The Stanstead journal, 12 janvier 1905, jeudi 12 janvier 1905

[" The Stanstead Journal.voL.LX\u2014No.2.ROCK ISLAND, (STANSTEAD) P.Q., THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1905.WHOLE No.3074.ee WATCH THI eople happy, the past week, and a few unhappy.J with the happy ones and tried to feel sorry for the sad ones.We have made many We have rejoice! S CORNER! If this Attracts any man or boy who has not already bought one of those Uisters tb at were 86.50, 88.00, or 88.60, and now are 84.25, $4.95 and 85.00 Just come along and get one at once or they will be closed out.\u2014These prices carry them off fast.ARE YOUR CLOTHES RAGGED?Don't bother to have them mended when you can get a Stylish, well made suit for 85.00 now that sold for $6.76, 87.50, and 88.00; and a better one for 87,50, that was 811.50, 812.00, and 812.50.AND CAPS warm and Fashionable\u2014nice assortment\u2014late prices 50c., 75c.and 81.00.FUR GOODS Ladies\u2019 and Men\u2019s at prices that will suit the buyer.Your chuice for 25¢.gkates, Moccasins, and Hockey Sticks for everybody.EVERYTHING TOWN TOPICS.The only trouble with this snow is that it will not stay down long enough to get rolled.Miss Mildred Miles returned to Dun- ham yesterday to resume her studies, at the Dunham Ladieg College after the holidays.Mr.B.Dundin of Lennoxville, who has leased the Jondro factory building for a flour and feed store, arrived in town yesterday and is getting ready to open up.The officers of the newly organized Stanstead County Fenian Raid Association are: President, M.F.Hackett; Vice-President, A.B.Frost; Secre- tary-Treasurer, Chas.M, Thomas.Mr.W.L.Ball, manager of the Eastern Townships Bank, Winnipeg, Man., has been visiting his old home here during the past few days.His son, Mr.Sidney Ball of the E.T.Bauk, \u2018Montreal, has also been a guest at: I Lee Farm during the pust few days.; La à i Morning service in the Congrega- \u2018 TOWN TOPICS.Mr.F.L.Fish ofgVergennes, State bank examiner, was at Derby Line yesterday, making the customary iu- spection of the National Bank.The approach of another thaw is reported.Don\u2019t squint down the barrel by them.to see if it is loaded.It you do you |= True & Blanchard Co.NEWPORT.Would be pleased to answer inquiries from prospective buyers regarding Pulp Plaster, Paroid Roofing, Alpha Cement, or any other good carried will be struck by a cyclone.Mr.and Mrs.O.Begin were guests of their son, Mr.J.A.Begin, a few days last week, returning to their home near Windsor Mills, Saturday.Mr.Hiram E.Foster, who went to New York early in the winter, has since gone to Florida, his departure for the south being partly occasioned by his health which has not been of the best.Dr.C.À.Freligh has been in Bus- | ton during the past few days secur- | ! ing the music, ete., for the comic op- | Will be sold ight.era \u201cMikado,\u201d which is to be produced by the local talent at the Haskell! Opera House.Mr.W.G.Mayhew, from Arthabas- BELOW CUTS in prices.test at 15', cts.82.50 per Lge; | PS A Cut in Prices.We do not need to sell below cost to get trade, but we intend to use our customers a little better than other stores and we are always ready to go On Saturday of this week, January 7th, we will sell ASTRAL OIL.160 er gallon; Royal Patent Flour, (better than the (ilepora, at est Corn Meal (ground fine) $1.25 per cwt.FUR COATS AT COSTA Sample Package of our 250.Tea free, Just arrived\u2014a car of Snow Drift Fleur, White Middlings, and Bran.Respectfully, A.E.FISH & CO.We want 10,000 Cedar and Hemlock R.R.Tier, 50) Dressed Hogs per : week, Poultry, Eggs, and Beef Hides at Highest Cash Prices.Stoves and Silk Dress Goods, Jowelery and Salt Pork, Furniture and Lard, tional Church au the usual hour on! ka, was in town over Sunday having, __ __ A.E.F.& CO.Table Linen and Paint Oil, Bed Spreads and Kerosene.Everything but icome hither 10 superintend the re- | Whiskey and Opium and somebody said if we sold them we would get rich too quick and get 7 damned too luug\u2014s0 we don\u2019t take the chances.For Saturday, 14th.We will sell Bran at 90c.per 100.and 3 Ibs.of Balls, lee Farm.Tea for 25 cts.Sunday morning.The subject of the address will be \u2018Eternal Life.\u201d Sunday school at the close of the service.ymoval of his household gods.The family left for their new Lome on he midweek service will be held on Monday.Mr.Mayhew was formerly A.P.engaged as electrician -y the Sian- stead Electric Light Co., and now hus charge of a large plant at Artha- Wednesday eveniug at Mrs.| \u2018 GEORGEVILLE.Mr.J.E Davidson is suffering from an attack of sciatien, Mrs.Wm.McGowan is quite il] with tonsilitis.The village school has been closed EAST HATLEY.The rick ones are all progressing tardy well.Mis, Woodman is expect - ed home before many weeks.We extend sympathy to Mr.J.Kuights and family in the loss of their ; The newly elected officers of Fron- | baska for the holidays.It re-opened on beloved daughter.Gone before.Bring along your Produe\u2014we buy for Cash and sell for what we tier Ludge, No.56, A.O.U.W., were | Co i Tuesday, the 10th.Evervthing is very quiet in Hatley can get.\u2018installed by D.D.G.M.W.Geo.À.CASSVILLE.Mr.and Mrs.John Camber received not even a church soci) to enliven Channell at a regular meeting Tues-| Mr.Wm.Chamberland returned |1ast Saturday the ead news of the the scene.The W.C.TU will ar- AKIN & HOUSE.Beebe Plain, P.Q., and Vt.STANSTEAD METHODIST CHURCH Pastor, Rev, Wm.Howitt, B.A., B.D.Sunday Services\u201410.80 A M., 7.00 P.M.Sunday School ut the close of Morning Service.Mid-week Service\u2014 Wednesday, 7.80 P.M.FROM A.6.CLOUGH, Who sold the Oil?When I adver- tied Pratt\u2019s Astral Oil, 160 test, at 16 cts, for one day, Jan.7th, I purchased an extra quantity in barrels with Pratt's Astral 160 stamp; I had the oil drawn from the barrel by faucet, that customers might see that they obtained the best American Oil to be purchased as advertised; secondly, I ordered it to make certain that every customer should be supplied, and they were! Several customers came from one district, ten miles distant, and with an extra clerk we were beseiged all day.Sales were were greater than any day at Xmas.I advertised in two issues of the JOURNAL in advaned that the public should be well informed.Others cut m | TOWN TOPICS.| Mrs.R.W.Saunders is ill with the mumps.Miss Florence Suddard, who has lately been visiting relatives in Mout- real, returned home Monday.Municipal affairs remain quiet at Rock Island.Meeers.C.H.Kathan and,T.J.Norris, were returned with out opposition on Monday.At Stanstead Plain, Monday, Messrs.C.H.Taylor and G.F.Parsons were re-elected and J.H.Papineau was place of Hon.M.F.Hackett, who has retired after long and faithfnl service to the corporation.Dr.H.D.Martin, oculist, will conclude an extended engagement at | Derby Line, Saturday, leaving on Monday for Newport.Dr.Martin en- \u2018joys the reputation of being skilled .day evening The District Deputy | from Fitchburg last week and has gave avery interesting speech and since been ill with la grippe.was followed by others, after which | There was uno service in the church refreshments were served.| here on Sunday on account of Rev.The heating of the school buildings | Mr.Keough conducting the funeral \"in this part of the country is a per- Service of Miss E.Kuights.plexing problem.Plans which work A very severe rain and wind storm satisfactorily ip most places seem to Visited our town on Saturday.The fail here.The R.C.Boys\u2019 8¢hool has | Wind Was the worst known here for \u2018had the same experience that others! 80Me Years pust.\u2018have had before.They have been A number from this place attended | obliged to discard the single tursace | \\0° funeral of Miss Ethel Knights.|aystem of heating and install two.Which was held at Ayer\u2019s Cliff on dea:h of their daughter Edith, wife of i Mr.Charles Mosher of Co cord Junction.Mase.Mrs.Mosher, who had been in poor health for some time, contracted pneumonia which proved fata) after a few days\u2019 illness.To the bereaved husband and child we extend sympathy.The funeral of Mr.Wm.McGowan was largely attended.Among those who were present from a distance were (Collector McClintock of the port of Stanstead, Officer Campbell, Beebe Plain, Mr.John F.Tuck of Knowl- | The new plan works better.(Sunday.Miss Knigh's; h d been a The new dining hall at the Rock Island House has been completed and FP : : la i i - elected to the municipal council in i8 now occupied.The room is lo | greatly.Mr.and Mrs.J- Knights .cated on the site of the old barn: , which was removed last summer.Be- \"low are several convenient sample rooms, the boiler room being still | \u2018lower.The new dining room is finished in native woods with metallic ceiling and is one of the handsomest \u2018public dining rooms in the county.price half cent less, in last issue only | in bis profession and reasonable in his) Mrs.J.G.Foster of Ottawa is at ofthe JOURNAL, because they knew that no one would get their paper until after Saturday, the 7th, accept the village residents and the loss would not be much on supplying so limited a number and the effect on the farmers, who it was intended should not get any, would be just as beneficial.The only village customer who applied in the forenoon of the 7th was told that they could not reccomend the oil, he brought his can to me and got it filled.That was positive assurance that while advertising Pratt\u2019s Astral Oil, it was not Pratt\u2019s Astral but poor oil, otherwise they could have reccomended it.The three village customers who applied in the |, afternoon were told they were out of oil; I filled their cans also.The men who 0 few years ago used to advertise Rock Island Boots cheap when they had only one pair of No.11 in stock; who one year ago advertised sugar cheap at Xmas, and laid the lame to someone else rather than deliver the goods; who advertised sugar cheap nt the County Fair, sells a few hundred pounds, then tells the masses \u2018Sold so many tons!\u201d \u201cAll out 1 Who advertises cheap oil on a few gallons at a date when the general ublic cannot get it, and the few who 0 apply told that they sold so many barrels, that they \u201chave no more;\" ¥ho a advertises cheap, low grade flour to cast reflection on yal Househoid, the one would make good graham biscuits if you were not particular as to color, the other, one of the best bread fours in Canada.I repeat, the men who wish the public to give them credit for their great and glorious eaarifices (on paper only); ho are so interested in the publics welfore that they will not put up the goods to back their figures; so jealous thy they will not allow others to put em up without trying to detract the credit to themselves.They will be Biven credit by the publie.an Thuredny, Jan.19th, remember t e date, | will again sell Pratt\u2019e 160 feat Oll, Beat American, stamped on quite.at 16 cts, (one day only.) teen Ceylon 40 ct.Tea for 20 cts.a pound, purchased from the agents of wt people who grow it.I do not say, ll you call for the tea, that I have one en and 40c.tea, as 1 have only ne ulk tea, and that the best to be tan and sell it 20 cts If I had to buy on other way than direct from the Shan an\u2019 1 could not sell it for less Yel cts.The car of American M How Corn due here Dec.28th, to be ons \" not over 59 cts.out of car, or had the market declines.1 have ofa he shippers trace this car by tel- near y their telegram reads: Oar Iwi our station.Thursday, Jan.19, ua sell this car from the store- tron ha the same price as 1 sell it some, e car, to give all chance to get Dressed Hogs advanced to 06.40.| charges.His occasional visits here : during the past ten or fifteen years ith eye troubles.One of the by-laws of the munici- ality of Rock Island prohibits sliding n the road or on the sidewalks.The enalty for violation of this ordinance e a fine of not Jess than one dollar nor more than five dollars or ten days in jail.Complaints have been made to the council and the matter was under discussion at the last meeting.The council has only to apply the law to stop its violation.\u201cThe Congregational and Universa- list Churches will hoid a united service on Sunday evening in the Opera House at 7 o'clock.The opening service will be conducted by the Rev.Mr.Emery, the newly elected pastor of the Uni- versalist Church, and an address will on \u201cThe Illustrious Dead of 1904.\u201d A coilection will be taken for benevolent purposes.All cordially invited.Saturday morning.Some of it was of the Methodist parsonage, some fell in the street and part of it lodged in trees.The building is covered with roof the north and south sides of which were stripped, the east side being partially bated.The damage has been temporarily repaired with \u2018\u2018tar- felt\u201d roofing.East winde are of rare occurrence here, but a gale from that direction is responsible for the havoc wrought Saturday.The announcement ie made that the Eastern Townships Bank will soon open a branch in Vancouver, B.C., as soon as the necessary ataff can be secured.It is rumored that the officials of the bank would be glad to have Mr.Sidney Stevens, now manager of the Rock Island branch, accept tbe management of the proposed branch in Vancouver.Besides being a hustling business city Vancouver is the terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway as well as of the Oriental steamship line operated by that company and its visitors include mapy distinguished people from all over the world.Mr.Stevens would not find it a dull place to exist in.what is technically known as a \u201chip\u201d Derby Line.Her father, Judge Mer- \u2018riman, is having serious trouble with, have been a blessing to many afflicted | is eyes and it is understood that Mrs.Pomeroy for a few days.; Foster is desirous of baving him taken to Montreal for treatment.The | Judge has been somewhat feeble for a : \u2018long time being afflicted with a peculiar trouble which prevented him from riding on railway trains.His removal is therefore a rather serious: | matter.Mr.J.M.Gilmore met with rather a serious accident Tuesday evening.He | had been out driving with a team be- | [longing to his brother-in-law, Mr.s.| T.Fregeau, and while putting up the | same a large sliding door ran off its track at one end.In hiseflorts to get the door back in its position Mr.Gii- ! more slipped and fell, his head striking the lower track with such force | that contusion of the brain was feared.| \u2018So serious was his condition that phy- | | be given by the Rev.G.Ellery Read 'gjcians remained with him throughout | Sunday.| : the night but he has since recovered.| It is said that the new school building at Derby Line is proving to be \u2018the building and yet it is claimed that carried across the road to the grounds | the school work has been greatly re- | ing as her friends could wish.tarded by the cold.Yesterday one) man informed the JOURNAL that he| had been obliged to withdraw a little girl from school because the building | was so cold that she was continually ill.As the result of the fight over its location a few years ago there is the | greatest apathy on the part of the citizens regarding the school.It is said, that Mr.Davis, who reluctantly con-, tinued in office as school director last | year, will positively retire at the end: of his present term and that no local man will accept the office.À prominent resident of Derby Line told the; JOURNAL the other day that there, would be no regrets if the building | should burn: they would be glad to | get rid of it.Such is the attitude of at least a large portion of the residents and no one seems to take an active interest in the school.By properly grading the grounds, planting trees on the exposed sides of the building and engaging a permanent janitor much of the trouble complained of would likely be avoided, but with the feeling now existing no such improvements are likely to be effected.ton\u2019s Landing, Mr.and Mrs.Thomas Dufresne, Mr.A.Vaughan and son of Bolton and many others.Since the first of January we have and family have the heartfelt sym- | had two brisk thaws.A flock of eight pathy of the Community.crows have been seen here during the Mr.and Mra.J.L.Heath visited at ; winter and they will very likely re- Mr.Elmer Spears on Monday.main until spring.Mr.J.F.Tuck re- Miss Hyndman from Sherbrooke, |ports a robin redbreast wintering returned to her school here on Mon- about his buildings at Knowlton\u2019s day.Master Redvers Hyndman ac- Landing.companied his sister here to s d a TOUT Week.pen BARNSTON.Mrs.Valdes of Derby Line, has George E.Searles, Homer L.Cleve- been visiting her sister, Mrs.8.W.|land and George N.Corliss were elected councillors on Monday, all new men.There was a large turnout of ratepayers as it had been announced by the council that a vote of the electors would be taken on the question of mouey tax or the old \u201cwork it oul\u201d Mr.Gage from Bedford spent a tew |8ystem for roads, which was accord- days with his sister, Mrs.Watson last ingly done.The money wax system week.| was voted down by a very large majority.Mise Elsie Hall and Miss Myra East- wan of Coaticook are spending a few days in town the guests of Mr.and Mre.M.Martin.Mr.Charles Wilkinson of Montreal was with his parents at the Methodist parsonage a few days last week.The Rev.A.H.Moore of Stanstead will take the service at Christ Church next Sunday morning in exchange with Mr.Watson.Mr.O.H.Merriman has eold his Mr.and Mrs.B.Kezar were at] farm to Me, a.smi o Coaticook Compton over Monday night.Lo a resi ence at Coaticook in ex The retiring councillors, Mr.Bond change, where he will soon remove, great sufferer of consumption for eight months.Her many friends will miss and also mourn for her Mr.and Mrs.Edward Precourt and Miss Mamie Precourt attended the funeral of Mr.A.Precourt at South Barnston last Friday.Mrs.Jsaac Clifford is failing fast.MASSAWIPPI.Mr.and Mrs.W.Munroe spent New Year's with her parents, Mr.and Mre.Ai Cox.Mrs.Lois Hovey recently passed a day with Mrs.Lucius Call at North Hatley.Miss Maud Peck has returned home from Derby Centre to remain at home for awhile.Miss Gladys Colt visited her cousin, Marjory Bresett of North Hatley last | A large portion of the metallic roof- | gomething of a \u201cwhite elephant.\u201d So , Little, Mr.A.Kezar and Mr.O.Le- ' joining the colony of retired farmers | ix ._ ing was blown from the R.C.Boye\u2019 |far this year, thirty cords of wood Baron, were re-elected by acclama- |\" that aspiring and progressing town.school building during the blizzard have been burned in an effort to warm | tion on Monday.! We are very sorry to lose good citi- | zens like Mr.Merriman.Mra.Charles Edson is not improv- | VE.Mr.and Mrs.Albert Ham came up | Duri ne aida a.Mise from North Hatley to spend Sunday | uring ve, with his parents i Flora Bryant received two bonuses The Ladies Aid met last Thursday | °° successful teaching given by In- afternoon with Mra.Leggo at \u201cMill- ; spector Thompson and Taylor, for the brook cottage.\u201d \u2019 year of 1904 at Apple Grove and East LT i Bolton, amounting to #34.00.She also : has received a bonus once before.CoAT COOK.! Miss E.Avyette Bryant returned to The strong winds of last Saturday 188 kb.Avye y did some damage in this vicinity.In, Megantic Monday after a two wecks } town one of the large plate glass win- visit at \u201cEdge wood Farm.range, if possible, for a publie meeting probably on Friday evening, the 20th, Miss H.Kennedy has not yet recovered Lhe use of her arm.Mira Kennedy is improving slowly, it is thought Mr.Thomas Sweeney is standing our cold Canadian winter very nicely.TO THE PUBLIC.You, who have not read Thomas Lawson's articles on Frenzied Finance in Evervbody's Magazine, procure the books and read how the public are humbuged, swindled.And when you read, realize that in the Village of Ayer's Flat, à few years ago, were enacted some parallel scenes on a smaller scale, but none the Jess in in- teusity of purpose.1 have under consideration the writing of n series of articles or a book on: \u201cHow and Why so many failures occurred at Aver\u2019s Flat during tho past ten years: who the men were that rigged some of the deals, and how they were benefitted; who the men were that lost; how goods were transferred at night and the silent watchman noted the movements; how men are taken into business as partners and the process by which they are squeezed out of the business and out of their money: how they are given a few paltry dollars to never make it public that they were squeezed; how gods were brought in and how they went out.the mixing process.The house where meetings were held to perfect plans, the men\u2018fin the background and the men in the foreground, and other instances in which | can write up the details to the above and other headlines that the public may be correctly informed of the true state of aflairs as enacted at the time.Yours truly, A.G.CLOUGH.1905.GREETING EVERYBODY! FROM THE NEW STORE.Clean Goods! New Prices! New (ioods! Fresh Eggs direct from the manu- factry, 30c.It\u2019s the Bird that\u2019s hit that flutters, Mat, 12: :4 35.Headquarters for all kinds of Feed and Flour.Old Yellow Corn Men) &1 25; Bran that beats the world, $1.00.bag included.Dr.Cheeney calls from the North Enat, South and West, and one criti l cal case from Derby Line for his pro fessional services.