1.À lad- Wo wero faces to face before we recog- \u2018der which was kept on deck when not nized each other.Ile was handcuffed in use wus let down through the fore- and also had on leg chains, for he had batch into a space between the first two become ko desperate thut everybody cages.Two men stood thers with mus- feared him.Ilis faco was full of curi- kets, and the doctor unlocked the door osity as he stepped on deck, but the in- And called to the men to como out in stant his eycs lighted on me he raised | line, headed ty their captain.As they his mmunaried hands 10 striko and shout- passed up they murched to the galley, ed at tho top of hia voice: \"placed cup und plate on a shelf outaide \u201cYou here, Ralph Tompkins! Ab, of a sliding window, and the cook gave you enwardly eur, but I could ask for them their food ond drink.Then the no better luck! When wo take the ship, line marched around the galley and de.it will he my pleasure to flay you alive,\u201d Rcende« tn its cage {to cat the meal.I knew, of course, that he had been Thus culy ono gang wus on deck nt a sentenced to transportation for life, but time.it had never occurred to me that bo might be umong the gang of 60.The guards seized him and were hustling | M.Leon's Vote.him along when he caught sight of It was often sui of M.Adrien Leon, Mary snd her parents, He realized in who bus just died near Bayoune, France, an instant that they were passengers, that he saved the republic by » singlo and thére was a look of dovilish ferocity vote.On Feb.27, 1875, when the re- on his face us he cried oat: modeling of the constitution was debat- \u201cWhat! And Mary ton! 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: .y a month, 8 cents a copy.even advisable to be accompanied by a | B C Book, Illustrated\u201d; no two large, ni You Happy \u2014 AT \u2014 Çlough's, Ayer\u2019s Flat.Published Daily (in the morning) Sunday and Weekly, from the Republican Building, Springfield, Mass.on À i T5 Ni \u2019 4 REA , 3 relative who muy happen to be on a ! short visit, On this head, however, no ; uncertainty need exist, and a relative might unquestionably accompany the | caller and be introduced to the lady called upon as a matter of course, although in the event of cards being left\u2019 consequent upon receiving the intima- ; tion of \u2018\u2018not at home\u2019\u2019 the name of the : relative should not be penciled on the! card or her card left, as, being a visitor only at the house of her daughter or sis- | ter, she is outside of the call altogether.| Gem Bracslets, | Bracelets, so much worn abroad, are | growing in favor here.The single stone | bracelet represents one style.À novel design consists of a broad woven gold wire chain longer than the ordinary bracelet.At one end is a alide through | pa AIT | | | | FASHIONABLE BRACELETS.which passes the remaining end, 50 that | the bracelet may be made large or amall : at will.From the pendant end hangs | a charm.Very gracefnl are the gold chain bracelets, with alternate pearls and tur- | quoises set at intervals\u2019 in the gold links, Hoop bracelets set with pearls, ar pearls alternating with diamonds, represent popular styles.Sometimes the bracelet becumes an ornate affair, with ita brilliant scrollwork and gem cluster.The Bicyole Girl\u2019s Latest Fad, Decrepit bicycles are being utilized for room decorations.The New York Herald assures the world in general that golden mural wheela will greet the eye in the drawing room, silvered chains that once groaued with dust and grease will be draped on the mantelpieco, and every part of a bike's anatomy, berib- boved and ornamented, will serve a decorative and useful purpose.The front forks of a wheel apparently contain no elements of beanty, and yet, when be- ribboned and decorated with little brass hooks, form a very convenient article from which to hang button hooks, glove buttoners, ete.The handle bars may be utilized for hatracks, or, if the young woman wishes to manufacture a cbair with a back like nothing else, it would be a matter of small difficulty to do so.A collection of lampa is a fad, and these are used in fetching fashion, after having been profusely gilded, to assist in the illumination of a bicycle house party.ou The German wire pat] industry in \u201c Éhonisb Prossia, Westphalia and Silesia has experienced such an extraordinary development in the last 45 years that, besides supplying the enormously in- tressed home demand, the export has in.letters of the alphabet are of the same | color.Second\u2014One full size rich cabinet i photo of the Three I'uture Kings of | England\u201d Every loyal Canadian; | should have it.| Third\u2014One package of \u2018Diamond Dye Ink Powder,\u201d for making sixteen | ounces of best black writing ink.The whole combination, worth 65 cents, to any address for ten cents.Send small silver coins, or the proper amount in one, two or three cent stamps.Stamps of larger denominations will not be received.Seal your letter securely, and before mailing be sure you put on full postage, three cents in stamps.If full postage is not prepaid, letters will not be accepted.