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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1894-2-22, Page 3LETr' PURE POWDERED 1111 PYRtaT,r STIRONI$ OT, SI NT. prj' al efseir euro laela1eet...e. e•A a =WS alas, A esu Neale x1 aeoewAs aa1 Iola, ti..i lor All t+reree awl low e s. A. Oz=+iatttlI"my sr sswswas' THE POET'S CORNER. Tse Lased . Ise wt. . one of the nest tender steams ever sung .e-otland as Lady Natives " Lod oI the Lea'." The author was • lovely S_otch wa- r,,, • who marred William Murray Saone, a ,utatary true of good p+tuuo. -- She loved music and poetry and did muob to sweeten sad purify the minstrelsy of Scotland. She was moot anxious to pc serve her um:cymit , .utl today she is known and loved for only this one sweet straw. Thew verse* were written to console a fnen4 of hen, • lady who Int her only and Jowly loved chid. The wan also the favorite s.a.v of Str John \Iacd..na1J, for whom it used to be mug by a voting lady a Ottawa. Ila wars' awe dohs, Like saw wreathe is thaw, John. I'm weenie awl To the laud o' the teal. There's we sorrow there. John, There's neither cant.] nor care, .101,0, The soy us .ye fair In the lend o' the leap. " lhur boo.ie lair .them, SW was b•ith rude and fur, .lots, And ooh ' we grn ige her Bair To the land 0' the kcal. Bat sorrow's eel' wean pint..luho. And toy s a -owning fast. John, The joy that's aye to Wt la the land 0' the peal. •'viae deer that 1.,y wan b,ognt, .1 .hn, Sae free the battle fought, John, That unto' nun e'er brought, To the land o' the Is•4 a lM, dry your theteiag a teJelus My soul tangs to be free, Jobs, And angels becknn ere To the land o' the teal. THR KIGN,1I•: CODFRICH. ONT., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 221 104. IMAIDE MY FIRE. Mesa* my bre, what ears 1 toe the Moroi, Or for the rata that potters on the roof, Or faith:es sprint( wbo holds herself aloe. twilight nail fade to dark. `f1s bright sed WWI Beside lay ars. to not are, watch's. the firelight slow. fitful gleams with stilet touch hag wrought A wondrous charter. Nil le my chamber naught M isbat It was US outlies surae 1 hose, Beale my are. amide my ars. as with • lover's pia., Who uesugbt butt trim • Iu his mistress spies. V. bile eters fault for him iu shadow les, su ht Use Wase my risen b gloritlwi. Ileakts u.y nee. -Mors 11. Jopling in wed housekeeping. A HEROIC DAUGHTER In the year 1476 the city of Nancy, to Lorraine, was besieged by Charles the (Hold, duke of Burgundy, a warrior of the tient heroic daring, but whose Jutish and irritable tempi r often drove bunt to .commit sets of wanton cruelty. The governor of Nancy at that finite_ whta*e nacre history has not preserved, was' a man of downtime courage sad gloat military experience. and, more- over an excellent and devotee' tattier. lite only child, whole mother had died 11. giving her birth, was the joy acid pnde of his heart and shone eon/pica- reedy among all the maidens of her !flue for her goofiness and kuuwledge. 'rel.wtla at the date of the si.gu was in her eighteenth year, end bad already reee*' el tunny offers of marriage from 11.,01'. attracted by the charms of her te•auty and amiability, but eh. refused al's suitors, preferring to watch over the .1c. ltnang days of her gray haired fa - i 1,,,r and by her love and deletion cheer mid prolong his esisteoce. The inhabitants. led by their govern- or fl► whose skill mud judgment they nad the utmost confidence. made • brave d. temp ageinat the countless troops of toe fiery duke. Ali the men and youths capable of bearing arta* had taken weep/us, as was tilting in the time of danger, and meted themselves os the frlmpatts to ti -at elf every attack. 'The aget1 leen encouraged the faint maned and lesisterteiseilio-wemeteaid- iug a• far as their draftth Pennines], be carrying stones to the walls to be h:irh d duwu on the besiegers; they also light. d tires ender enoruwtu caldrons Zeal with pitch, oil awl even water, end when the enemy reutnred on au aw)nit the seething mese was poured on their devoted heads. Nothing that the utast meanie brav- ery and experienced skill could accom- plish was left undone to defend lb. - town. six' Charles, after vainly eudeav- or.ng " for a cou.iderablo time to take the place by aseenit, at length resel='ed to make overtaree of peace, hoping thn• to gain the end which it seemed useless to expect from force of arms. 11. whew 'ciidtom it was to deliver every commend city to be plundered and tinned: be who, after a enec'esafnt siege. invariably wreaked his bitterest vengeance on' the tubabitauts mid de- fenders. now proposed to the governor and inhabitants of Nancy that they should surrender and open to him the gates of the city, pledging himself to protect their dwellings and property trona all plundering. and to take care that no ono should suffer the least Harm either in life or paeeetdous. The pro- posals caused many to waver, but the noble governor, who had grown gray in the strvtee of his prince. stepped kir- ward and declared -Abet he would tatti- er he buried under the rnius of the ram- pr:rts than deliver up rho city to the en- enmy, to long as there were mcaus to defend it. He eucuurnged soldiers and citttena to bravery and perseverence and implored them to keep the city for their sovereign, the Duke of Lorraine, e nd ho succeeded so well by his enthu- siastic eloquence that all swore tu sacri- fice their lives rather than surrender. While the brave governor thus reani- mated the courage of the men, his daughter, on her side. raise' the wom- en's fainting spirits and cheered them by iter presence and inspiriting words, e nd by her own conduct gave the exam- ple to maids and matrons to share in the hardships and dangers of the de- fcnae. Sbe reminded them bow, ■ short time before, when the Doke of Bnrgundy besieged the town of Beau- vais, the women had taken up arms and fought beside the men on the ramparts and how they had succeeded in driving back the besiegers. 