(\u2018nates Thread, 4c.Oranges, 30 fo.25¢.We supply vour Royal) HOUSE told without AKING.Respectfully, MERRILL & DIXON 87 Commercial Bt.dows in Fox & Nunn\u2019s store was broken in.some trees were blown down and the Methodist Church steeple suffered quite serious damage.Several barns were unroofed outside of town.The two councillors, E.F.Tomkins and 8.Bachand, whose term of office | had expired, were re-elected by ac- | following prices: clamation.{$14.00 Suits for $11.00, The funeral of Mre.Flanders, wife of C.A.Flanders of this town, took place at the Catholic Church on Monday afternoon.Mr.A.Moss, a long-time resident of this place, has been tor some time in very poor health and is now very low without hope of recovery.T.J.Baldwin from Iowa is visiting friends here at present.Watch this Corner C.913 Malin St., Smith's Mills, Que.for 1905 Business! LOOK AT THIS! 100 Suits of Ready-made Clothing to be told Cheap for Cash at th $12.00 Suits for $9.00, $10.00 Suits for $8.00, $6.00 Suits for $4.00.Youths\u2019 and Boys\u2019 Suits accordingly.Lumbermen's Coats from $1.75 to $6.00 For the next 20 days I will give a 10 per aent.discount on Lumbermen\u2019 Rubbers, Pontiacs, Felta, Moccasins, etc.Respectfully yours, $8.00 Suits for $6.00 L.JENKINS.arti a + I have made a close study of dairy problems during the lust fifteen or twenty years, and I think 1 have picked up some experience Ly which others should profit, writes a South Dakota farmer in Iowa Homestead.! refer especially to the matter of exciting the dairy cow.In the drst place, | bave uo use for u dog uround a dairy farm.Oue that is properly trained aml is looked ufter by a sensible person may often be useful without being harmful.but where there are a number of individuals lookiug after the cows [ think the dog should be dispensed with, [ have many times noticed a falling off of fully one-balf in the quantity of milk given by my cows after they have been given a chase by tue dog, while I have in mind a few cases where cows under normal conditions gave six quarts at a milking would vot give a pint after Leing chased by a dog.Now, a repetition of this experience for a few tinles may orcur even after a lactation period of ouly three or four months.We have never seen an instance where punishing the dairy cows because they made a mistake did any good, and the milk stool used as a cudgel has been responsible in the past for drying up as many cows as any other factor which we know anything about.The manu who does not Know better than to kick or pouud a cow bas no business on a dairy farm, his place being in a mule bara.where lessons in discipline are given alike by the master and by the animal.Beet or Milk.Is there more profit in beef that we should reduce our milk flow?I know of no figure to pruve such.[ was great- Iy interested in the comparative profits as given by Wisconsin farmers a few years ago, which were invariably on the dairy side.Where milking is a se- ricus objection there may be some de batable ground.There is na doubt that where poor dairy cows are kept up to date beef production would be more satisfactory.but a poor dairy cow feeder wouid rarely evolve himself into a successful beef feeder at a single turn of the crank.In fact, it is only the educated liberal feeder who could for one moment expect to produce prime beef even upon the best of beef form.And it has never been contended that there was profit in poorly bred beef stock half fed.\u2014Rural New York- er.Devon Dairy Cattle.The Devon is an all round cow, suitable for the private family and suitable for the business dairy.writes J.C.Morris in American Cultivator.A DEVON COW.She will do well when kept alone and can take care of herself in a berd.Nhe is a long lived cow.She does not quickly wenr out.She is as useful at fifteen years as some cows of five, She has twice the business life in her of almost any other cow.The color of the Devon is a dark, rich, glossy red.The cows weigh from 700 to 900 pounds, their average weight being about 800 pounds.The Devon is smaller than the Short- born, the Hereford or the Holstein.but larger than the Jersey or the Ayrshire.Weed Flavor In Butter, Sometimes cows are starved to eat weeds, while at other times they will eat weeds in spite of all you can do, says L.W.Lighty in National Stock- man.Some flavors can be washed out of the cream, but some \u201chold the fort\u201d against anything we can advise thus far.Atuong the latter is garlic.To wash out ragweed or some other kindred flavors we run the milk through the separator as usual, then mix with the cream about two and a balf times its bulk pure water at 150 degrees and put through the separator again, and the cream will be sweet and normal, but very rich in butter fat.Mixing drugs or nostrums with the milk or cream usually makes matters worse and should not be done, Causes of Dafry Fafîlures.Among the chief causes of failure in milk farming, says an Ohlo farmer in American Cultivator, are mixed or crossed breeds, trying to make milk cowsn of beef cattle, selection of breeds not suited to the purpose, fallure to test milk, lack of a special dairy room, which would secure cleaner and more thorough work; failure to read and study about the business.All successful hnsiness is made 80 by the persiat- ent ll and purpose of its promoter.The dairy is no exception.Te Get Clean Mifk.In order to get clean milk not only should the cow stable he clean and swekt\u2014Aabout ninety-nine out of every bundred are not\u2014so that the breati and L od and tissues of the cow shall not be affected by bad odors, but the milker should be in perfect bealth, feeds should be sweet and free from mam and all water tanks clean and free from green slime and strong odors, Prairie Farmer.Success Ia Assured.The better prices secured for dairy! products in winter bave influenced | many progressive farmers to hive quite a number of calves dropped in the fall of the year, says l\u2018urmuers\u2019 Ad vocate, To raise fall calves successfully it is nevessary in the first place to pro-, vide warm quarters for them.A box\u2019 stall where they can run loose after receiving their milk allowance Loti | in the worning and evening is prefera- i ble to a stall in which they must Le tied all the time, Some means for tying them while they are drinking their milk and eating thelr grain, however, should Le provided in order to keep | them from sucking each other, as this is an injurious habit, | Skim milk is the most economieuy! | food for calves, and since the advent of the hand separator this may be fed without any trouble whatsoever pro- | vided it is ulways fed at a certain nai- | form temperature very nearly that of freshly drawn milk.It is not neces.| sary to feed whole milk to a calf longer than a week or ten days, After that time skim milk may gradually be substituted for whole mk until ot the end of two weeks the calf is getting nothing but skim milk.As soon as this point hag been reached ald about a teaspoonful of ground flax (not flaxseed meal from which the oil hus been extracted: to each feed.Flux, being rich in fat, supplies the fat re moved from the milk by the separator, and as this fat has the same food valve as has butter rat it is equally valuu- ble as a calf food.We have used the raw ground flax with excellent success for many years and know it to be an excellent food.A teaspoonful of tlax meal at each feed is ample for a young calf, and more than a tablespoontul should never be fed even to large calves.When more grain is needed feed dry oats.Working the Butter, Great cure should be taken to have butter a right temperature for working \u2014usually between 50 and 55 degrees.' There will then be a sutficient amount of moisture in the butter to dissnive the salt, and a reasonable amount uf working \u2014 say twenty-two to twenty- four turns of the butter worker or about thirty revolutions of a combined churn under average conditions\u2014will insure surplus and the retention of sufficient moisture, and all this without sacrificing the waxiness and grain so characteristic of good butter.Such butter should possess good keeping quali- tles.\u2014T.A.Ruddick.Chief of Dalry Ii- vision, Ottawa Station.Washing Butter.In washing hutter use only pure water.Pasteurize the water if necessary.| Use a good quantity of water in washing, as much as there was of cream or mote.Wash the butter a second time if the first water is milky.Gauge the temperature of the water to leave the butter at a right temperature.50 to 55 degrees.depending upon conditions for working.am Butter and Cheese > > On account of the demand for print butter the manufacturers and dealers in dairy supplies have designed a number of machines and appliances for eco- | nomically molding the butter into print forms, says American Cultivator.A simllar arrangement for molding cheese | 80 that it may be cut into one pound! prints has been designed at the Wis- | consin station.The first pfint cheese was made during the winter of 1898-99.The cheese is made by the usual ched- i dar process, but the curd is placed in a rectangular mold, the bottom, or \u201cfollower,\u201d of which is a carved board.; This board makes an impression in each one pound print of cheese, the groove showing where it should be cut in order to make each print about one pound in weight.Each cheese shown weighs a little over fifteen pounds, ! Removing the suttermilk.When churning small lots of cream some persons squeeze out the butter | milk by the aid of a wooden roller or spoon, but this method requires an excessive manipulation, which injures the texture of the butter.It is preferable to remove the buttermilk by means of water, and the washing should take place while the butter is still In the churn and as soon as the greater part of the buttermilk has been drawn off.Butter that is to he eaten quickly need not be so thoroughly washed as that which is required to be kept for some time, as a small quantity of buttermilk left therein brings out the aroma more quickly.: Cottonseed Butter, Southern dairy men should remember that they cannot make a first class article of butter by feeding cotton seed alone.It spoils the flavor.Cotton seed meal, or well steamed cotton seeds, fed In limited quantities in connection with other feed will do no barm.\u2014Farm Visitors.Salting the Butter.One ounce of salt to a pound of but: ter is usually the best rule, but always try to salt to sult your customers.Churning the Cream.For churning we prefer a simple, revolving barrel or box with no inside fixings.Stop the churn when the butter granules are the size of half a grain of wheat.If you get the granules too large you will have trouble to drain out the buttermilk and Incorporate the salt.If the temperature is low enough to make the granules rather hard the buttermilk wliil drain out more completely.Should wo have trouble to get the butter to float a little water with a few handfuls of salt will bring the butter on top.\u2014L.W.Lighty at Pennsylvania Farm Institute Meeting.i RAISING FALL CALVES.| \u2014_\u2014 | With Warm Quarters and Good Care! An Astute Blind Man.A blind man possessed $500, and, fearing that somebody might steal it, be buried Lis treasure in a corner of bis garden.A neighbor saw him at his work and in the night stole his money.The blind man ou discovering his loss and suspecting his neighbor went to bim and said: \u201cMy infirmity renders me diffident, and few ure the persons whom I can trust.You are our of thuse few, and | have cowe to tell you à secret and to ask your advice.! ain , the possessor of $1,000 in gold.I have hidden half of it in a place which I believe to Le secure, Do you think I would do well to put the other half in tbe same place?\u201d \u2018Yes, by all means,\u201d i replied Lis neighbor, \u201cWere 1 in your place I would do the same.There is no knowing what may happen if you keep your money in your house\u201d Having given his advice, the thief, hoping to get the rest of the blind man's money, hastened to replace the half he had stolen, and thus the astute blind man recovered his property.A Fall and a Lemon.An English gentleman traveling solue years ago in Ireland took a hame wer and tacks along with bim because be found dog's eared carpets at all the inns where he rested.At one of these inns he tacked down the carpet.which, as usual, was Joose near the door, and soon afterward rang the bell for his dinner.While the carpet was loose the door could not be opened without a bard push, so when the waiter came .up he Just unlatched the door; then, going back a couple of yards, he rushed against it, as his bubit was, with a sudden spring to force it open.But the wrinkles of the carpet were no longer there to stop It, and, not meeting with the expected resistance, the waiter fell full length into the room.It bad never entered his head that so much trouble might be saved by means of a hammer and a dozen or even balf a dozen tacks until Lis fall taught him that makeshift is a very unprofitable ; sort of shift.A Contly Jest.It was a jest pure and simple that brought about the war between England and France in 1087 and ultimately cost the great William his life.William, of course, was \u201cgreat\u201d in more senses than one.So stout was be in fact by reason of his idle and luxurious BRIGHTEN THE LONELY HOMES.Those who know the great West of Canada con easily picture to themselves the country, the scattered homesteads, the primitive shacks, the miners huts, which are inhabited by those pioneers who are winning for us this vaste and fertile territory at the cost of endless toil and hardship.Such conditions are inseparable from a new country, however full of beauty and natural resources.Where there are families and children, a little school house may be within reach during perhaps six months of lthe year, and possibly a church.The other resources of civilization are conspicuous by their absence.There is the home, with its walls | bare of picture® and ornaments; the [little shelf in the corner, with its i treasures which have been read and re-read and on the table the little newspaper which is published weekly in the town twenty miles off, and | which is the only source of informa- , tion as to what is going on in the ou- iter world.Think of the men, espec- ally the bachelors, who are living out their lives amid these surroundings, who have to come back to them after their hard day\u2019s work.Think of the \u2018women who cannot have even the \\ variety of getting away to the fields ;or market, but who have to face the ; monotony and drudgery of the house - ! work, year in ond year out, if the i children are to be cared for and the home kept together.Think of the \u2018children who are growing up amidst \u2018this environment.What can be done to brighten the \u2018homes of those who live twenty and thirty and forty miles away from the Post Office or village, and where neighbors are few and far between?The Aberdeen Association is answer- ling this question by distributing { large quantities of good reading matter, fictures, games, flower seeds, etc., | among those who cannot offord such j things for themselves.Unfortunate- ily the supply is entirely inadequate.{In most Canadian homes there are quantities of books, magazines pic- liam beard of this and in a turious | life that he could not walk from place | tures, Christmas cards, calendars, and to place, but had to be carried.One 'so on, that are looked upon as useless day his contemporary.Philip of | lumber, and yet these would be great- France, delicately remarked at dinner | ey appreciated by many isolated fam- that William was \u201clike a fillet of beef jj.Why not start now to send a on casters and ought to be exhibited at | parcel of the best of these things at a prize monarch show.\u201d Naturally Wil- | < ; regular intervals to the nearest branch rage ordered bis troops to invade at lof the Aberdeen Association for dis- once.This was done, and a war com- |tribution?What could better exem- menced which ended in the English !plity the spirit of good will to men king being thrown from his horse and 'that prevails at the Christmas sea- killed while superintending the siege !gon?Tue branch organizations are of Nantes.Adaptable Woman.It is always a mystery how we change our figures, our faces and our gait with every change of fashion, but there is no denyig the fact that women do seem to accommodate them selves to Madame la Mode in this way.One year they will be of the drooping, languid, Rossettian type; another, they ; Will be completely Georgian in face and style, and then, hey, presto, fash- fon waves her wand and every one {s magically transformed into a sturdy, square shouldered, across country looking person, with a face to match and a corresponding air.How Whittier Raised Some Money.an interesting story is told of the poet Whittier showing his ingenuity in getting subscriptions for a good cause.There were a number of carriage makers in Amesbury, where he resided.and, being once unable to collect cash in consequence of the pre- valling commercial depression, he suggested that each might contribute some part of a carriage\u2014one the wheels, another the body, etc.Thus all the parts of a complete carriage were given.and it was sold for the amount required.Breaking It Gently, \u201cYou were a long time in the far corner of the conservatory last, even- fog.\u201d suggested the mother.\u201cWhat \"was going on?\u201d \u201cDo you remember the occasion on which you became engaged to papa?\u2019 inquired the daughter, by way of reply.\u201cOf course I do.\u201d \u201c\u2019Fhen it ought not to be necessary for you to ask any questions.\u201d Thus gently the news was broken that they were to have a son-in-law, Not Ranning on Tick.\u201cYou seem to be very quiet all of a sudden,\u201d said the clock key.\u201cYes, I'm all run down,\u201d replied the clock.\u201cTime is money.they say, so I guess I must be bankrupt.\u201d \u201cThat being the case,\u201d replied the key, \u201cI'll appoint myself receiver and nroceed to wind up your affairs.\u2019 Eanily Pleased Then, Nell\u2014So their engagement is off?Belle\u2014Yes: She says be was too hard to please.Nell\u2014 That's funny.He must have changed since he proposed to her \u2014Exchange.Confidential, \u201cDo you love me?\u2019 said the paper bag to the sugar.\u201cI'm just wrapped up in you,\u201d replied the sugar.\u201cYou sweet thing!\u201d murmured the paper bag.Happy.Ethel\u2014-How happy Gladys looks tonight! Edythe\u2014Yes, she expects to nave a chance to accept Fred or turn down Charley, and she doesn't care which.\u2014 Cincinnati Commercial Trib \u2018oe, at Brandon, Calgary, Halifax Hamilton, Kingston, London, Montreal, Ot- ttawa, 8t.John, Toronto, Vancouver, ; Victoria, and Winnipeg, and there are local secretaries at each place to whom parcels should be addressed.The general secretary is Mr.C.F.Whitley, Dept.of Agriculture, Ottawa who will gladly give further information concerning the work of the Association.A'VERMONT LIQUOR CASE.The trial of the case of State vs.Thomas Suiter of Hardwick was heard in the Caledonia County Court recently.This was a prosecution for illegal selling and keeping and exposing for sale intoxicating liquors.The evidence of the State disclosed that on several different occasions the premises of the respondent had been searched and that whiskey, gin, brandy, ale, etc., had been found, but not in thet part of the building occupied by thé respondent.When the State re ted counsel for respondent moved for a verdict on the ground that the State in making out its case had failed to connect the respondent with the liquor which had been seized, which motion was overruled.Before the .close of the case, the State brought out in the examination of the respondent's witnesses circumstances strongly indicating a partnership between the respondent and the other tenants in the building in which the liquor was found.The jnry after being out an hour re- tusned a verdict at 5.15 p.m.of guilty of one offence.The sentence was that respondent pay a fine of 8366 with alternate sentence and that he be confined in the House of Correction at Rutland for a term not exceeding four months and not exceeding three months and that he pay the cost of prosecution.The issuing of a mitt.mus was stayed as the case will go Supreme Court.Bail was fixed at $1200, for the prosecution of the case in Supreme Court, which sum was furnished.State's Attorney Frank D.Thompson and David E.Porter represented the State; M.M.Gordon ot Barre and Harland B.Howe d:fending.The complimentary reference to Mr.8kinner, manager of the People\u2019s Telephone Company, which appeare d in this department last week should have been credited to the Waterloo Advertizer.For Over Sixty Years, Mrs.Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for over minis years by millions of moth- ern for their ohildren while teething, with per: tect success.It soothes the child, softens the fms, allays all pain, cures wind colics, and fa he best remedy Por diarrhœs.It will relieve the poor little sufferer immediately.Sold by druggists in every part of the world, Sweaty five conte s bottle, Be sure and ask For \"Mrs.Winslow's Soothing Syrup,\u2019 sad take ne rm A BIG DISCOUNT = meena SALE OF = CLOTHING 300 prs.Wool Pants, 85c.to $2.00 Youths\u2019 Reefers, former price, $5.00, now 3.98 Men\u2019s Reefers, former price, 7.00, now 5.98 Youths\u2019 Ulsters, former price, 5.00, now 3.95 Men\u2019s Ulsters, former price, 6.50, now 5.00 25 per ct.off on Boys\u2019, Men\u2019s and Youths\u2019 Suits Latest Styles in Ladies\u2019 Suits and Jackets W.M.PIKE CAPITAL AND SURPLUS OVER Four Million Dollars Great strength, long experience and thorough equipment enable this Bank to offer prompt and efficient service in every Branch of the Banking Business.3 per cent interest on Savings Accounts.Eastern Townships Bank.ESTABLISHED 1856.GONOBONONONONONONONONONONONONORORONONONONORORO NOES FASHIONABLE TAILORING! 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For North\u20145.31 a.m., 1.03 and 6.80 p.m.For South\u20140.08 a.m.11.458, m., 10.20 p.m.TRAINS ARRIVE AT STANATEAD: From South\u20140.08 a.m., 1.54, and 7,10 p.m.From North\u20146.40 a.m., 12.07 and 10.55 p.m.TRAINS LEAVE ROCK ISLAND AND DERBY TINE: 5.85 a.m.for Sherbrooke, Montreal (G.T.> Quebec (G.T.& Q.©.) 6.18 n.m., for Boston and New York, for Mont real (C.P.) 11.89 a.m.for South.1.03 p.m.for Sherbrooke, Island Pond and Montreal.(G.T.) 6.43 p.m.for Montreal (G.T.) Quebec (G.T.& Q.C.) 10.24 pm.tor Boston and New York.TRAINS ARRIVE AT ROCK ISLAND AND DSRBY LINE: From South\u20145.56 a.m., 1.80, and 7.08 p.m.From North\u20146.86 a.m., 12.05 and 10.58 p.m.D.J.FLANDERS, G.P.& T.A.especial attention to the New Styles.THIBETANS ARE TRADERS.According to a London despatch,\u2014 Colonel Younghusband, who conclud- i ed the British treaty with Thitet, and who arrived in England from Lhassa, says that owing to the magnificent behavior of the British troops, the Thibetans were much better disposed toward them when they left than when they arrived.The colonel said that, as a result of the mission, obstacles to trade with India bad been removed, and trade was in actual progress when he left.\u201cThe Thibetans,\u201d he said, are a nation of shopkeepers., While the mission was in the country, Thibetan traders were continually coming in to all our camps and posts to seul produce and goods.There seems to be every prospect of a thriving trade springing up between India and Thi- bet.It was a very difficult matter to get the convention through in a few weeks which military necessity placed at my disposal, and still more difficult | to do this without causing bitterness | of feeling among the Thibetans.\u201c| am happy to say that we have | not left behind us at Lhassa any of | that feeling of race animosity which ; might be very apt to occur under si- .milar circumstances.The fact that | we were allowed into the most sacred | shrines in Lbassa, and that after the treaty was signed\u2019 Captain Connor | was received by the Tashi Lama at Shi- _gatse with great ceremony, was sure | proof that the walls of religious ob- I struction which had been raised by the lamas, and which had hitherto closed the country, had more or Jess been broken down.Ido not think it likely that they will ever wish to \u2018raise them again.\u201d ! Rossland reports an ontput of ore during 1904 of 342,324 tons, valued at 24,400,000.There are not many places ot the size in Canada that can advance such a record as a wealth producer.The town is vindicating the faith of those who put money in its rocks.A CARD.I, the undersigned, do hereby argee to refund the money on a 50-cent bottle of Greene's Warranted 8yrup of Tar if it fails to cure your cough or tle to prove satisfactory or money refunded.J.T.Flint.» cold.I also guarantee a 25-cent bot- | comp | VERMONT ITEMS.The Addison County Poultry Avso- ciation hus decided to held no mose shows, the expenrr being mure thas the receipts.Five cons owned by Willinm Kime bali of Wust Furristaug broke troouen the ice on Lake Chaturpisiu Devenir 27 and were drowned J.F.Kel'y, proprietor of the American house in Ricbtord, which was burned on Christmas day, wii begin rebuilding at ouce, and has secured temporary quarters.Thomas Lambert in State's prison for two and one-half years aud George Kaley in the House of Correction for ! one and one-half years were pardoned by Gov.Bell Doc.24.By the will of the late George E.P.Dodge, a retired sho: manufacturer of Chicago, which bas just been ad- {mitted to probate, Bennington re- | ceives a bequest of 38,000 for a library, and Manchester receives £5,000 for a memorial chapel.i The committe to investigate state institutes mt :t Montpelier for organization recently.They will begin their work in abot a month.The State Hospital for the Insana at Waterbury will receive their first attention.At the close of their work they will report Lo the Governor, An effort to form a grange at Bristol recently proved a failuce, an few per- sons expressed their willingness Lo join.Guv.025 Bell of WW den nod State Deputy fear Ho Mose ot Rane do'ph were pros ob and exp taned the aims and vbjetis 61 Loe iene About 5 people dltendedd Lae moe The semi-am.unl the State Court.ters, will ne held witn Chanpiin Court, No.563, ut Essex Junction Tuesday, LFeoruary 14.have been appointed to make arrangement fer the occasion.F.W.Sault of Essex Junction is the Treasurer.meen of Com.vitiees Sale Little Mary Murpny of Bradiord met with what mushit have teen à serious accident December 26 Her wled became unmanageable and thrown ito the barbed wire fence on the side.A gash was cui in her throat which required three stitches to close rand the palm oi one hand was badly torn.The litUe girl is progressing well toward recovery.slic was ; The Vermout State Spiritualist Ae- Crnohe Oder of Fores: VERM INT ITENS.The next meeting of the Vermont State Teachers\u2019 Amsodiation win be hid at Montpelier Octouer 19, 20 and 21, 1805.The Vergennes cream-ry plant with ' the separating station at Mason's Cor- Ness, Now Haven, has been sold to Donahue Brothers for 23.000, Pu-see- ron was given January 1.Over 3% poor men, women and «Widren from all parts of Rutland County were taken to Rutland Dec.23 by wanrous of tae Ruddand Humane Svisty and giver an excellent Christmas dinner.Later presents of eloth- lg Were given eae one, Sheriff Peck, who is to hang Mrs.Ke gers, has received from Boston an anonymous letter in a femini e hand in which the writer expresse | a hope that he would drop dead \u201cefore the lime set for Mra, Rouers\u2019- execution, .\u201cand (hat after death he night go to Lhe lower regions.: The Supreme Court.Ladependent Order of Foresters, his accented the, \u201cinvitation of the Montpelier court to: hold à state convention there tor the, orgamzaton of a state high court.Clie convent.on will be hed Janaary 23 and it is expected that some seven- \u201cvive detogates from oes thao fhe ceudts will bee present, oe tv Morse 1 abs, sean ce sin Analro seve three years, em X men peut + 0 che state Up to ver, en vod ns hu tx is presenter» PL trou thon \u2018 le sis d' tre 11 01 he fur alae on or whe ld var bs ee oe ee rote i VW ach el ho cal accept HELP of the Vom cation 6 Boston, witb ine hod bat the Ve ld ame, Boston, to-day Trae ne seeing guests of (he aersion whe Gov, pod Mes, C000 Pell of Walden, United Sates Setar Wa Po Diihingbam \u201cot Montpelier, nnd Congressman Das vd J.Foster of Burlington.Six barons belonsing to Barl Paw rs Decemoer 2: There were 84 cows in the barns, hat al] but eight About 500 tons ef \u2018aux Bilox containing 150 tons of ensilage were destroyed.À part of tne farming tools \u2018were saved.It is supposed that the \"fire caught from a he «ter.The insurance was about >2500 in Braintree, we harned We = savel, and three i Will Ewtman shot Frank Broughton MONTHLY BJOGET.\u201d Notes from the Hatley Township W.C.T.U.Record Bock.! North Hatley, Nov, 30th 1904 Uatoa mes with the Misses Wad- igh » wee in ndvanes.\u201d Opened with devotional exercises; m n: t sap- proved, Tne President reporced an ca tte with Mass fond, reas te be tes ang of V4 008 10 UE = oui, OUI soute Loe ponent to Lhe sl Jedi, GI Clg sent be won Lee pea] Roportedt bag of She sro 4 neody San trom oar tensa fu Acdsourned to met own 210 HET all Sap oer sel vedd poe same, Averts Catto Deco ner 1a Alar meeting with Mis.A Fuerees eghtl lrdies present.Bibie reading the 44 chapter Isnit and prayer by Mrs.Davis: singing, Bye and Bye.Tempetance Sunday ob erved by Eld.Crark, piving nt the request of the Utena temperance sermon and Mrs Davis favored th congreyg daon dint Woo e das da Janay, Cerrina ee Lis Tout 800 with i recitation: deeded to visit the senool ater the noeaanys Toe debate arrrged Cor tren to 6% 040 Cuers Gon Whew sul rs che est trom liquer cmse \"7 ratrer, mother, eden, Mo Stes sted Mies, Tove al - Ye sujet und RIESE ENCE ! ds The ace net tes rade ad 0 lan ano toes Siero tre as Soa doa tm aoe : : vrother to PL Na Co vain Mes Jd obese ' \\ vice Leg vou \u2018 ' clng ot Che A I oe 2h Regs ue atic IB Po et eration Gilad Oy «1 cut and in noo So «+1 {mas squrat of He Love opportunity tas oe heey spin gata theo ph ree ve Ma >awgees tree RU À atormy day and atte dd: pee small, Met with Mrs A.Hurd: The President vend tae ich Palm, Sons \u201cTo the work.\u201d \u2018olfow d by prayer.Business was pot by and a Visit had with our lone!s rend, Mis, Huard, who day by dav 1eadizes her loss of no kind hushand more nnd more 100 King\u2019s message cards received for distribution among the children, hoping many \u201crood seed\u2019 may take root thereby, That the bar room makes the drunk- sociation will hold its next annual lin the leg at West Norwich December urd, law makes the bar room, legisla \u2018convention at Grand Army hall in 9) Eastman claims that he acted in ture makes the law and the ! Montpelier, Friday, Saturday and Suu- day, January 20, 21 and 22, 1905.The Broughton attempted |! {self defence.| Eastman\u2019s house while | to enter voter makes tae legislature is a fact 10 be remembered.and the boys of to-day state speakers are Alonzo Hubbard.lg.,k.and on being refused admit- will be the voters of the fatme.The ! Mrs.Abbie Crossett, Mrs.Emma Paul, Mrs.Sarah A, Wiley and lda Lewis.In addition to the state speakers the management has secured Mrs.Effie J.;.Webster of Lynn, Mass., à good test ,medium and speaker, for the entire \u201cmeeting.iE.H.Fitzhugh, First Vice-President {and General Manager of the Central Vermont Railway Company, will go soon to Montreal to Vice-President of the (irand Trunk system, succeeding F.W.Morse, who | has resigned to devote his time to the duties of Vice-President and General i Manager of the Grand Trunk Pacific road.Mr.Fitzhugh will be succeeded [by G.C.Jones, at preseut Superintendent of the middle division of the | Grand Trunk with offices in Toronto.Walter E.Ranger, State Superin- ,tehdent of Education, has received a preliminary programme of the anpual \u2018convention of the department of su- | | perintendents of the National Educa- : i tional Association, to be held at Mil- .waukee, Wis., Feb.28 and March 1 \u2018and 2.The convention of the main association will be held at Asbury Park and Ocean Grove, N.J.July 3-7.The association is composed of some twenty departments some of which hold separate meetings.While Carl Westhorn of East Rich- ford was lacing a belt in the box shop of L.Baker & Sons December 26, the belt caught and threw Westhorn to the shaft and wound around one leg, carrying him around the shaft, which made about four hundred revolutions a minute, The scalp was nearly torn from his head, both legs were broken, and he was badly bruised.He wan taken to the home of his brother nearby, where he died at 3 o'clock the following morning.Mr.Westhorn was twenty-three vears old.The articles of agreement between the village of Northfield and Moody & Almon for the electric light power has been duly signed and delivered.become Third | tance became violent and began \u2018throwing sticks of wood through the | windows.It is said that a struggle | between the men followed gnd East: : (Man finally used a gun.Broughton's wife wan Eastman\u2019s housekeeper and : it is thought that Broughton may have been insanely jealous.Articles of association have heen filed at the secretary of states office incoporating the Routwell-Varnum i granite company of Montpelier, with' Ia capital stock of £200,000 divided into 2000 shares of 8100 each.The company is formed for the purpose of quarrying and manufacturing granite and to sell and equip any granite | plants with the proper appliances for | manufacturing granite.There are \u2018five subscribers, James Boutwell, N.'W.Varnum, Jennie Boutwell, G.B.Varpum and Abbie Varnum.| Attempted Murder an Suicide.After shooting his wite through the , wrist in an attempt to end her life, .(Frank Poor, otherwise known as Frank Bailey of Bennington, fired a \u2018bullet through his head Tuesday, Dec.;27, his body being found the following \u2018day on the lawn of ©.L.Hudson of \"Hillside street.The weapon, a 32-, i calibre revolver with three chambers .l empty, was clasped in his right hand, and a gaping wound in the middle of the forehead showed the cause of.\u2018death.Mrs.Poor is suffering from two fractured bonee in her right wrist and is prostrated by the shock.Poor attempted to commit suicide last summer but was unsuccessful.He was of a jealous and quarrelsome disposition and frequently quarreled | with his wife, who left him some time \u2018ago and went to live with her parents.Tuesday night as Mrs.Poor war walking home from Library Where she had passed the evening, \u2018whe was met by her husband, who \u2018walked home with her.At the door l of the house he requested that he be allowed to enter.Mrs.Pour replied hall.necessity of their education in the right direction i= manifest.E.G.ST DizieR, Town Ree Soe, NO P=ZACE PROSPECTS.Fall of Prt Arthur Means Incre sel Activity in the North.Japan has made no overtures fur peace to Russia, directly or indirectly, through the United States or any other power, aud she contemplates no such action, and now that Port Ar thur bus fallen, proposes to press the wir in the north all the more vigor - ously by reintoreing the Japanese a - nues af no Yang with the greater part of the troops that have been he- sieginy Port Arthur.This, on brief, represents views of Korgoro Takahira, the Japanese minister to the United States, according to a Washington de- spatelh.\u2018SThe fall ot Port Arthur\u201d raid the minister.\u2018us but a step in the war which Japan is waging for a principle.Cortainiv it is an important step but nothing could be further from the truth than the assumption that, because Japan has captured à strong hold.the fali of which has been expected.the Japanese (iovernment will now make overtures for peace, nor have the powers approached as with any idea ot intervention \u201d At the Russian embassy it was reiterated that Russia would fight ail the harder in view of the loss of Port Arthur.A SEA-LEVEL CANAL AT PANAMA.The investigation of the United States engineers along the route of the Panama Canal and in the watershed of the Chagres KHiver have raised the question as to whether it would not be more to the ultimate advantage of the United States, and of uen-going commerce in general, to build the canal on a broader scale to meet the rapidly growing dimensions of steani- ships, and also whether it would not be wiser to build it with a lower sum- Moody & Almon are to furnish the that her father would not allow him mit level, or abolish the lockage sys lighting power but the village controls it the rame as in the past, and does not lose its identity as a municipal {two shots at the woman, one of which ocein, in the house, Poor then drew a revolver and fired tem altogether, ned cut the canal through at one level from ocean to Mr.Wallace, Chief Engineer lighting plant, as has been erronously : took effect in her right wrist, fractur- of the F-sthmian Canal Commission, stated by the newspapers.The coning two of the bones.Mra.Poor's has recentiy given testimony before tract is for one year with the privi- \u2018screams attracted many persons to the House Comittee on Interstate lege on the part of the village 10 ex- the scene, but before he could be ap- and Fureign Commerce, in which he tend il six months, and include day prehended the assailant walked away discussed the relative advantage ot lights.The village pays the company 84,500 per year for the power for vil- {towards the railroad station.| Heattempted to hoard che sleeper four distinct plans for building the canal.Incidentally, it was shown by lage and commercial lighting.Moody [and leave the place, but as he had no his testimony that the engineering & Almon agree to erect a 350 horse- | money and could not buy a ticket, 1difficuities at the site of the Bobhio power steam plant in the village at|Conductor Belden refused to allow \u2018dam would be greater that was form- ; once to supplement their large water ,power plant in Moretown, thus providing for any emergency like breakages and possible water famine.There are a number of minor conditions such as naturally enter into any carefully drawn contract.him on board, It is believed that he! strolled about the place for some time anc then shot himself.Mrs.Poor was taken to her home, where a physician was summoned and | her wound dressed.Except for the shock she is not seriously hurt.erly estimated, the more elaborate borings that are now being made having shown that the rock bottom is much lower than was supposed, the later borings having been carried down to an average depth of 163 feet without reaching bedrock.mage ek UL .A See yo + \u201c EN es HRs Seg \u201ceme EAE SH ¥, os es 4 ra no The Stanstead Journal.PUBIIRHED KVERY THURSDAY BY THE JOURNAL PRINTING CO.Rock Island, Que.Une year talvance payment» \\f paid in aux months, at the end of the year, 1,50 ADVERTISING RATER, Transient advertising 10 cents a line for the drat insertion and 3 cents a hae for each sub | sequent insertion.12 lines totheineh, Noad vertisment received for less than 50 cents.CORRESPONDENCE.was reported that this physician, on examining his patient, said: \u2018This man is dying of heat prostration.\u201d He died before remedies could be procured from the Rock Island drug | store.If the coroner was notified In fact the matter was kept as quietly as possibly through sympathy for the victim\u2019s aged mother.I have related the circumstances\u2019 attending six tragic deaths in these two villages.The traffic has had its victims at Stanstead Plain, though perhaps not as many sudden deaths: Mk.Eprror: The facts which your correspondent proposes to ventilate, I have in mind one of the brightest\u2019 \u2018and most highly esteemed citizens \"who died suddenly under most heart- as an addendum to the recent temper- | rending circumstances during a peri- ance leason, are as follows: Vietim number one was an old gentleman, who resided in his sister\u2019s odical attack of alcoholism.There \u2018are other homes in that community | that have not been spared.family in the house on the Line hill, | Not many years since two men fell now owned by Mre.Eastman.He met | from a bridge below Derby Centre.with an accident which caused his | They were found death in a very short time.At that | early date some sixiv-five vears ago there were no hotels at Rock Island.The merchants sold liquor as freely then, as the hotels are selling it now.The original Line bridge was a long, low, uncovered structure.This aged man, while under the influence of liguor imbibed at Rock Island, endeavored to cross the bridge on his way home.While staggering along from side to side of the road, he missed the bridge and walked off the bank, falling on the rocks beiow.He was taken home 1n a terribly bruised and mangled condition, and a¥ mentioned above, lived only a short time.Victim number two was a stranger.He fell into the canal and was drowned.A post mortem examination was held to ascertain if the accident was caused by some physical infirmity.A physician, who helped to perforin the autopsy, told me that when the brain wes exposed the fumes ofalcohol arising from it.tilled the entire room.Evidently the Rock Island liquor traffic was responsible for that death.Victim number three wae a resident of Derby Line.This young man was a member of a prominent and most estimable family.He left a wife ard children to mourn his sad fate.Al- | though the immediate cause of bis sudden death was not alcohol, still the | primary cause was the liquor traffic at: Rock Islaud.Who can estimate the amount of heart-rending grief which | that family endured during all that sad experience ?| in the morning frozen.The liquor traffic somewhere, if not at Rock Island, was responsible for that calamity.The record of these deaths seems truly appaling, but \u2018what is death in comparison to the daily suffering which this fell traffic brings into the homes of its patrons?The municipality of Rock Island ordains through its council that two licensed bars shall be run within its limits.The munificent sum of one hundred dollars is received into the treasury, for giving the licensees the protection of the law for their malodorous business.Do the tax payers ever give a thought to the fact that; \u201cthey have to foot the bills caused by the poverty and misery of the families whose bread winners could provide for them.if it were not for the debasing influence of the liquor traffic?See the Secretary-Treasurer\u2019s report for the past few years.I will cite one instance out of many.The head of that family had proved himself abundantly able to support his family until he became a drunkard.He went rapidly from bad to worse and finally landed in Sherbrooke jail.His wife: was very sick.The council had to: furnish supplies, hire a nurse and pay a doctor and, 1 believe, the wife's funeral expenses as well.That is about the way the revenue part of it pans\u2018 out.It costs many times more than the license fees, to take care of the effects of drunkenness in any community.One argument that is put forward: in favor of license, is that such action ; will bring more trade into the village.