| Address Wells & Bichardson Co., Montreal, P.Q.The weather has been decidedly cool since the commencement of this week, although pleasant, with thermometers indicating from two to ten degrees below zero.YOUNG AGAIN.Do You Wish to Avoid Infirmities of Old Age?| Paine\u2019s Celery Compound An In- vigorator and Life-Giver For the Old.| Old people seem to grow weaker as the months go by.They are troubled with constipation, flatulence, drowsiness, rheumatism, indigestion and neuralgia.They have one or more of these troubles for years Their diseases are nearly all of nervous ori- | n.! Paine\u2019s Celery Compound is the world\u2019s great specific for all the great difficulties that beset old people.Its regulating influence on the liver, bowels and kidneys, removes the disorders that ol eople suffer from.Paine\u2019s Cele ompound is recommended by the best medical practitioners as a grand stimulant to the vital powers, productive of appetite, and a wonderful promoter of digestion.When you are old, use Paine\u2019s Celery Compound; it will strengthen and build you up, and add years and comfort and peace to your life.In the past multitudes of People, reduced in vitality and strength, and on the road to become life-long invalids have heen made hale, hearty and strong by using nature\u2019s great life- giving medicine.See that you get \u201cPaine\u2019s\u201d the kind that makes old people feel young, and The Weekly Republican, A 12-Page Newspaper.Is considered by many Eminent People and Intelligent, Discriminating Readers to be The Best News, Political and - Family Weely in the Country.It regularly contains a careful Review of the News of the Week, Local and General, Page or more of Able and Interesting Editorials, Valuable Correspondence, Entoer- taining Special Articles, Literary Reviews and Notices, a well conducted woman's Department, Roligious Intelligence, Excellent Poetry, News and Notes for the Farmers, a Good Story and many Miscellanous Articles quoted or original, of a high order.ALL FOR ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.Specimen Copies of either Edition Sent Free on Application.The Weekly Republican will be sent Free for one month to any one who wishes to try it.Hand your Subscription to the local agent or .postmaster, or send it direct by registered letter, postal or express order or check, to THE REBUBLICAN 51w3 SPRINGFIELD, MASS.THE MONTREAL BUSINESS COLLEGE, Corner of Victoria Square and Craig St.ESTABLISHED : 1864.This College is the largest, best equipped and » mont thorough Commercinl College in Canada, The permanent staff consists of nine expert teachers (two French and seven English) who devote thelr time exclusively to the students of this institution.We send free to all appli- eants a Souvenir Prospectus containing full information, new price list, and phôtographic views of the departments in which the Theoretical nud Practical Courses are taught.Studies will be resumed on Soptember lat.Address, J.D.DAVIS, Principal, Montreal Business College.85w12 Montreal, Canada.H.S.HUNTER UNDERTAKER and Undertakers\u2019 Supplies Hearse furnished at moderate rates.ep 2 cHasd 260 pèr cent, .Se Cap \u2018I that always o sick well.a ve.Le .Stanstead Plain, P.a PLAIN AND FANCY (CROCKRY | A New Line just received; none better in this part of the country.A SPECIALTY IN Dinner and Tea Sets.Take a look at these goods; then if you want to buy we will make an object for you to trade with us.Fine Groceries, Fruit, Confectionery.WE LEAD IN TEAS.Cranberries always on hand.Oysters at Wholesale and retail.We keep Hovey Bros.\u2019 Pork and Lard, Pork Loins, Sausage and Hams.These goods are the best.A few Massey-Harris Plows left to close.All kinds Plow Repairs on hand.PARKER'S, ROCK ISLAND.SAVE FEED > having your HORSE'S TEETH cared for.oracs with defective teeth or sore mouth cannot masticute their food properly, and are never in condition, I have the best tools for horse dentistry that money ean buy, and will use them for o reasonable price.Examination and advice free.BE.AUDINWOOD, Rock Island, P.Q., and Merby Line, Vt.FINEST LINE \u2014 OF \u2014 Picture Frame Mouldings \u2014 IN \u2014 Northern Vermont.35 stylish and beautiful patterns to select from.Come early for CHRISTMAS WORK.Now is the time to sit for some of those artistic CARBONETTES for Christmas presents.J LEXANDER'S STUDIO, | Derby Line, Vt.the DOHOUSEORSHONOICHCGLONGEONORORIESTONORS Leg! Every farmer should have one, and in fact every one wanting a first-class, economical heater should have one.There are 400 IMITATIONS on the market, but the one withthe NAME ON THE LEG is the first and only genuine.Take no other.It is thefonly stove you can fill to the top with wood and have as much or as little heat as you want.Guaranteed to hold a wood fire for 24 hours.GET THEM FROM THE .ROCK ISLAND HARDWARE C0, ACENTS FOR CANADA.NEW LINES.UNDERWEAR, ° Men\u2019s, Ladies\u2019 and Children\u2019s, FLANNELS, DRESS GOODS, READY-MADE CLOTHING, Overcoats and Ulsters.LADIES\u2019 FUR CLOAKS, Jackets and Capes, MEN\u2019S FUR COATS, GROCERIES.HARDWARE, &c.Bargains in \u2019em all at PIKE BROS\u2019 ROCK ISLAND.\u2014\u2014 "]