| It has been credible reported that FITCH BAY.on the night before Christmas no less Mr.F.O.Rand; traveling salesman than fifteen boys under eighteen years | for the Telford & O'Rourke Manufac- of age were in the bar room of ono of turing Company of Rock Island, was the hotels.That fact looks as though ' here and in Georgeville on Thursday.liquor was being sold to minors ad' Mr.Robert Blackwood returned to sv 80d an inquest held, as the law re- libitum.Your correspondent is not his home in Galt, Ont.1.25 { quires, the public were not informed.acquainted with nearly all the Rock: Ralph Sheldon has gone to North Island families, but has a personal Hatley to work.knowledge of more than a dozen fam- ! Mr.R.J.Meekron of Stanstead took ilies, who either have suffered in the 'a tramp to this place on snow shoes past or are suffering now, from the on the 5th inst., to visit his friend, ravages of the traffic.Full as many \u2018Rev.F.G.Vial.Derby Line families have gone or are going through a like experience.DIED.1 have said nothing of murders As MALOUIN\u2014 At Beube Plain, Que, Jan.8, 1905, the direct result of the Rock Island ivfants.n of Mr.and Mrs.Fred Malouin.liquor traffic; but there have been MjUKEUAtHouth Barneion, Dec.81.1904, Mr.three and there may have been more.i One was the outcome of a dranken BORN.brawl that commenced in one of the ' yi LER\u2014At 8mith's Mills.Que., Jan, 6, 195, old-time, licensed, dry goods stores.| à daughter to Mr.and Mrs, Samuel Miller.1 : i lai i MALOUIN\u2014 At Béebe Plain, Que.Jan 8, 1905, Two of the parties waylaid the third à son to ME.and Mrs.Fred Matouin near the old Benton farm.They got BULLOCK\u2014At Granitevilie, Jan, 10, 1805, à him down and were apparantly too! son to Mr.und Mrs.William Bullock.much for him.He stabbed one of! or Toro i STATE oF OH10, Cury or TOLEDO, ?them.He was convicted of man-.LAs COUNTY.an slaughter.The other murder occurred FRANK J.CAES ey makes oath that noir dene .; ior partner of the firm of F.J.CHENEY JO, near the bridge on the road to Beebe | doing business in the City of Tulse, County ain.\u2018wo men a guest he ' and state aforesaid, and that said firm will pay Plain.Tw » One gnes of the a of ONR HUNDRED DOLLARS for other, got into a drunken quarre!, the each and every vase AL that cannot Ee : hi - I be cured by the use o ALL'S CATARRH { \"URE, visitor having procured whiskey at FRANK.J CHENEY.Rock Island.The latter had a revol- | sworn to before me and subscribed in my ver with which he shot his host sev- | presence, this 6th day of December, A.D.1881, IN ; A.W.GLEASON, eral times.The murderer was tried, }skar, ! Notary Public, convicted and hung at Sherbrooke.5 .Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and Many of us can recall the shocking | acts direetly on the blood and mucous surfaces murder which was perpetrated in the\" of the system.Send for testimonials, free.\u201cLi ; i F.J.CHENEY & C0., Toledo, © Derby Line hotel many years BIDCO.| «aq hy Druggists, 75e.The murderer while under the influence; Take Hall's Famuy Puls for constipation.of liquor, deliberately shot his wife and attempted to kill her sister\u2019s husband ati Te or .bonged io hourtrerdiee crue DOMINION Parliament while the entire community were! shocked by this diabolical murder.For this fiendish crime tue murderer L LAW was hung in Windsor, Vermont.The! send roceedin descriptions of accounts of murders and suicides the Pret Sonsicn under the new given in the daily papers are fearful.administration.In nine cases out of ten you will find ' that the person was intoxicated when .eb 0 Leg | t ê the crime was committed.Much = Qu 6 IS d ur said about the baleful effect of tea, ! coffee and the opium habit.It is con- will shorten open.ceded that the intemperate use of F these drugs is harmful, but do we ever hear that coffee, tea and even mor- ONE DOLLAR phine drives their devotees into the | i 52 icat- | The Gazette will be sent street to commit murders?Intoxicat for three months daily, to new Sesssion opens January 11th.Our own staff in Ottawa will ing liquor does that very thing.subscribers.Address orders: And now, as to the episode that has furnished the occasion for this corres- GAZETTE PRINTING CO., pondence.It is said that an exposure Montreal.of twenty minutes more would have proved fatal in his case.It is claimed that he commenced drinking in New- Perhaps the moat inhuman affair It seems to your correspondent that that ever occuraed at Rock Island was ; talk of this kind is the merest fol-de- the case of a man who bad been em-'ral.People, who have money, will ployed as a burtender in one of the, come to the merchants to trade, but if hotels.He was discharged on ac-|these same people spend their cash count of his confirmed habit of drunk- | for drink, they bave simply wasted it.ennees.He became helplessly drunk They bave pot got to it buy boots, one evening in this same hotel.In- shoes, clothing and household supplies stead of taking him to his fa\u2018her's The wife and children are obliged to bome, they carried him to an old pig: dispense with many necessities in order pen which was very near, if not on that the dunce of a husband may help the exact spot where the City Meat swell the bank account of the liquor Market now stands.They laid him sellers.Is it any wonder that women on some dirty straw in a part of the detest the whole business.pen that was so low that he could not: A most aggravating phase of the sit upright and left him to suffer situation is, that Rock Island is in law through a chilly bight in late autumn., prohibition territory.People will ask His cries and groans were heard dis- what ie meant by that statement ?It, tinctly across the river.One woman |is this way.Some years ago when told her husband, in the early morn- |there were four licensees, two of them | \u2018port and finished at Stanstead and \u201cthat therefore Rock Island is blame- \u2018less.Is it?Does anyone doubt that \u2018this young man when a mere boy con- | tracted the drink habit at Rock Island?The amount of apathy and indifference manifested in regard to this.alarming state of things, by the peo- j p'e generally, is astonishing.Even the ministers of the Gospel seem to ; have lost their interest or are too dis- : | couraged at the outlook, to put forth | any efforts to stem the torrent of corruption.Isn't it time to call a halt | 'and see where we are at?TEMPERANCE CRANK.| | 00 | COUNTY COUNCILS.| The Richmond County council, says | Oh, I\u2019m So Tired! We suppose there are thousands and thousands of \u2014\u2014\u2014 EXECUTORS NOTICE.LOST.All having claime against thp Estate At Roc] of tho late W liam W.MoGowan, rare ro- alan Liam Moff.Finder a \u20ac, 8 grey Per.ested to present the same within thirty days Journal Office.9 return tothe rom date and all persous inde tate are reques to make payment within the said delay.MRS, WM.MCGOWAN, Executrix.Georgeville, Jan.12, 1905.- CLOSING our! | have decided to devote my entire attention in the future to the meat business and wil} sell my stock of Groceries, Canned Goods, Confectionery, etc , at cost.EXECUTORS\u2019 NOTICE.All persons having claims against the estate j of the late Truman A.Quimby are requested to present the same to the undersigned within thirty aays from this date, and all persons indebted to said estate are requested to make payment within the said delay.NEWT \u2018N QUIMBY, TL QUIMBY.| Executor.Boynton, Dec.22, 1904.ny Now is the time to buy.T.A.VALLE Pure Confectionery.Do you know that half the Confectionery produced by the large factories is adulterated with cheap subati- tutes for sugar?We make all kinds of Candies from pure stock right here at Rock Island and invite our patrons to visit our work rooms and see how they are made.Our goods are always fresh.We make only enough to supply our {rade as the demand warrants, hence have no old stock to work off.Our product is not confined to any one line, we make everything.An endless variety of Chocolates, Caramels, Kisses, and Fancy Confectionery.We can make candy to order while you wait, special lines made to order for parties, sales, etc.TRY OUR GOODS\u2014No order too small, none too large.We want 1 our patronage.In connection with the above business we conduct a lunch room for ladies and gentlemen.Special Sale of Fancy Chip Candy at 20c.per lb, | H, À.& F.J.Thayer Candy Mfg, Co.| Sweeney Building, ROCK ISLAND, QUE.DANCING LBSSONS Norman A.Partlow will conduct classes in Odd Fellow\u2019s Hall, Derby Line.Tuesday, January 17, and each alternate Tuesday following.Plain and Fancy Dancing taught from 7 to 9.Social Dance from 9 to 12.Gentleman and Lady Teacher.Music by Partlow\u2019s Orchestra.Admission 50c.a couple.Juvenile class 4 to 6 p.m., admission 25c.Also at Hotel Hall, Beels Plain, Jan.Ii HAVE YOU DELAYED Getting that New Suit or Overcoat on account of the rush during the busy season?If you have, get it now.You can do so without (QUEBEC CENTRAL es WINTER TIME TABLE.In Effect Jan.9, 1905.LEAVING SHERBROOKE.BOSTON AND NEW YORK EXPRESS\u2014Leave Sherbrooke 7.30 a.m.(daily except Sunday ) : arrive Levis 1.10 p.m.: arrive Quebce 1.15 p.m.Pullman Car Springfield to Quebec, and Pullman Car Boston to Bherbrooke, connecting with Pullman Car from Springfield for Quebec.Note\u2014Pullman Car leaving Springfield on Saturday does not run beyond Newport on Sunday morning.ACC 'MMODATION \u2014 Leave Sherbrooke 9.30 .m.; arrive Levis 7.00 a.m.: arrive Quebec 7.15 a.m, (daily except Sunday).Also connecting trains on the Megantic Division.ARRIVING AT SHERBROOKE.BOSTON AND NEW YORK EXPRESS\u2014Leave Quebec 2.80 p.m.daily except Sunday ) : leave Levis SOU p.m.: arrive Sherbrooke 8.45 p.m.Pullman Car Quebec to Springfield, conneet- ing at Sherbrooke with Pullman Car for Boston.Note\u2014Pullman Car leaving Quebec on Satur: day conneuts at Springfield with Parlor Car arriving New York 405 p.m., instead of 11.40 a.m., as on other days.ACCOMMODATION\u2014Leave Quebec 8.30 p.m.: leave Levis 7.00 p.m.: arrive Sherbrooke 9 10 a.m.Leaves Levis daily, except Saturday.Also connecting trains on the Megantic Division.For time tables, tickets, or any other information apply to Any of the Company's Agents.J.H.WALSH, FRANK GRUNDY.Gen\u2019) Pass.Agt.Vice-President and Gen\u2018! Manager.Consult D.H.D.Martin ' OCULIST.About Your Eyes f Office now at Derby Line ! Hotel, Derby Line, Vt., until Jan.16.Eminently Successful in the treatment | of diseased eyes, | = Consultaion Free.all conditions of sight and reflex i] © Office Hours 9.00 a.m.until 8 p.m.troubles.can do.annoying waits so common when the tailor promises more than he THERE IS YET TIME The coldest weather is likely ing, that if he did not get up and dis- | cover who was making those pitiful; outcries, she would go herse!f.The | husband went.He found this miser- | able sot 50 exhausted that he could | notetand.À wheelbarrow was procured and he was wheeled home to his aged father, himself a confirmed invalid.He was never able to leave his bed and lived but a short time.After the funeral services his father told me that his son injured bis spine in trying to get up in that pig pen, which fact, in his opinion, was the cause of his son's death.Comment would seem superfluous, wheu so barbarous an episode could transpire in a civilized community.Number five was a younger brother of number four.He had also succumbed to the debasing influences of the Rock Island saloons.After having been absent for a number of years, he returned was taken sick in one of the hotels, lingered along for a while and then died a miserable wreck.Number six was the case of a confirmed drunkard.1cannotaffirm that he contracted his drinking habite at Rock Island, but he had for some months before his death, spent much time and money at Rock Island bars.His friends procured employment for him as a traveling salesman hoping that he would \u2018as he promised) be abstemious.He got no farther than Sherbrooke before he indulged in an unusually hard \u201cspree.\u201d A resident of Derby Line on his way home, took charge of him as far as Rock Island.The hotel refused to take him in.A Rock Island boy through pity and not realizing the danger, took him into the roof of his father\u2019s barn and allowed him to sleep on the hay.I do not know how long he was left there but was told that as soon as the boy\u2019s father knew of the matter, he immediately notified the man\u2019s brother to take him away.It was hot July weather.One can imagine what the temperature must bave been under ihe roof of that barn.He was taken to the hotel and a physician from BMtanstead Plain wes summoned.It the Guardian, has passed a resolution ' got into a wrangle.One of them had praying for an amendment to the Mu- | sufficient influence in the council to, nicipal Code permitting County coun- | procure the enactment of a prohibi-, cils to meet only when they may have tory by-law.This was done to spite | business to do.Mr.Mackenzie, the \u2018 the other and was meant to be a farce local member for Richmond, will be: as it was fully intended to repeal the asked to father the proposed amend- | by-law before the commencement of ment.| the license year.The council re-! For yeara the Richmond Guardian ' pealed it by simply passing a resolu- | has advocated the abolition of County tion to that effect, wereae, the muni- ' councils altogether, on the ground cipal code enacts that a by-law can| that they have outlived their useful- \u2018 not be repealed except by the passage pags.of another by-law.When a resident | + Our esteemed contemporary is part- clergyman went before the council'|y right.The County council is not | and protested that their action bad a, important a body as it was in earlier been illegal, one of the councillors replied: \u201cWe don\u2019t do business that way.\u201d Evidently the majority of that | council were a law unto themselves.| If, as is claimed, a majority of the ratepayers want license, then Why in ing ingtitutions, for what they have the name of common sense, do they | been, if not for what they are under not insist that their representatives, changed conditions.the councillors, shall see to it that the | County councils have played a i saloons (they are no more and no lesa) prominent and useful part in the con- are run according to the provisions of duct of municipal government, and the Quebec License Act.are they 80 the law still gives them duties to dis- run n the contrary, the indica- charge.They have control of the Gone are that liquor is sold nights, on | County buildings and determine in Sundays to drunkards and minors With | the first instance roads and water- perfect impunity.I heard a reputable courses between local and county mu- Rock Island business man say, that if.nicipalities.In respect to roads and the Mayor or el one of the council watercourses the court is usually ap- would say to the licensees: \u201cIf youdo pealed to in the last analysis to settle not soll according = a we wil have the Sontention of the parties inter- your license revoked,\u201d we should ested.have much less of the evils of the traffic to contend with.There are fer on a Superior court judge the people who contend that it is the duty power now exercised by the County of private citizens and not the coun- | council.In that event the procedure cil to make the licensees law abiding.| should be made as simple and inex- Is it?It seems to the benighted mind pensive as possible.Under the pres- | of your correspondent that the au- ent system the litigants usually pay thority that fastens an incubus upon a | two sets of costs, those incurred be- should at least take the responsibility lowing the appeal to the court.days and in some cases it costs more ! than it is worth.But public opinion is scarcely ripe enough to consent to! OMag tired.nervous orireias ; its being wiped out entirely.There .| is a natural desire to conserve exist- The law might be changed to con- women here, there and every where, who do not call themselves sick : yet they suffer from a run-down condition.They always feel tired.Sleep does not refresh them.Work to them is a burden.Nervous, irritability, rundown women.Upon such medical science has never conferred so great a boon as It Is really wonderful how ! quickly these tablets will change sucha condition to one of strength, vigor and happil- Any woman who con- ble from over work and a run- downcondition, when this remedy Is within her reach, remains so from her own neg- ! lect and not from necessity.| i Mrs.Elizabeth Wilson, of Du.ihamel, voices the experience of thousands in these words : Run-down, tired out and miserable from overwork and a complaint peculiar to women, I took every adverti remedy for wemen.I felt better while takin, them and worse when I stopped.Then tried Health Tablets, 1 found them different from the other remedies.Four ; boxes took away the backache and tired feeling, and they have never returned.You are right in saying they Make HEATTHY WOMEN Soc.at dealers, or by mall postpaid.B.N.ROBINSON & CO., Ceaticeck, Que.If you want to get the bigest returns for your labor and your ground, you can't afford community, in the shape of saloons, fore the County council and those fol- | SA to plant anything but of keeping the places in decent order.How is it?I know of two occasions that drunken men coming across the bridge in the night have tried to get into private dwellings.In one instance, à delicate woman was frightened and from exposure in going from room to room to Watoh the man, contracted a cold and was quite Hi! in consequence.The Richmond resolution, however, ie in the right direction and by com- ! ing into effect will do something to' prolong the life of the County council.\u2014 Waterloo Advertiser, =the standard after 40 years\u2019 test, \u2018l'hey aiways produce the largest and surest crops.All dealers soil Philip Lyster, one of the pioneers of \u2018ee anecal Cleveland Township, died in Montreal \"M.Peanv A00.on the 24th ult., in his 71st year.WINDSOR, ONY, To get a suit for this winter\u2019s wear.yet to come.We will give prompt attention to tend to all the \u2018\u2018fussy\u2019\u2019 details just as you woul Come in and see our superior lines of new goods.J.A.BE GI N, Fehionable Tailor our order and at- like to have us.NEW YORK STOCKS BOUGHT AND SOLD.3 per cent.margin.Stocks DELIVERED on 3 days notice.Direct private wire.I solicit your speculative and investment accounts.JAMES W.ABBEY, STOCK BROKER, - - STANSTEAD, QUE.Connected by both Telephones.Office hours 10 A.M.to +.P.M CHEAP SALE JANUARY BARGAINS \u2014AT\u2014\u2014 P.A.BISSONNET\u2019S.My Stock of Dry Goods, Ready-made Clothing and Boots and Shoes is unusually large.I have decided to reduce it to one-half by giving discount on the regular prices.Dress Goods, Suitings, Costume Cloth and Suiting.25 per cent.Discount.Men's and Boys\u2019 Overcoats and Ulsters, $5 to $7.50.\u201825 per cent.Discount.Men\u2019s Suits from 23.50 to 26.00, 25 per cent.off.Boots and Shoes for Men, Ladies, and Children, including King Quality, all going at 25 per cent.scount.Some 8 or 10 Coon and Astrachan Jackets, Alaska Sable and Brown Fur Ruffs, and a few other Fur Boas and Roffs, and Collars, all to be sold at cos during this month.Sales commenced January 2nd.Come Early and Take the First Bargains. re Business and Professional Oards.J.C.coLBY, B.A.M.D.Office At Carrollcroft, 8 aopsultations Both Phones DR.C.L.BROWN, B.A.Physician and Surgeon, Aver (lift, Que.R.H.P.STOCKWELL, p Stanstead Plain, Que.th of idence: t r South of ote wn re ren.Bell nnd People\u2019s Telephones.appointment.TU DR.C.A.FRELIGH.office at Derby Line Hotel.reatment for Rheumamatism, hetrical T Ehrich | Nervous Diseases of all kinds.Paralysis.uit : Hind \u201cNoval Honsehiold\u201d a great improve- Royal Household Flour is made of the | SU Lo Lo, { ment, particularily in requiring much re Reale of en wheat grown Jess kneading and makes a whiter and Manitoba.Soft wheat is winter wheat | lizhter bread.Mr Gi.A.McLaren, Some | Savane, Ont.Oct, 17, 1904, Have you sent for the Recipes.They are tree- send NOW, \u2014inferior for flour making.millers advertise that they \u201cblend\u201d | soft and hard wheat to get better flour.We do not blend wheat for Royal Household Flour.OLDS DRAG SAW RIG Tuk Ovitvie Frorr Minis Go.Livres, MONTRES.Le We Sell Circular and Drag Saws and Threshing Rigs Dynamos, any number of lights; Feed Mills, Ensilage Cutters, Pumping Outfits, etc.The Old\u2019s Engines are manufactured only in the horizontal four cycle type; they are the most economical, simplest and easiest to understand.An engine can be made two cycle and upright and sold very cheaply, but the urchaser would soon realize its cheapness.The advantage of the Gasoline Engine over steam or electricity admits of no argument.[It is the cheapest and most satisfactory power for general farm work, creameries, shops, and in fact anywhere water power is not available.Call at our show rooms in Rock Island, Que., and see the different engines in operation.For catalogue and other information address, OLDS GASOLINE ENGINE WORKS, Rock Island, Que., or 69-75 Washington 8t., Boston, Mass.The Tailor\u2019s Dull Season Comes after the Holidays.Now is the time to have a suit or Overcoat made.We are prepared to make low prices and can give plenty of attention to the detail s of the work.We have a splendid stock to choose from and can eatisfy you in workman- hip as well as material.J.A.MANY.FOR SALE.Pair good Wark Horses weighing 1200 lb» sneh, Por sale cheap.Apply to Audinwood se Pianos à Organs D.R.PARSONS M.OPTICIAN Rock Island, P.Q.and Derby Line, Vt.An old man named Jake at Black Lake Had suffered for years with headache.Dut one day he heard Of Zutoo\u2014strange And now there's no more pain for Jake Neither is there for Mr.G.A.Duffy, of Martinville, Que, who certifies that Zutoo Cures Headache.You don't buy one every day, perhaps onl once in a prétime-so ou want the WRN don't make any mistake, have you ever heard He says: of the J am willing to certify the fact GERHARD HEINTZMAN, publicly that your Zutoo Tablets will do NORDHEIMER, all you claim they will.They relieve my OWAIN MARTIN headache almost immediately, and PIANOS ?th do not aff-ct my heart.They area godsend to suiferers who would not risk their health in taking the former cures on the market, 83¢.at dealers, or by mail postpard, B.N.ROBINSON & CO., Coatiossk, Que.Don\u2019t buy without seeing and hesring one, nok at both sides of the picture, see my guods before closing any Piano trade.I can «ave you money and give you the best in Canada, and my terms are all right.W.B.LeBaron Sherbrooke, Que.mn paper 4e nen mts + 4 Se ASI me MRS.L.S.WADSWORTH.One of the Patriotic Clnb Women of Massachusetts, One of the proininent patriotic club women of Massachusetts is Mrs.Lue Stuart Wadsworth of Boston, who is particularly distinguished for her work in the Woman's Relief corps.Mrs Wadsworth is a member of l'dilgren corps, No.20, of South Roston.She was born in California, but during her childhood her parents, Samuel and Margaret Turner Stuart, came to Boston.She received ler «dncation in the publie schools.A descendant of seven soldiers of thie Revolution, she is just- Iy proud of her escutcheon, In 1887 she becnme intensely interested in patriotic work and joined the Woman's Relief corps.Later she married Captain Edward B.Wadsworth, prominently connected with the Mussa- chusetts volunteer militin.Mrs.Wads- worth has been honored three times MRS.LUE \u201cTUART WADSWORTH.with the presittency of corps 20.For ten years she has been a patriotic instructor and was the first to obtain permission of the Boston school board to place flags in the public schools.Through ber efforts nearly all the public and parochial schools in South Boston bave had placed in their rooms copies of the Declaration of Independence, flags and drawings giving the origin of the stars and sfripes.Mrs.Wadsworth is historian of John Adams chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and an associate member of Paul Jones chapter of the same society.She is a chapter memter of the George Washington Memorial association, a life patron of the National Council of Women, a member of the Eastern Star.the Woman\u2019s Charity club, the Ladies\u2019 Aid association of the Soldiers\u2019 home and Mattapannock club ef South Boston \u2014 Boston Traveler.Always Keep Faith.Many a woman who would not think of lightly breaking a promise made to a grownup person Is utterly careless about keeping her word with her children.She promises whatever is convenient at the moment and apparent- Jy thinks that the breaking or keeping of those promises ir a matter in which she can please herself and that her children have no right to consider themselves aggrieved if she does not do so.A mother who acts thus does her cbild grievous harm.She forgets that the sense of justice fs strong In quite a little child and that it is natural and reasonable that he should expect his parents to be as good as their word and to fulfill their promises even at the cost of convenience.Promises should not be lightly broken, and the parent who is guilty of this soon loses hia children\u2019s confidence, which is one of the sweetest things which our little ones can give us.When boys and girls learn to doubt their parents\u2019 truthfulness, says the London Gentlewoman, they soon look around for some one else whom they can trust, and on that person they shower their affection and Lestow their confidence.Rugs.In the matter of rugs the Inexperi- err on the price.A cheap rug is an abomination, and bare flonrs are preferable.Better to have one good rug, representing self denial and strictest economy.than the hideous patterns and colors that are always the hall mark of the cheap article, ! cabin trunks with an elaborate wara- robe and makes a display of Ler gowus.Common sense comfort is the only rule of dress that holds vn shipboard.Even the society stars who go abroad with twenty or thirty trunks allow the glories of their millinered creations to remain behind the locks of these trunks and wear only the simplest, most comfortable and mest inconspicuous gar ments while at sea.Aside from the fact that salt air is not good for fine garments, custom has wisely decreed that it shall be so.The woman who makes a display of her gowns on an ocean steamship reveals either ignorance or bad taste, and ignorance is a bad taste.A single modest dinner gown, a walking skirt and two or three shirt waists, a pair of common sense rubber soled shoes for walking on deck, a severely plain hat or Tam o\" Shanter and plenty of warm wraps are the outer essentials of the wardrobe for an ocean voyage.\u2014Ear] Mayo in Era Magazine, Massage the Ears.Women who will spend hours massaging their faces nearly always neglect to include their ears in this renovating process, the consequence being that their ears Jose their color and freshness, The importance of massaging the ear is urged by a leading beauty specialist.As women advance in age and lose inevitably their girlish: ness the ear has a tendency to grow old with the rest of the face.It loses its pretty pink freshness and begins to stand out from the head as if it had taken to growing again, This is due probably to the sagzing of the muscles in front of the ear and to the shriveling of the ligaments and the soft padding of fat.Delicate inassage with the tips of the fingers is said to resuscitate the nerves, quicken the circulation and nourish the cartilage of the ear, in time restoring the delicate pink flush that is so much admired.Pretty Toflet Idea.Women nowadays like to express their individuality by baving all their toilet powders, perfumes and other cosmetic accessories perfumed with the same odor.It is a pretty conceit which some girls have adopted, that of finding the flower for tbeir birth month and using it to the exclusion of all other perfumes.One girl has carried out this idea quite extensively in all her dainty toilet preparations.All are of the hue of violets and possess the odor as well.Her face, toflet and tooth powder, as well as sachet, perfume and toilet water, hl] breathe of violets, and, furthermore, her cozy boudoir is hung with delicate violet bangings, etc.\u2014New York Telegram.The Apron Pocket.If you have been annoyed by having your apron pocket always catching on door knobs and other projections, try putting them in this way: After front breadth is gored cut it out slightly at outer upper corner and face it around for pocket opening.Then sew pocket on underneath front before joining the back breadths on.They may be put on both sides or only the right, or the piece may be put clear across under front, making it wear better.These pockets are very convenient.Children and Books.Children should be taught to handle books with reverence.Let each child have a shelf in tbe library for his own particular books, making him a part owner in the home library, which will have its sure effect In teaching him to value books and to look upon the library as a family institution.Whether the books be schoolbooks, library books or home books, old or new, insist in a tactful way upon their receiving the best of care.Varnished Furaiture.Spots on varnished furniture are readily removed by being rubbed with essence of peppermint or spirits of camphor and afterward with linseed or olive oil.Rub the oil in well with a plece of flannel and then take a clean plece and rub again.Furniture which has become quite shabby looks like new after this process.The Tablecloth.Never leave the white cloth on between meals.It does not look well, and, besides, its freshness soon becomes marred with constant use.It should be folded carefully in the virginal creases after each meal and laid gway in a drawer.This will be found an economy after a little trial.Marble Tops.Don't allew your washstand, If {t possesses a marble top (or your marble - chimney piece), to remain with ugly enced young housewife is very apt to .Such lovely stains, as far as coloring goes, come now for floors\u2014rich dark blues, greens and browns\u2014that the absence of a rug is hardly noticed.Some of the prettiest coverings for a floor, artistic and subdued.are the Dhurri rugs, but it is almost impossible to keep them flat.They will roll at the\u2019 ends.Of course, the real oriental rug Ia the very best.where it can be afforded at all, for beauty and durability.It is.however, rather heavy for the smaller rooms.In these, If the Navajo blanket will not be at open war with the other furnishings, choose that.Only the bril Hant dyes in these substantial blankets make them difficult to nse, red and white, with plenty of black.usualiy predominating.The Weman Ocean Traveler.\u2018The womsn ocean traveler will make © ofviows mistake if she burdens hee stains upon it when by making a paste of vinegar smd whitening, which you spread over the surface and leave on for twenty-four bours, you can make it perfectly clean.Marking Ink on Linen.Remove marking ink from linen thus: Paint the mark with a solution of cyanide of potassium, applied with a camel's hair brush.As soon as the ink disappears the linen shouid be rinsed In cold water and then washed in the ordinary way.Women who do their own washing should, when finished, rub their hands with dry salt.This brings out the soap and makes the hands more agreeable, A tastefully arranged table with clean linen and shining dishes does much toward rousing a healthy appetite and a homelike feeling.Plano stools are entirely passe.Plano THE DEAD MARCH.Hats off, friends, for the funeral traint The dend wun wise and great, We honored hin, the living wan; We bury Lim in state.Hlorses with sale housings decked, Plumes, wreaths all pride cfu ask; Sorrow wakes homage at his bier Aud Envy wears a mask.Look how his dust i= reverenced} Let God accept bis ghost?We glve htm noble sepnlture Aid prafse ovr ntfetimost.We féince the street with sol ery And drape the hulldings high, And mournful thousands throng to see His empty husk go hy, We wish his soul fale vovsging In that untracked domain: We set our sighs to heats and bars, Bid melody complain.O spirit strong! Henr vou it there As down the rond It comes\u2014 That sflver grief of clarlonets, That muffled woe of drums?Hear you the tread of marching feet, The undulating chord?Can cymbal clash or trumpet hlare Ascend where vou have soared?Or are you keyed to prander tunes Struck from celestial strings\u2014 The inbilates of the stars \\ Each to the other sings?[a What If our lamentations fade Upon the Idle alr?Even our fruitless messare holds The nourishment of praver We do not erave God's poissance Some pretty boon to win, Ret lav nur hearts beneath His feet To pour His glory in.SLUM LIFE IN TORONTO: Sietv Italians Living in One House\u2014 City Missionary'e Statement.At the annual meeting of the Associated Charities of Toronto, Prof, Goldwin Smith, who was appointed Honorary l'resident, in an interesting wldress urged that the different charitable associations of the aty should Le formed inte one large organization in order that imposture might be overcome as well as overs lapping.The wealthier men of the city might interest themselves in the plan and do something to help the poorer quarters of the city.If an company were formed that would be satisfied with bank rates and build small houses Tor the accommodation of artisans doubtless à great number of the richer wen would give the scheme financial and and assistance.\u201cThose who are well acquainted with the poorer sections,\u201d continued the professor, \u2018report that the want of decent habitations has become extreme.We are glad to see that the question of artisans\u2019 dwellings 18 likely to be taken up by a conference, including leading mien of business, with a special representation of the labor interests.Ultimately this, like other branches of the building trade, to be successiul, must be carried ont on commercial principles and made protitable to those who undertake it.But this special exiguney may warrant something philanthropic and experimental, so that it may be a project worthy of consideration and one which the leaders of linance may not be unwilling to support, * Rev.Robert Hall, the city missionary, said he knew of instances where 60 Italians were living in one house, where at the most fourteen should be allowed.In a great many houses as many as forty were allowed to live in atmosphere that was not tit for any human being to breathe.He recommended having inspections by the Board of Health into their condition.\"One thing 1 notice,\u201d eon- tinued Mr.Mall, \u201cand that is the number of deserted women and children living in the city.\u201d Among the others who spoke were Rev.Father Rholeder, Mr.R.F.Massie.Mr.E.J.Hearn, Rev.Father Minchan, Controller Hul-bard, Mr.lee Williams and others.The Attitude of Prayer.The effect and value of association was dwelt upon by Mrs.Cutler in her lecture on \u2018Literature and Life™ at the Round Table Club in Toronto recently.One learned to Jove good music by hearing it, and a taste for guod literature was acquired by reading it.The more frequently spiritual dominance was sought, the more readily it was induced in time of need.Our lives lacked the daily support of prayer hecause we did not know how to assume the attitude necessary.We tried to change the infinite mind of God, when prayer was to change our attitude towards His will, and to silence the material consciousness.Sometimes in extreme need a sudden cry would go forth, and in the quick moment of purity burn through the veil, and there would follow peace and vision.It was only in such sudden, intense reach that the real could be attained Ry association with the good the undersirable ceased to attract.In music sensuous pleasure passed into spiritual enjoyment, Truth reached the spiritual consciousness as harmony, and all true harmony was a spiritual quality, as Christ perceived in realizing the inner harmony of being._\u2014 Prizes for Good Farms, Superintendent Cowan is considering the advisability of inaugurating annual good farms competitions throughout the l\u2019rovince.His idea is that prizes should De offered through the agricultural societies for the best-kept farms, as was done some veard ago in connection with the agriculture and arts competitions.Prizes would be given for the best farms in the counties; the winners would compete for better prizes given for the hest-kept farms in districts consisting of groups of coun- tics, and the successful ones in this class would in turn strive for the prize given for the best farm in the Province, It is probable that an early meeting of agricultural experts will be held, at which the proposal will be put into definite shape, so that the competitions may hegin next Bummer.Similar competitions have been held in Quebec Province for the past thirteen years, and have heen found very helpful to the farme benches are the proper thing now and | ers.\u2014_ may be had in all the period styles.| The Breeding Y.wes.Not over fifty breeding ewes Highly scented soaps are often Inju- \u2018 ghould he kept in one flock, 5 rious, as the scent iy added to conceal | theme should be of equal size end rancid ingroûisnte, | remit , Comuissariat Department, and | same when our pig won a medal | the Agricultural show.\" RUSSIA\u2019S COMMISSARIAT.a ALPINE GUIDES.Immense Stores Being Acoumalated es \u201cThe Tronble They Sometimes Have Mukden\u2014A Prise Jupanese Consliler Worth strenuous Fighting roo, If tho Japs could only rout the Russians berore Mukden they would become possessed où Tnnnense stores, In a conversation with a Muhkden correspondent of Phe Russaoe Slovo, General Gouber, head ot the Russian guve the interesting particulais où the comtuissariat service: Liread, the general said, 18 distributed to the troops every day except those days when anilitary operations are 3n progress, when the men are sapphed With biscuits instead.The Conimis- sariat bepartment hus at its disposal some tens of thousands of cattle, but up to the present The forces have not drawn upon the Department in this respect.purchasing what cattle they tequire im local markets, Orders have been given for a quantity of frozen meal to be prepared at Omsk.At Nikolaietf, on the Amur, stores of tish have been prepared, as well as 300,000 poods (4.800 tons) of butter.A hundred thousand poods (1,- GOO tons) of preserved vegetables are being obtained from European Ruse sin.while at Harbin and in the Us- suri territory stores of saerkraut have heen got ready for use in the following hospitals and by soldiers suffering from illness.Tea is on sale at the iront.Owing to the havoe wrought rains on the roads the transport wheat had to be suspended for some titne, but now it is proceeding in good order, and at Dlagovestehensk there are already nearly four million poods of wheat which will be transferred to Harbin as soon as navigation is reopened.\u2018The troops are also allowed brandy, but only on special ordegs from the commanders of the army corps.Trainloads où clothing are arriving every day, and the troops who have just been sent to the theatre of war are provided with a new outtit of warm clothing and two pairs of boots euch.The Commissariat Department at present has in hand two hundred thousand pairs of boots, In January the general was to receive a further 320,000 sets of clothing and half a million pairs of boots, in February 180,000 complete ontfits of clothing, in March another half-million pairs of boots.All these clothes and boots will be served out among the troops as re quired, In spring it is proposed to replace the present outtits by woollen jerseys, to be worn under the tunic.The question of forage and fuel is a complicated one, for before long straw, wood and taoliang for warming purposes will all have to be brought from a distance, and vet there.is no transport availahle for the purpose.Orders have been given for the distribution of four hundred thousand warm blankets for the use of the soldiers in the \u2018Underground burrows they have made along the lines of the trenches.Officers get a daily allowance of a pound of meat, two by of pounds of bread.half a pound of oatmeal and portions of tea and sugar.A Japanese Caricatnre.The Japanese have their cartoonists as well as western nations.The queer drawing reproduced herewith is intended as a caricature and is the work of a famous Japanese carica- A JAP CARICATURK.turist named Kunevoshi, who lived in the early part of the nineteenth century.The drawing is composed of many human bodies, drawn so as to resemble distantly a human head and hand.and represents a Japanese student.\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 The Czar Has Only One Eye.The uneducated peasants in Chersor I'rovinee sf Russia have an extraordinary belief that the Czar has only ane car.They are confirmed in their belief hy pictures and photographs of the Czar showing a side face view, Some time ago.they say, a deputation from their province waited ups on the Czar, and in the course of the meeting the Czar is said to have announced that all Russian land would he divided equally among the peasants of the various districts.To this ene of the deputation holds Iv said: \u2018As sure as you rannot see own ears you will not divide land.\u201d \u201c The Czar's replv ta this was to cut off one of his (the Czar\u2019s) ears, which he placed upon the table remarking as he did so: \u201cAs surely as T now see my ear 3 will divide the land.\u201d To this day the Cherson peasants firmly believe that he has only one ear \u2014Tit-Ditg tho your the A Fellow.Feeling.District visitor\u2014\u2018\u2018T've Just had a letter from my son Reggie, saying he | has won a scholarship.I can't tell you how delighted I am, I\u2014\" Rustic party\u2014\u2018'I can understand yer feolings, mum.I felt just the , companion\u2019s track.Wiih Reckless Climbers.The Alpiue guide frequently risks Lis health, strength, even Lis life, fur per- sous who nay bave been tLeuiselves the cause of the peril encountered, The qualities of a first class guide, says the author of \u201cAdventures on the Root of the World,\u201d include not only skill in climbing, but tbe ability to forin sound conclusions in moments of danger.A certain climber tells an anecdote which bears on the importance of the guide's powers of judgment, A meuiber of the Alpine club was ascending a peak in company with an Oberland guide.Part of their course lay over a snow field which sank grad- uully on gue side, sharply ended by a precipice on the other.The two were walking along not far from the edge of this precipice when the Englishman, thinking tbat an easier path might be made by going still nearer the edge, diverged a little from his To his surprise, the guide immediately caught hold of bim and pulled bim back with more vigor than ceremony, well nigh throw ing him down in the operation.Wrath: ful and not disinclined to return the compliment, the Englishman remonstrated.The guide's only answer was to point to a small crack, apparently like scores of other cracks in the neve, which ran for some distance parallel to the edge of the precipice.The traveler was not satisfied, but he was too wise a man to argue while a desired summit was still some distance above him.On the descent when the scene of the morning's incident wus reached the guide pointed to the crack, which had grown perceptibly wider.\u201cThis marks,\u201d he said, \u201cthe place where the true snow field ends, I feel certain that the ice from here to the edge is nothing but an unsupported cornice hanging over the tremendous precipice below.It might possibly have borne your weight, though I don\u2019t think it would.\u201d Thereupon he struck the neve on the farther side of the ice sharply with his ax.A buge mass immediately broke away and went roaring down the cliff.The traveler was full of amazement and admiration and thought how there, on an easy mountain and in smiling weather, he had been very near to making bimself into an avalanche.SYMPATHY.: Sympathy is food to a starving heart.Sympathy is two hearts pulling at one load.Sympathy is the staff on which trouble leans.Sympathy is the cream that rises on the milk of human kindness, Sympathy in sorrow\u2019s hour is like the gentle rain to drooping flowers.Sympathy is the least the rich may give, the most the poor can offer.Sympathy is the blossom grown from the costly bulb called personal suffering.Sympathy is a well toned instrument that readily responds to notes of wel or woe, Sympathy is the most powerful human magnet for attracting and holding friendship.Sympathy i8 perfect forgetfulness of oneself in true feeling for the unhappiness of others.Sympathy is loves healing balin spread by pity's tender hand op sor row's heart woul, Artificin] Beauty In Rome.Personal artifice is at least ns old as the Roman empire, for, speaking of the artificial beauty of à coquette, Mar- tiol says: \u2018Gollu, you are Lut a cuin- position of falsehood.While you were living at Rome your boir wus growing on the banks of the Rhine.At night when you lay aside your silken roiws you lay aside your teeth also.Two- thirds of your person are locked up in boxes for the nigbt.\u2018The eyebrows with which you make such insinuating motions are the work of your slaves.Thus no man can say, \u2018I love you, for you are not what he loves, and no one loves what you are.\u201d A Lord Sold Into Slavery.Charles Reade found the hero of his novel, \u201cThe Wandering Heir,\u201d in the person of Lord Altham of Ireland.who Was sold as a \u201c\u2018redemptioner\u201d nt l'hila- delphia in 1728 and who served for twelve years in effect as a slave to one or more masters In Lancaster county.I'a.The young nobleman was recog: nized by two Irishmen who came hy accident to the house where he lived, and Admiral Vernon afterward took him bark to Ireland.Reade laid the scene of lord Altham\u2019s servitude in northern Delaware, but jt is pretty well established that this was an error.® The Saving Light.We hoast our light; but, if we look not wisely on the ann itself, it smites us into darkness, The light which we have gained was given us not to be ever staring on, but by it to discover onward things now remote from all knowledge, When a Kick Helps.When one lacks the courage boldly to advance along the perilous course his Intelligence counsels, he is lucky if he ean and will goad some one into kicking lim along it past the point where retreat in tinpossihle, Love, George Are you quite sure that you really love me?Bessle\u2014Qh, yes; cor- tain of it.1 never kuew any one that conld mnke me so furiously angry at times!\u2014Exchange, ~ Even Then, Think twice before you speak, and | even then nine times out of ten the world won't lose suything if you keep still prete ON À TURN OF THE CARO HOW DUKE OF PORTLAND WON HAR.COURT HOUSE AT PLAY.A Earl of Harcourt staked His Mansion After Losing Heavily in the Game and Lost It\u2014Legal Difficulties Prevented Aliens, tion of the Mansion From the Estate, ng # Ninety-Nine Years Lease wa, Made for Nothing.Harcourt House, in Cavendish Square, one of London's Slat, Jn mansions, 1s announced as Les about to be demolished.Its Nistor is most romantic, It was hui) ;; 1722 for Lord Bingley, at who death it Was acquired by the Earl * ou Harcourt.One night a card-var took place at Harcourt Hon.ry Players being the grandfather of the present Duke of Portland and the Earl of Harcourt.The stakes plaved for were enormous, and luck steadily went against the Earl, who eo vntunl- ly put the mansion on ga turn of The card and lost it.When the tr ansier came to be made it was found that HARCOUKT HOUSF.there were legal difficulties in the way of alienating the house from tha rest of the Harcourt estate.The difficulty was got over by the lnke taking a nincty-nine years\u2019 leas.of the mansion from the Earl of llar- court for nothing, or as the lawsers put it, \u2018\u2019on favorable terms.\u201d lhns Harcourt House became the town residence of the Dukes of Portland.Ip later years the lease was purchased by the Earl of Breadalbane.the freee hold passing to Mr.Aubrey Har court, who has just died and left his uncle, Sir William Harcourt, his heir.Sir William.however, does not take Harcourt House, as a few months before his death Mr.Autrey Harcourt sold the frechold, and the Earl of DBreadalbane the leaschold, rights to a syndicate, who, it is said, will pull down the famous mun- sion, and in its place erect showrooms connected with a big motor business.Famous Trial Recalled.The Westminster Gazette says: O'Donovan Rossa, who is now in lre- land, when tried for treason felony, defended himself.He had a complete file of The Irish People in the dock.The paper was published for two years.and he opened his address to the jury with the statement that he proposed to read the entire issue.Then noticing the look of horror on the faces of judge and jury, he added, \u201cWell, I won't read the advertise ments,\u2019\u201d\u201d Mr.Justice Keogh presid-d at the trial, The prisoner selected his reading, especially from the leading articles, in which the political career of the judge was made the subject of animadversion, Aîter every article he would point to the bench and exclaim, \u201cand that man Bits there to try me.\u2019 After he had been reading nine hours he askul for an adjournment.\u2018\u2019Proceed, sir\u201d was the stern reply of the judge.\u2018If that's your game,\u2019 said the prisoner, \"English law may now take its course.\u2019 He was convicted and sentenced to penal servitude for Die.\u201cAll right, my lord,\u201d he cried.and, with a smile to friends in court, Jis- appeared from the dock.The News of Trafalgar.The battle of Trafalgar was fought on Monday, Oct.21.1805, News of the victory and of the death of Nelson did not reach London until Wednesday, Nov.7.How curious the fact | seems in this age of instantanvous communication between all the «nd + Of the earth! The day after the battle Collingwood sent Lapenstiere, of the Yickle schooner, to London with despatches.The next day Lapen- \u2018 stiere, on his way to England, ill in with Captain Sykes, of the Nau- ! tilus, bound for Lisbon, and told \u201chim the news.Sykes, on reaching Tas \u201cpon, was immediately despatched to | London with a letter announcing the victory by Mr.Gambier, the Rritish Consul.Svkes landed at Falmouth | Both couriers rode night and dav 0 i London, and, hy a curious coir- dence, both arrived at tip Admiralt Whitehall, together at half-past on\u201d i o'clock on the morning of Nov.7.Famous Lady Rifte 8het.Shooting as a sport is much more common among Women in England \u2018than in America.In a recent earn val of the London Rifle Club the lady members made an excellent showin | The photograph accompanying this MISS LEWES SHOOTING.\u201carticle is of a Miss Lewes, who particularly distinguished herself in the yard ct the shooting at the two hundred range.In shooting, the lady bers take the same position as men, using the same weapons.Her Natural Fear.Helen\u2014*Charley has gone to Mus- koka, gunning.\u2019 : | Kitty=\"Oh, dear, we shall never sce him again.He's pure to be tek- en for some strange animal and shot.\u2019 SUDES' SUPERSTITIONS CHICKADEE SINGING IN FRONT OF YOU MEANS BAD LUCK.\u2014\u2014\u2014 Declaration of An Old Canadian Woodman _soms of the Good Signs for Hunters in the Woods-Call of the Wood Pigeon or the Wood Dave Is Supposed by Them to Presage 8 Good Day.any tions Ti the guides and hunters of the northern woods of Quebec Pro- An old half-breed woodsman as in the lead of a shooting the other day stopped, aîter had traveled a hundred yards camp.with the declaration his companion woulll direct the vince.who W party they from that party that day, as he re as he he heard something, was the only explanation the younger man would give ot his action.At night when the sportsmen came pack empty handed the graybeurd gave his reason for his failure and also for their non-success.1; uf peard the chickadee singing right in teont of us, and that always means bad luck, you know, he said.\u2026 and curious are the supersti- 6 was obliged to | The man who hears the bird's song ' first must always go back or some accident may happen.The others might us well accompany him, for they Will get no gate.; News came in of the accidental ghooting of a cousin of one of the guides.fle had heen taking sportsmen to a good place for ducks.Laughed at Chickadee Singing.{Te always was a mad-headed fellow,\u201d hix relatives explained, pever would be guided by anvthing.He laughed about hearing a chickadee sing one morning, and hetore noon he had nearly killed the man he was working for.\u201d Un the other hand, the call of tha wood pigeon or wood dove is good medicine.as the Indians say.Many creatures will die that day.if the fortunate hunter hears its cooing early in the morning.The worst of it is that death may passibly strike some member of the party as well.The guides remember the fart that when a well known Nimrod was found dead in his shack years ago his attendants noticed a wood dove's nest right above his embowerrd retreat.He had had wonderful success that season, and in one month had killed more gata than in his whole tHfe time.Hvury day the pigeon called him to 1-newed success, The hoarse squawk of the raven often means good sport for hunters.Although a bird of evil omen, it is the game upon which the bad luck will fall, unless there are other bad signs noticed.For instance, if the chickadee chirps when the raven calls for \u201cpor-rk,\u201d\u201d it means bad times for sportsmen.And if on an ordinary trip through the woods a raven is heard, look out for falls, breakages or accidents of more serious character.Poplar Not Used.An observant hunter will notice that, although the most common of trees in most shooting districts, poplar is never used about the camp.Many a time have young fellows on their first expedition undertaken to \u201cHe | - which is of granite, lend a hand in setting up the tent at | night, and to that end have brought in forked stakes of the clean, white wood.On oue excuse or another they are almost invariably laid on one side and tent poles obtained from anoth- - er tree.Or a green hand will set up poplar stcks on which to sling the pot.The cook always has a reason ready for discarding this wood.If by any chance he should not notice it, and the pot tilts over, the bouillon burns or the tea is smoky, there will be a hasty malediction upon the unlucky poplar sticks.The men are by no means ready with an explanation of these superstitions, and when questioned will content themselves with a laughing rejoin- er.\u201cDidn't you know that?I thought everybody knew that poplar always brings bad luck to the men who use it about a camp fire.\u201d But the probability is that the red man noticed the continual restless movements of the leaves of the aspen, and feeling his senses irritated by the incessant motion set it down as bad medicine.The poplar is a brittle, quickly rotting wood, which furnishes a further reason for disliking it.Tent poles are never drawn the ground when camp is struck.The old idea of helping the next man to & home makes it almost a crime.Poplar stakes, pretty sure to decay at the bottom within a month or two, would be a poor gift to make to a party of travelers setting up their canvas lodging some dark night, Some guides ga so far as to dis- Courage firing at.birds roosting on & poplar tree.Often when bad shoot- Ig is made at treed birds the guide Fill laugh in his peculiar way.\u201cCouldn't expect, anything better firing at n poplar tree.\" It would be rash, however, to as- Sime with some observers that there is here any connection between this Superstition of woodsmen and a tradition that the leaves of the poplar tree have quivered ever since the crucifixion because from its wood the cross was made.The Malevolent Moone, Among the Indian guides the idea Prevails that the moose exerts a halevolent influence in the woods.If, a Sometimes happens early in the an, a hig bull moose charges cat & Wild rush through the camp, fring firchrands and pots with oy fret, the Indian guides cower in they before it.As likely as not thel will refuse to go further with telorn Ployers and will beg to be \u201cIf ed from their contract.not Possible the Indian hunter will front 0% Bt the moose from the at or from where he can be seen.hie contingency may be avoid- io the guides will attract the en of the moose by rubbing from - keep, the character bis Band against a tree or by breaking a tiny twig.; A diminutive dog is sometimes taken along.The lordly moose disdains to flee from such a puny foe, but strikes at the dog with his murderous forefeet, the hunter meanwhile getting aim at a vital spot.At the moment of firing an invocation is often shouted out, imploring the forgiveness of the mouse, and giving some good reason\u2014such as the lack of meat\u2014for the intended killing.It is to bh» remembered that the Indian bogy, the Windigo, is in form a moose, which probably accounts for the supersjitions still found in the woods regarding the animal.\\ The black bear is generally considered in the light of the clown of the forest menagerie.His appearance is hailed with a chugkle, and though respected for his strength and tenacity of life, he may always Le attacked and killed.Good luck is pretty certain to come to a camp where the carcase of a black bear is strung up.But if it is possible the Indian guide will invariably have a word or two of badinage with Pete welore killing him.JOSEPH HOWE HONORED.Statue of the Great Tribune Unveiled at Halifax, The first statue ever reared to @ son of Nova Scotia in his native Province was unveiled on Tuesday, Dec.13, 1904, in the Province Building Square, Halifax, in honor of Joseph Howe, the great tribune vf the people, who was born in Halifax a hundred years ago.Phillipe Hebert, the designer of the statue, Was present.The statue is considered by many critics to be the finest picce of the sculptor\u2019s art in Canada.The figure, which 1s of bronze, i8 a marvelously life-like pre- sentient of the great Nova Scotian, It has the pose of the orator with the right arm extended, the hand open, head thrown back, and the leit.hand grasping his manuscript at the clinax oi an argument, à pose familiar to the contemporaries of the dead stateman.The statue is 27 feet high, the base and pedestal, buing 14 Jeet high (and the figure is D feet in height, On the diet the name \u201cJoseph Howe,\u201d with a laurel branch, are carved in relief, while below it on a polished granite panel is the inscription, \u2018Journalist, l'oet, Orator, Statesman, Prophet, Patriot, Briton; Born at Halifax, Dec.13, 1804; died in Government House, June 18t, 1873.\" Beneath this again is the quotation: \u2018\u2018I wish to live and die a British subject, but not a Briton ouly in name.Give me, give my country, the \u2018blessed privilege of her constitn- tion and her laws.Let us be content with nothing less.\u201d On either side of the statue bas reliefs, Howe\u2019s career which are histurie\u2014 one, the famous trial for litel: the other, Howe addressing the House of Assembly.The statue was erected by the Government of Nova Scotia and cost $10,000, are Character Our Grealest Asset, Earl Grey's reply to the Ottawa Civic address, presented to him on his arrival in the Capital was of a high order.\u2018It will I am certain,\u2019 he said, \u2018\u2018be a source of the greatest satisiac- tion to our Sovereign to know that his French-Canadian and other subjects in the Dominion are in hearty co-operation in working out together the magnificent destiny which awaits this country, and in making available for the uses of manking the iim- mense resources with which this country has been endowed hy a bountiful Providence.\u201cBut there is one asset which you possess even more important than those to which 1 have referred\u2014than those of area, riches, mystery, scenery, and climate\u2014namely, that which is represented by your national character.If you do not jealously guard the sacred fire of that asset, the others to which I have referred will be as dross and as the crumbling clay.If, on the other hand, you kep, as your address informs me you will of your people high, strenuous, virile, imaginative, heroical, and Imperial, no one can venture to set a limit to the degree of the influence which will be exercised on the future of mankind by the great Canadian nation, composed as it is of all that is best in England, Scotland, Ireland, and France, and privileged as it is to be a factor, and a factor of ever-increasing im- partance, in that British Empire, representing already over 400,000,000 beings, which is the greatest and most beneficent organization that has ever attempted to be the instrument of God on this earth.\u201cThere is no reason, gentlemen, why the sons of Canada, if they are worthy of their fathers, and of the \"country to which they belong.there is ho reason why they should not in the lifetime of your children, by reason of their numbers and of their character, exercise an all-powerful, and in time to come perhaps a controlling.influence on the development of the majesty and destiny of the Empire whose standard is rightrous- ness, and whose path is duty.\u201d Was Betsy's Sweetheart.Vote C.Lyster of Lud'ow, Ky., the other day stated that he had gone to school near Woodstock, Canada, with Mrs.Chadwick, or, as she was then known, Betsy Bigley.Betsy.as a girl, was fond of finery, ambitious and of a romantic turn, Lyster and the girl grew up together.At one time, when she was about 16 years, he was her swcetheart.Lyster says that the girl a little later deluded her parents into believing she had inherited $18,000 from a relative in England.She had cards printed reading \u2018\u2018Miss Lizzie Bigley, heiress to 818,000.\" She became restless and left home, going to Cleveland to visit her sister, Jennie, who married a man named Campbell.Then followed Detsy\u2019s marriage to Dr.Hoov- wr.representing scenes in women Healthisr Than Men, Since more boys thun girls are bora ln the countries of western Europe, the proportion being 1,040 to 1,000 boys to every 1,000 girls, how can we account for the fact that there aré more women than men in these countries?To this question M, de Varigny, a French scil- eutist, replies at length in a leading Paris paper.\u201cSince there are more wolnen, although more men are born,\u201d he says, \u201cwe must conclude that more men die than women because they are uot as healthy.\u2018There is no other solution, and, moreover, all the obtainable facts point in tbe same direction.More boys are born than girls, yet there are alruost always more girls alive than boys.Many persons think that the principal reason why more men die than women is because tiey lead futemperate lives; but, thou.l there may be som® truth in this, it-cau- not be the sole solution of the problem, as the mortality among males is greatest during their early years, before they kuow what vice or jntemper- ance meuns.\u201d Savages First tn Wear Mustaches.In Greece and Rome no wustuches were worn without beards, but in the conquering days of the Roman empire several half civilized races who had come partially under the influence of the Romans and who wished to be rid of the name of barbari, or weavers of beards, attempted to shave in imitation of their conquerors, but as they bad very imperfect implements for the purpose and as the upper lip is notoriously the hardest part of the face to shave in the case of any one poorly skilled in the art they were unable to make a clean job of it and left a quantity of hair on the upper lip.This mark was characteristic of several nations on the confines of Roman civilization, of the Gauls in particular, of the Dacians and some others.The Latin language bas no word for mustache.The Distance to the Sun.If the water in the Atlantic ocean were made to fill a circular pipe reaching from the earth to the sun, a distance of 93,000,000 miles, the diameter of the wipe would be 1.837 yards, or.rather, over # mile, while a pipe of similar length to contain the Pacific would be over one and three-quarter miles across.sun is so great that if a child were born with an arm long enough to reach to the sun it would not live long enough to know that it had touched it.for sensation passes along our nervns at the rate of 100 feet a second, and to travel from the sun to the earth at that rate would take one and a balf centuries, and such an abnormal infant is an unlikely centenarian.The Value of Fresh Aîr.In the museum connected with the Edinburgh university is an exhibit that is a striking object lesson of the value of fresh air.A professor has secured the lungs of an Eskimo, a Londoner and a coal miner.He has had them preserved by chemical process, and they are now side by side in 9 glass case, pure white, the Londoner's lungs are a dirty brown, and the coal miner's lungs are jet black.The Eskimo had kept his lungs clean not because he knew more about breathing than the Londoner or the coal miner, but because he lived in a land of snow flelds and spent his time in the open air.When the Hand In Kissed.In Germany and Austria the custom still prevails among the upper classes of society of the men kissing the hands of the ladies, although the practice has been abandoned in England, Scandinavia, Spain, etc, as well as in France, except among certain of the members of the ancient regime in the Faubourg St.Germain at Paris.In Austria the women are accustomed to make a distinction between the right and the left hand.Thus the right hand is extended to be kissed by inferiors, while the left, a8 nearest the henrt, in reserved for the kiss of people of equal social rank.Won the Golden Ball.A former sultan\u2014so runs the story\u2014 offered a golden ball for lying.Many lied to him, but the sultan replied that he could himself lie better.Finally an aged man from Angora appeared be- Yet the distance to the : The Eskimo'\u2019s lungs are fore him with a large jar on his shoul- ' ders.\u201cYour father,\u201d he said, \u201cborrowed a jar like this full of gold from my father and said that you would repay the gold to his son.\u201d \u201cImpossible!\u201d said the sultan.\u201cIf the story be true,\u201d replied the pilgrim.\u201cpay your father\u2019s debt.If impossible, 1 have won the golden hall\u201d The sultan at once awarded him the prize.A Busy Soldier, The Westminster Gnzette reports the tase of an English officer who was stationed for two years at Calro and who never took the trouble to go out to look at the pyramids.In explaining his failure to see those landmarks of progress he said, \u201cWhat with polo and parties and bridge and cricket 1 never bad a minute to myself.\u201d A Collector.Goodley\u2014Why don\u2019t you go to work?Beggar\u2014I am workin\u2019.I'm a collector o' rare coins.Goodley\u2014But a nickel is not a rare coin, Beggar\u2014It is to me.On Her Guard.Mary\u2014Have you any idea how old Jane is?Ann-She must be getting on.J know that she always locks ber door before she washes her face.Found and Lost.Lady\u2014Oh, that big dog isn't the one I udvertised for.My dog was a little fox terrier.Boy\u2014Yes'm.Your dog's inside o' dis one! CROWD MELTED AWAY e\u2014\u2014 After Old Maa Tui@ His Tals of Deer Around tals.One of the most interesting men on earth to talk Yo is the sportsman who has just returned from the hunting ground, especially if he has not managed to \u2018\u2019bag\u2019\u2019 a great deal, for then there is More room for the imagination to play, says The Galt Re- fornier.But when a whole crowd of returned sportsmen get together and commence remembering things\u2019 \u2014 well the result is as ilteresting as a good novel.It was such a guther- mg, composed of certain local sportsmen, that occurred the other day.and one of those present started the ball rolling by telling how it was that he happened to come home from l'miry Sound district lately without any dead meat, although he had had a good rifle with him.He explained that he had brought down a noble buck with his trusty gun, and only for a mean trick that the animal perpetrated nis family would now be having deer meat Mr dinner.©} was lying in ambush near one of the well-known deer runs of The north country,\u2019 the hunter went on, \u201cand presently 1 espied a fine buck coming down the line.1 put a well-aimed bullet right through the centre of his chest, and he dropped without going ten feet.However, while 1 was getting my knife ready to bleed him, the brute suddently rose to his feet and ran away, and 1 saw him no more,\u201d The other members of the crowd expressed their sincerr sympathy with the hunter.One of them said: \u2018lt 18 necessary to be very careful to make sure of a deer after shooting him, he- cause they are such cecentric annuals, 1 myself, for instance, once shot a deer and had to follow him live miles before he dropped When the animal was finally cut up, it was found that my bullet had gone right through his heart.\u201d A couple of the older members of the party now had something to say with regard to the chase of earlier days.\u2018\u2019Phe most peruliar experience I ever had with a deer,\u201d said a man whose hair was grey and who, therefore, could not be doubted, \"was about 30 years ago.1 formed one of a party hunting with hounds, We got on the scent of a deer, and, after two hours, caught sight of hun, We then ran him to the edge of the river, and just at this point, the banks were very high and the water quite deep.Our game stopped when he reached the bank and seemed to decide that he would rather he pulled down by the dogs than jump in.There were four hounds and they rushed upon the animal triumphantly, all in a bunch.The dea did not make a move until the foremost dog was within five feet of him.Then he suddenly stepped aside and started \u2018cross country.Two of the dogs, being unable to stop in time, went head foremost into the stream, were swept away amd drowned.The other two were 80 surprised that they made no move\u2014and we were the same,\u201d An uneasy movement was noticeable among the listeners when the speaker had ceased.None uttered a word, however, until presently another elderly gentleman remarked that he had had a still stranger experience than this in his day.\u2018It was on a Sunday,\u2019 he said, \u201clong, long ago, When 1 was quite young.In those days the deer were very thick in the neighborhood of Galt, as 1 will prove to vou, My father bad a farm ahout three miles west, and on the day in question, I was strolling through the cabbage patch, when suddenly 1 perceived a flock of wild turkeys at rest.I could not resist the temptation, although it was Sunday.so | went into the house and brought out my rifle.Just as I was about to shoot, the birds rose and started to run in their peculiar manner.1 followed them in hot haste into some undergrowth.I was not looking where I Was going and I stumbled into the midst of a herd of deer who were feeding.I was so surprised that I was rendered incapable of firing a shot.However, one of the animals, in rushing away knocked me down.This caused my rifle to go off, and Juckily, the bullet killed one of the turkeys, which were some ahcad.in the twinkling of an eye.Oh, yes, deer were very plentiful then and they were surprisingly tame too.\u2019 The old man smoked.his pipe medi- tativelv.No one else had anv more remarks to make.The crowd broke up quictly and melted away.Composition of Medicines.Mr.Ceorge G.Nasmith, M.A.Ph.D., read an interesting paper on \u2018\u201c\u201cProprietarv Medicines and Canned Guods, in Their Relation to the Public Health,\" before the Canadian Household Association in the Normal School at Toronto recently.He said that alcohol entered largely into the composition of patent medicines, and gave a list of each of the various remedies with the percentage of alcohol it contained.The houses handling these medicines often knew littla of their effect on the human frame, but sold the stuff merely as a business proposition.Any person, before using them, ought to be able to diagnose his own case, he said.Canned goods were often dangerous, for the copper, zinc, and lead entering into the composition of the can sometimes formed compounds with the vegetable or fruit that were poi- sunous.Our New Military Counoil.The latest militia order gives the constitution of the Militia Council and defines its duties.General Lake, chief of staff.is charged with (1) advice on questions of general military policy; (2) the organization ot the military forces for active service; (3) the military defence of the Empire; (4) the collection of intelligence; (3) the training of the military forces and their employment when on active service; (8) education of stafl officers; (7) telegraphs and signalling; (8) selection and administration of the general staff in the fleld; (9) preparation jointly with the finance member of estimates for the above services.distance \u2018 The whole thing took place THE WHITE FLAG.1 aeut my love two roses\u2014one As wute us driveu suvWw, Aud vue à Liuslituxg royal red, A dawmiug Jucquewlet.I meunt to touch and test wy fate Tout night | should disiue, The woment | should see wy love, If ber true beurt were wiue.For if slic bolds me dear, | said, She'll wear my blush g rose; If uot, she'll wear my cold i.ninarque, A» white a winter's sliows.My heart sank when 1 wet ber, sure 1 bud been overbold, For on her breast my pale rose lay In virgin whituess cold.Yet with low words she greeted me, With smiles divinely tender: Upou her check the red rose dawned = The wbite rose meant surrender.~\u2014Johu lay.2 LONDON BEGGAR'S TRICKS.At Day's Find His Diseases Vanished and Me Retired to Live High.A wealthy beggar was recently sen tenced to three months hard labor in a London court us a rogue and vagabond.For many months the prisoner hys buen a familiar figure in the nuigh- borhood of Wishopsgate, With head hanging on one side, one foot dragging behind him, and his hinbs shake ing.he presented a pitiable specs tacle.Very few people bought the matehes he varried, but coms wire dropped into his Lox by city mer chants, clerks, and een poverty- strichen charwomen, and the police calculated that he collected Lo a week on the average, The paralysis, it was glleged, was assumosd, and on his way home to ns villa at Nor- wood the accused became much bhet- ter,\u201d running up the station steps (wo at a tune.He hived in comparative comfort, and his wile only bnew that he Was \u2018something ain the eat\u201d Mr.F.G.Brown, surgeon to the city police, said he thoroughly examined 1h> accused, Sinith told ham that a few weeks before Christmas, 1901, he was thrown from a trap and injured at the back of the neck, setting up paralysis.Witness found the accused could grip fairly well with cither hand, and the pupils of his eyes were quite normal.He knew of no instance of paralysis on record Tonsistent With prisoner's syvmpt- toms, The prisoner, whose demeanor had quite changed since his last appearance, said he wished to withdraw his plea of not guilty.Mis desire now was to plead guilty, and \u201chy God's help\u201d to tell the whole truth.But first he would like to Say a few words to exoneratg others.The prisoner detailed incidents of his life in London, declaring that he had been a respected member of so- eietv.He had served in the Royal Artillery until returned medically unfit.He then spoke of his accident and sufferings.Coming to his stay at Hastings, he continued: And, gentlemen, it is at this point that the chief trouble commences.T he came associated with bad and was obliged to put money on horses.Jt was the first time 1 had made a het in my life, I ventured small sums at first.and became elated with success, till T put on larger sums and lost.I gave various men my I.O.Us, but 1 hecame heavily involved, and, being unable to pay these so-called friends who had led me on, they threatened me With exposure.1 daresay some of them are in court now, laughing at my downfall, 1 began to think of my wife and little girl, and what this exposure would mean to them, and the thought crushed me, and 1 decided to do the things for which I am now brought here.The prisoner begged the court to remember the time when be Was a better man.\u201cWhen 1 have served my sentence,\u2019 he said, \u2018whether long or short, every friend will have turned his back upon me, gnd every door will be closed\u2014probably that also of my own home.With the help of a higher power 1 intend to start again with a clean sheet, and twelve months from the time I am a free man I will come back and prove to you that at any rate I have tried to do better.\u201d \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 Visitors in Parliament, The country cousin cares nothing for the Commons, but is all eagerness to visit the House of Lords He persists in taking the clerks at the table for the Prime Minister and the leader of the Opposition.He nsks for Mr.Baliour, and on being shown a pair of boots on the tahle brutally demands the Prime Minister's head, which, according to Mr.Jlovid- company,\u2019 trate SCOTLAND AND PITTSBURG Omna\u2014 ln Lact Twolve Meaths Carnegie Mes Gives Them Clase on $90,000,000.Fach year it is becoming more and more evident that, despite his most strenuous exertions to the cone trary, Andrew Carnegie will, to use his own now famous expression, ultimately die disgraced.The cause of this is found in the fact that, though he distributes his fortune as no one has ever distributed a fortune before, his banking account increases 80 rapidly that it is practically ime possible, at least by his present donations, to even get abreast of his income.During the last ten years Carnegie has given in a manner which has astonished the world, and yet he has succeeded in parting with less than half his income for that period of time, while the principal remains still untouched.It has been proved that the exact amount of the millionaires donations up to the end of May reached the colossal sum of $90,969 200, distributed through the different countries as follows: United States.$68 517 450 Scotland.17.76%, 760 Holland \u2026 1.756,600 England and Wales.|.1,351,500 Pominion of Canada.1,016,500 Ireland.conn 315,000 CHDA.coccnes cones creer 252,000 £00 969.200 This, of course, is an enormous sum, yet the amount is less than four years of the steel mingnate's in- conte.lo all hé can, Mr, Carnegie acknowledges that he hus found it impossible, so fur, to make his donations overtake the nuollions which ave added yearly to hig fortune, and unless he can hit on some quicker method of getting rid of his dollars it is very evident that whot he has so sternly denounced will happen\u2014he will die a rich man Mr.Carnegic\u2019's donations during the Inst twelve months have been in exeesy of those of any single year since the tune when he first hegan the work of getting rid of his fortune, but though he should keep this ip to the end of his life he cannot possibly hope to materially lessen the amount of the principal.To Scotland and Pittsharg alone during the last twelve months Carnegie has given olose upon $20,000,000, and it Is, perhups, onlv natural that the bulk of his fortune should go to the land of his hirth and the city where all his money was mare, It has been estimated that Car- nepgis's wealth grows at the rate of a dollar for every tick of the clock, and an interesting table has lately been prepared showing his income derived from his holdings in steel and other \\induatries.This remarkable schedule werks out as follows: Carnegic\u2019's own valun- tion of his interest in the Carnegie Steel Company.© .8146,250,000 Other investments.\u2026\u2026 20,000,000 Total.0e $166,250,000 His income, estimated by Frick, on profits of Steck Company Jor 1900 FTE \u2026 $21,500,000 Income from other investments.oo aasesen se 1.500,000 Total income.vee.$26,000,000 For the benefit of the statistical lover it might be mentioned that this income works out to something Like $2,166,665 a month, $500 .- von yg werk, or ST1.130 n day.It will, therefore, be seen that for every hour, dav and night Carnegie can count upon having placed to his credit $3,000, or, reduced down still further, $50 each minute.The possession of so much wealth might have turned a steadier brain than even Mr, Carnegie\u2019s, but the only thing thet worries the millionaire if the difficulty he experiences in getting rid of it.\u2014J.ondon Tit-Bits.Admiral Demvile.Admiral Sir Compton Edward Dome- ville, who was Comnander-in-Chief of the Moditerranean Station from 1902 until the recent changes, is the senior of the three Admirals whose ficets have been ordered to concen- \u2018as à measure of precaution.\u2019 \u2018 He was born rather more than sixty- George, may be anywhere but on the treasury bench, \u201cWhere does Mr, Healy sit?\u2019 is an inguiry neatly countered bv the reply that at ig sometimes on Mr.Bedinond, and the embodiment of the law seated on the woolsack prompts the query.\u2018Is it Alive a question to which Mr, Lloyd-George's dissenting friends in Scotland would mournfully respond, Very much so.'\u2014London Outlook, Practicing Medicine at Nin: ty.Longevity of Irishmen 18 proverbial, but even in that country for a doctor to be in practice at the age of ninety 18 unique.Dr, Woods of Birr has that distinction, and at the last meeting of the district hoard of guardians it was decided to grant him a full superannuation allowance.Popular with his patients, whom he visited on a bicvele, the venerable practitioner strenuously objected to retiring when the proposal was first brought forward, He urged that he was willing and able to carn his sale ary and did not wish to take money from the public that he did not earn.\u2014London \u2018Globe, Cable Across Sahara, After much deliberation the French Government has decided to span the great Sahara from South Algeria to the west coast with an rlectric cable, The line, which is from In-Salah, via Tidekalt and Tagrneut, to \u2018Timbuktu, will be about 620 miles in length and will cost $300,000.The work is te be emplpyed in about a year, : 1801, two years ago in Worcestershire, and entered the navy in 1856.While lieutenant-commanding the Algerine in 1866-68 he was promoted for his skill and gallantry in services ngainst pirates in China.He was captain of the Dido from 1879 to 1883, and on the Temeraire from 1884 to 1886.\u2018Then for three years he was captain of H.M.S.Excellent\u2014Gunnery School, I'ortsmouth\u2014and from 1591 to 1894 was Director of Naval Ordnance.In too, Sir Compton Domville was made Rear-Admiral, promoted Vice-Admiral six years later, and be- caine full Admiral in January, 1903 \u2014four\u201cinonths before taking over the command of the Mediterranran fleet.In 1900 Sir Compton was appointed president of the committee to ine quire into the different types of hoil- erg in use on hoard Jin Majesty's ships, He was created K.C.B.on \u201cQueen Victoria's birthday in 1898, and received the G.C.V.O, in April last vear on the occasion of the vis it of King Edward to Malta.A Velos Frem the Pews.An old lady was toiling up the .steps of an Edinburgh church the othe ; erly gentleman came after her, er Sunday night, when a kindly, eld- and saying.\u2018Allow me, madame,\u201d took her arm and helped her up.When she had got to the top, she paused for a little to recover her breath, and then asked: \u201cDo you know whn'e to preach to-night?\u2019 \u2018\u2018Yes,\u2019\u2019 said tho gentleman, \u201cit's Dr., \"the speaker bring no other than Dr.himself.My goodness ~ra- cious!\u2019 exclaimed the old lady.\u201cHelp me down again.please, I'd rather listen to a man sharpening a saw.\u2019 \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 Mamma's Great Pleasure.\u201cThere is really no use in talking to you, Minnie.\u201d \u201cOh, don\u2019t sav that, mamma.Now you know you like te hear yourself talk.\u201d à mare a £ We GF a TC a TL lS me anse\", ste res ACY TE Ee ne Sn x A a ES ror \u201cMONEY TAX\" WINS.ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORS.The marriage of Mr.George M.Stanstead Township Returrs Old Board Prue of Beebe Plain to Miss Minnie by Substantial Mujority.Richard of Sherbrooke is announced ake place the 31st inst.The contest in the Township of tot Stanstead, resulted in the return of! the retiring councillors, Messrs.John on the road in the west part of the Curtis, Newton Quimby and E.A.(County.Any courtesy shown him Baldwin.The \u201cmoney tax\u201d was! will be appreciated by the publisher worked tor what it was worth, but the | of this paper.comparatively small vote cast shows, Andrew Armstrong, an old resident that many were indifferent.to the cry.| of Melboure, has leased his farm there Councillor Quimby was opposed by | and gone to Moose Jaw, Assa., where Mr.William 5.Comstock and .Mr.two sons and a daughter are located.Eugene W.Morrill run io opposition He expects to reside permanently in to Mayor Curtis.Mr.Comstock came the Northwest.out in direct opposition the \u2018\u2018money tax\u2019\u2019 while Mr.Morrill did not oppose | The annual district convention of the principle but objected to the man- ; the International Advent Christian ner in which it had been handled.At Conference will be held at Ayer's the close of the first day\u2019s polling the | Cliff opening at 7 p.m.Thursday Jan.vote stood as follows: (19th, with sessions Friday and Sat- Our agent, Mr.W, L.Rowell.is now | Newton Quimby 104 | Eugene A.Baldwin 103 John Curtis 86 Eugene W.Morrill 30 William 8.Comstock 22 ' À poll was demanded for the second day in the customary manner, but the opposition party afterwards decided to drop the fight and no votes were cast Tuesday.The opposition lo: Councillor Quimby was the ouly straight fight against the \u2018money tax.\u201d The fact that Mr.Quimby lead the list with the largest vote polled will likely be taken as evidence that public sentiment is in favor of money tax, or at least in giving the plan a fair trial.OTHER ELECTIONS, In Magog Township Daniel Murray was re-elected.C.C.Manning was elected in place of Henry Shuttleworth and R.R.Merrill in place of W.H.Embury who declined re-election.In the Town of Magog Dr.J.O.Goyette and William E.Smith were re-elected by acclamation.In Dixville Bruce Baldwin and A.J.Martin were elected by acclamation.In Hatley Alex.Kezar, C.O.LeBar- on and Bond Little were re-elected.At Beebe Plain Clifford Frost was re-elected and D.L.House was elected in place of D.W.Smith.In Barnmston G.N.Corliss, George Searles and H.L.Cleveland were elected in the place of Councillors Sornberger, Corey and Aldrich who retired.: In Coaticook Monday E.F.Tom- kins was returned to the municipal council for the East Ward and S.Ba- chand for the South Ward, both by acclamation.Municipal elections in North Hatley : resulted in the choice of Leslie E.Taylor, S.Scott Worthen and C.N.Hawse were elected to succeed J.B.LeBaron, E.L.Johnson and L.H.- Taylor.MAGOG.Mr.Thomas Whitehead has returned to Boston after spending the holidays here with his parents.Miss Bessie Massie is a guest of Mrs.(Rev.: D.D.Elliot.Miss Carrie Derick who has spent.the past month visiting friends in town left on Thursday to spend the | winter in Sherbrooke.Mr.Wallace Whitehead who has - been visiting his parents, Mr.and Mrs.A.J.Whitehead has returned to Mon- | treal.i Miss Bailey spent her vacation at! her home in Compton.| Miss Fannie Marston of Danville, : is a guest of her sister, Mrs.E.J.Adams.Mr.P.H.Walsh spent Saturday and | Sunday in Montreal.; Miss Grace Horner visited friends | at St.Johns\u2018 Que., during tbe holi- | days.Mr.and Mrs.Harry Cain spent a few days with her parents at Griffin recently.Mr.and Mrs.Henry Chamberlain | visited friends at West Shefford.last ; week.! Mr.Arnold McConnell of Ontario is visiting bis sister, Mrs.D.D.Elliot at at the parsonage.; Miss young who has spent her holi.! days at her home in Bury has returned | to Magog.i The model school opened on Monday after two weeks vacation.\u2018 Mr.W.McDougall has been visiting friends in Montreal for the past week.| Principal and Mrs.Garland have returned from spending the holidays in ! Mansonville.i ! THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR.Tokio, Jan.9.\u2014It is believed that the Russian casualties at Port Arthur will total about twenty-five thousand.TRANRFER OF PRISONERS.Tokio, Jan.9.\u2014The transfer of prison- ersat Port Arthur was completed at 4.30.p.m.Saturday.The total num- .ber of officers transferred was 878; i men, 23,401.TO TRANSPORT PRIRONERS, Tokio, January, 6.\u2014It is anderatood that the San Yo Railway has been instructed to make preparations to transport 20,000 Russian prisoners from Shimonoseki to Kure.It is probable that the prisoners will be quartered near Kure.The most serious cases of sick and wounded will be left at Port Arthur in the field hospitals for the presenta.Those capable of being moved will be brought to Japan, where arrangements for housing them bave been .by an insurance of $200,000.\u2018than 300 men are thrown out of em- ; relatives and friends in town and in after being on the road for a number start out again soon.urday and special service the following Sunday.The house of Damase Pelchat, South Durham, was burned early Sunday morning.Mr.and Mrs.Pelchat and two children barely escaped with their lives, being badly burned.The body of a child two years old, which had died on Saturday, was cremated in the fire as it could not be reached.Thomas Huntington died at his | home in Compton Township, Christ - mas eve, in bis 71 st year.The farm upon which he lived and died has bee | in the Huntington family for sixiv: years.Mr.Hunungton was twice married, his first wife being Harriet: Hadlock of Compton.His second wife wus Emmeline Foss of Beebe lain.2A double tenement on St.Jean Bap- liste street, Coaticook, owned by Mde.J.Biron and occupied by herself and her son-in-law, Charles Desautels, took fire at 1.30 Friday morning, the, tlanies spreading so rapidly that the inmates had to flee in their night clothes.The loss includes a watch and \u201c150 in money.The total loss is placed at 81,500 with an insurance of.$600, ' At a recent meeting of the Royal, Geographical Society, London, England, J.L.McPherson of Seattle, | Wash., was named a F.R.G.8, an' honor conferred only in recognition of | the highest scientific attainments.| Mr.McPherson was born in Rich- | mond, Que., being a son of the late | W.A.McPherson, a member of the: old-time commercial firm of Hart & McPherson of Richmond.The Canada Carriage Co.'s factory at Brockville Ont., was burned on the night of the {thinst., entailing a loss : of $300,000 which is partially covered: More ployment.The industry was the largest in the town and the monetary loss is the greatest in the history of the place.A warehouse containing a large quantity of partially finished stock, the wood working plant, boilers, engines, etc., were saved, and by 8.30 o\u2019clock the following morning lumber was arriving for temporary buildiugs so that the company will be! shipping again in a few days.WAY'S MILLS.Miss Lila Allen returned to her school at West Derby, Vt., last week.| Mr.George Currier of Magog was\u2018 the guest of bis sister, Mre.F.L.Brown, | recently.He had been to Coaticook with a load of wool for the Coaticook Woolen Company.Mrs.B.E.Drew and daughter, Mise Lillian, of Ayer\u2019s Cliff were visiting Fairfax last week.Mr.M.J.Chamberlain is at home of weeks for the Barpston Woolen Mills Company.Mr.Chamberlain will Master Kenneth and Miss Maria | Hovey are out of school with the | mumpe.Miss Lottie Aulis is ill and! Mrs.F.L.Brown is also on the sick list.Mr.and Mre.E.F.Hovey, who have peen spending a few weeks with their parents, have returned to their home in Fitch Bay.Mr.Hovey has charge of the creamery there for another year.Mise Mabel Hovey has re-opened her school at Beebe Plain after spending the holidays with her parents, Mr.and Mre.C.C.Hovey.Mr.and Mrs.David Taylor and daughter of Boynton and Mr.and Mrs A.E.Chadsey visited at Mr.Eddie Richardson's, Ruiter\u2019s Corner, last Monday.Mr.Will Horne of Magog was in town Monday on business.While here he was the guest of his sister, Mrs.John Converse.BEEBE PLAIN.On Sunday, Jan.15th, Elder 8.Clark of Scotstown, Que., will speak in the Advent Church here both morning and evening.A cordial invitation is extended to all.The first session of the tenth Canadian Parliament was opened by Earl Grey, the new Governor-General, at 3 p- m.to-day.Mr.R.F.Sutherland, M.P., for North Essex has been elect- od Speaker.FE CANADIAN COWBOYS.Picturesque Cattlemen Are Ne Longer in Evidence as lu the Wild Stories of Long Ago, The \u2018\u2018bronco-buster,\u201d\u201d the \u2018\u2018cowpuncher\u2019\u201d and the mien who ranch among the foothills of the Canadian Rockivs are neither so picturesque in garb, so lurid in language, nor se daring in performance as the stay.| at-home imagines, writes John Foster Fraser.The days of \u201craising hell and playing Cain\u2019 are nigh over, Cowboys no longer\u2014if they ever did \u2014spend their time riding unrideable horses, which rear and plunge \u2018and roll, whoop across the prairie swinging lassoes over heads and catching stampeding their cat- boundless tle by the hind hoof and downing, them.Nor are they any longer in the habit of riding from camp -into the neanest town to make the townfolk dance on the sidewalk by playing | bullets round them.Nor do they ride their horses into the drinking saloon, knock off the neck of a bot-' tle of rye whiskey with a revolver, \u2018 and gues they'd have a drink of that! I have heard many stories of such brisk happenings in Medicine Hat, Macleod and Calgary, but they took place long ago.The events of five Years are pressed into the anecdotes of fifteen minutes, and the stories have become picturesque with time.As you sit on the stoop of the little hotel at Macleod, which is the oldest of the new towns in the west, and was Fort Macleod, an outpost to keep the Blood Indians in check, before it became a typical ranching town, vou talk and smoke with ranchers, Cold-timers™ many of them.They are lithe and scraggy-iramed, big-fisted and shamble-guited; their cheeks have heen yellowed and wrinkled with sun and snow glare; heavy wrinkles are on either side of their eves.They are unshaven and uncombed; their clothes are baggy and untitting, their boots rusty and their hats ready for the searcerow.They sit loungingly.cross-legged, talk in a drone.but confidently, smoke incessantly and expectorate unceasingly.You pick out a man you don\u2019t think worth ten cents.He is really worth fifty thousand dollars, not in hard cash, but in cattle.**No, sir, ranching ain't what it was,\u201d says he.\u201cIn the old days we squatted on the foothills, where there was good feed and water.We haven't got the snows they have back in the middle west.The cattle just grew into money.But now.with the inrush of settlers.getting homesteads and buying land from the Government, we ranchers are being pushed back into the hills.\u201d A young buck.astride a fiery brute, comes pacing down the wide Macleod street.The saddle is high- pommeled.the stirrups Mexican; by the side hangs the useful lasso; on the back of the rider's head is a broad, flat-brimmed, much-dented felt hat, held by an elastic band.He goes hy with a swagger, a fine specimen of bronzed and lusty young manhood.For a moment the air is full of dust.Then Macleod\u2014wide- spreading, making the most of its thousand inhabitants\u2014slips back into slumbrous hasking in the Indian summer, that breath of crisp warmth which creeps over Canada in October, when at home the days are mugey and the atmosphere is hary, Across the way a couple of swarthy men are leaning against a wall, laughing lowly and then tossing a coin, who pays for cigars.A rig has just pulled up opposite the ; little bank, and the horse is tethered to an iron weight You can walk a little and see the prairie stretching into distance.Behind you is the earth making its first heave toward the Rockies.A group of Englishmen ranch up-country.swing in.These are tender-feet, men in their first year, still wearing their English clothes and Oxford ties and cloth caps and leather gaiters\u2014curiously exotic in this part oi the world.There is a little, high-noted afiveta- tion in their voice.which vou don't notice at home, because you are always hearing it.but which, heard suddenly in Western (Canada, ex- from a plains why Jake Sanuke thinks all young Englishmen Indi-dadi snobs.They are nothing of the kind.Mayvhe they are vounger sons.who have failed in their examinations for the army or the bar, a bit wild, noisy certainly, with more money than is quite good for them at the start, inclined as healthy young Englishmen are inclined, to think they know all about evervthing, and get lauxh- ed at in consequence: bat genuine men, true as steel.who in a few years will be good Canadians and rounddup steors with the best.\u201cSee that fellow sitting nt the window?\" savs a rancher.\u201cHe's an English baronet Oh, no, he's just plain mister here.He don\u2019t look like ! we get all Two redeoats Mounted Po- a baronet, do he?Yes, sorts out ranching.*\u2019 ride hv.\u201cNorthwest lice! They used ta be mostly gentle- | men born.ne'er-de-weels in vour big families.shot out here to he got rid of.Good chaps though, many of them.But it ain't like the old times in the erly seventies, when the whis- kov traders Were about, filling up the Tndians on vile alcohol, and then buying skins cheap and fighting their way back.Why, | rememher when evervhody knew everyhody fifty miles round.Nohody thought anything of riding tnirty miles to see a friend, hitch up and stay a fow days, Dut that\u2019s all altered now: too many ranchers.Tose cattle?Not often.But I remember \u201885, when a third of the cattle was lost in the snow.| came up from Montana that vear delivering cattle to a fool Englishman, who insisted on them heing driven several hundreds of miles and branded; of course they were in had condition, and most of them died.\u201d \u201cLet Me Like a Soldier Fall.\" Inexpericneed Young Housewife (thinking to show her sharpness, after purchasing a brace of pheasants) \u2014'\u20181 suppose they've been hung?\u2019 New Shopman (not previously in this.trade)\u2014\" Hung! Yo lady, they were shot.\u201d A TWO-FOLD CONSCIENCE.Rev.Dr.Milligan, Mederater of the Pres.bytorian General Assembly, Preaches oa the Late Principal Grent.Rev.Dr.Milligan, Moderator of the General Assembly, preached on the late Principal Caven in Old St.Andrew's Church, Toronto, on a recent Sunday.The service throughout was memorial in character, and the congregation completely tilled the edifice.Dr, Milligan paid a splendid tribute to the departed leader of Canadian Presbyterianism.He took for his text the words of Isaiah.\u201cHe that believeth shall not make haste,\u201d\u2019 and said in part: \u201cThe characteristics of a man whose life is rightly founded are stabiliv of character and constancy of action, Belief means personal conviction and experience.Such a mah will have growth, for all things are his.He has the principles of Christ and will work them out in his own Way, and Will never be unduly alarmed, never unduly elated.À believer will be a man of unity, of architectonic mind, sceing the many through the whole, and the whole through the many.These features were marked characteristics of our friend, Principal Caven.Of him it might truly be said, the boy was father oi the man.Constancy was a feature of his life all through.He studied with assiduity alike when his work was in the woods at St.Mary's, his first charge, or as Principal of Knox College.: Endorsed Historical Criticism.\u2018The stability of Principal Caven was hot that of a vast stone on a lonely moor.but of a living tree planted by fe rivers of waters that brought forth fruit in its season.In 1902 he expressed himsell as endorsing the method of historical criticism as applied to the Scripture, set high value upon a study that has come | among us since he was a student, namely, Biblical theology, and deprecated that people should becouw panie-stricken about mere words.He showed that the man of broud, penetrating light is never the victim of panic.\u2018It was at the college conierences that Principal Caven shon as a scholar of varied and thorough irarning.His students have told me they never knew him from the classroom as they did through the conferences.He mastered the principles and details of varied fields of jcarn- ing.Hence he was never overelatud by cries of wonderful discoveries, or alarmed by iears regarding tne decadence of faith, \u201cThe discriminating patience and unflagging thoroughness which characterized him as a student qualified him for valuable leadership in his Church.Every man fitted to lead his fellow-men will recognize that there is a twofold conscience requiring to be dealt with in the conduct of human aflairs, whether in Church or Stale.The Corporate Conscience.\u201cA man's personal convictions come within the scope of his individual conscience, There are corporate convictions as well as individual con- vicuons, which the community recognize and beyond which they are not now prepared to go.Any forcing of these would bring hurt to the community, be it civil or cuclesiasto- cal.There is à corporate conscience as well as personal, The wise leader Keeps an «ye upon the turmer an discharging his duty to his fellowmen, whilst the personai conscience is One between his God and hiuselr.Only an irenic, constructive mind can exhibit truth as men are able tn hear it.Seure himself from panic, he is anxious that groundless alarms shall not stampede his jellow-men into foolish or deplorable actions.A leader among wen should have a public conscience, alive to the importance of mutual trust and co-operation being maintained among them ap their several relations as far as the interests of truth and righteousness Will permit.And doing so with that love which believeth tll things and hopeth all things for men, the peace he eeeks of a collective kind is not that of expedience desiring peace simply for its own sake, but of the optimist who believes in allowing patience to have her uniiving work among men, where mercy and truth shall meet together and righteousness and peace shall kiss each other.In the light of these ideas should be interpreted the tolerance and caution and gentleness, to a large extent, of him who has just been called from onr midst.\u201cNo man in Toronto to-day can well sav that great learning end great mental gifts cannot be combined with simple Christian faith, On the contrary, his life teaches us that would we give our mental pow- crs their true balance and test scope, we should exercise them with a view to the will and pleasure of God.We are thankful we knew him with his large knowledge, his penetrating in- tellectuality, his well-balanced judgment, his sweet geninlity, his rich humor, his refining courtesy, and his warm and uplifting piety.\u201d \u2014 School of the Woods.No dout you have all wondered if the approaching winter will he us severe as the winter of 1005-04, and it may be interesting to hear of some of the signs of late fall.The chupmonks, which generally stay in their dens all winter, can stil} be seen on warm days running about, in the forest leaves, and do not appear to have decided to go in for the winter, \u2018The robins still hrave the cold November winds and chirpingly scem to say winter will not come vet.Last vear at this time the muskrats had built tunnels in the hanks along the shore and were housed away for the winter.But now il a person were to walk along the shore on a moonlight night they could see these busy little workers building their domes far out in the bay water.The knowing ones who have ohsoer- ved these things say that the cold this winter will be less severe and the snowfall lighter than in the past five winters, May it be 60, Rock Island rdware Co.Our Dundas and Kelley AXES Have Given Such Good Satisfaction that Our Axe Sales have Doubled in the past Year.Rock Island Hardware Co.Reduction Sale! For the Month of January.ON ALL OUR Dress Goods - Clothing - Boots & Shoes Fur Coats, Fur Jackets, Ruffs, Collars and Muffs.Special Bargains on our Men\u2019s and Boys\u2019 Overcoats and Suits.A Man\u2019s Overcoat for $4.50, A Boy\u2019s Overcoat for $3.75, A Man\u2019s Suit for $3.50, A Boy\u2019s Suit for $2.00.and many other goods as cheap in proportion.Remember I always keep a fine stock of Fresh Groceries and Fruits at the lowest living prices.A.J.BISSONNET Opposite Union House, Rock Island, Que.H.C.WILSON & SONS Piano Warerooms.ESTABLISHED 1863.January, 1905.À Prosperous and Happy New Year To Our Friends and Customers AII.We begin the new year with better facilities than ever for furnishing the best quality of Pianos and Organs and Musical Goods at reasonable prices.Our largely increasing trade from year to year is evidence that we sell the class of instruments wanted by the musical public, and that our prices and terms are satisfactory.We have a lot of new styles in Pianos and Organs to show yon this season and we hope you will see our stock and learn our prices and terms before deciding upon a purchase elsewhere.Catalogues and full information by mail to any address.Sole agency for Heintzman & Co., Mason & Risch, Kranich & Bach and other fine Pianos; Estey Organs.The \u201cAngelus\u201d Piano Player.Send us your name on a Postal Card.H.C.WILSON & SONS, SHERBROOKE, QUE.Branch Store at Magog.CASWELL & O'ROURKE Offer the following special values in A good time to secure Nails and Heavy Hardware, prices advancing.The best values in Axes in this vicinity.A large assortment of good make that have beeu tested, prices 75c.to £1.00.Axe Handles, good values, 10c.X Cut Saw, Disston\u2019s $1.15 Good Steel Shovels, all kinds, 50c.Drag Saws, $3.00 8 inch Files, 3 for 25c.10 inch Files, 2 for 25c.Cold Blast Lanterns, 75c.Horse Blankets from 75c.up., Carpenters Tools, House Furnishing Hardware, Bolts, in any quality and always the lowest price.Happy New Year, Caswell & O\u2019Rourke."]