'Thele brave women were far fewer than we ire." continued Telesila, "while the enemy was the same in num- ber cud strength. Why should we be • frald, when we have before launch as * sample of devoted patriotism?" This speech made the greatest imprea- Siem on the minds of her listeners. Fresh conrage was hatdilled Min N and women. and no one spoke render. ilsanwhile, Charles bad recourse to every stratagem that ingennity could devise to endeavor to render himself master of the town. During the night watches he kept the besieged in a state of t.l.rm by continual feints of attack, 1 Telesila, yon have saved your father. anti then, as morning advanced. when May yon enjoy for long years the hap - they were qnite wearied and wore out, I pinta of watching over and caring for he would rash with tenfold violence to his old age. And yon, noble old man. the avant t. brave .s yon are in war, may your hap - He caused large stones to be hurled pine', es a father exceed your bravery by the machines at the walls wherever - yon. who have reared so heroie • they were weakest, in this hope of mak• danghter. It does my heart good in the Ing a breach, which at last, by the midst of the awfnl bloodshed and greatest elorta. he succeeded in doing, slangbtee to find such love and devotion. acrd after two boon' desperate fighting Yoga have made me experience bow be forced a entrance into the city, sweet and pleasant are the feelings of breathing vengeance egairat its defend- benevolence, and therefore not only ink wheys obstinate re•,iatance, com- yore lint all the inhabitants, are pardon - Mood with the loss M had eugtalsad of ed. "-Strand Magazine. Iia braved warriors. had esrnged him beyond ibssimre. Bet it was especially •ir:inlet the goverhar that all hie auger sod hatred were directed, as ho knew that t be latter had steadfastly refused lite toms of eopita'atkm sed had in- layed tits Inhabitants to afar rich pro btlg.d rmatatasee. He -wore tbat the governor ahoeld be the int eau whole his retention vee •• oh, ba,1 ye {eel aril tree. Jolla, 1 our d•y'a wasetsg oslfasJ•ka. ,tnii 1'u seriaie-Yes To the land o' the lesp. Now fan ye weep, wy ain John, The world's cares arc rain, J,.be, We'ei east. sad wi el be fun la the Mai e' the Mal." ONE MAN'S LUCK. kinsman.. Whitt' tett oss_wesw *.lblK b., ■1. Life. and testy a apart .f Inas. From thesit.,ImuisUlobe Democrat. Shot, buried, resurrected, sad still ochre. This u the remarkable story of Bob Nickolas of Granger county, 'rens. Several Tsar• ago the moonah•ttenwere allowed topers*. their riser oper.t►oas in the mountarn fast names unmolested Every (tun was in volved, and no roe dared to express an ob •ect►on or to refuse awistanee or co -open two. But some one became bold enough to inform the le%euue ,hirers, and there was • series of raids, during which almost every toll in the county was broken up and almost every citizen was taken to Knoxville either as defendant or as witness In one or more vases. lndiga•tion meetings were held, aid it was resolved to find the informer and put him where he could do no more injury. Sus- picion rested upon Natkes, who had not been in the mountains a great while, and who had •woctated but little with the people. One night • pert y of men west to lou house, sad •.euriag him, took him too"rock house," or cave, where, by the light of pine torches, a trial was bad, • lector acting as priocips' prosecutor. Distances were show° where he acted nafnendly. l'pou one oc- casion he had eves wad that mor.nahiniag was,• dutrerous business. The proof was .athcient to ustufy the minds of the nem who tried him, and he was sentence i to be shot. As soon as this conclusion was reached he was taken out sad fastened securely to • tree ; a board was placed upon the top of his head, and upon this board was lighted • pile of pins twigs ; thea the men drew lots s to who should act as executioner, the of fico falbny ... the doctor, who retreated twenty pan e, rifle in hand. Nickena'afeel- iogs annot be described as he stood await- ing the shot which was to deprive him of life. He herd a report, saw • }lath of light, felt • horning sensation in his bead, and knew no more. A pine shoe boy had be.n brought by the mea toger vessoothe, and an the he was placed and buried is • trench That night the doctor, with an eye to pro fit, stole the body and shipped it to • mode owl college in ('tncinatti, during allot which time the victim was unconscious. Arrived at the college, the body was take to a dis- secting iesectio` room and laid upon • table, where. for the first tone, oo°wiossw rtwrta.d. Nickerss hard one of the madames . " That mea is alive ; see the bind low." Restoratives were applied and is • few hours the man was fully awake. The phy sidess at the weals. did **scything in their power to °new hiss back to health, a°d *so- oeedod so far that after sins years M is as strong and active as at any time d W life. He west to California, fearing to return to his old home, and is sow a his way back for the first time. Hie wife, with whom be hes best up • constant eorr.s.wdees, .ad who eared for his little farm darns hi- losg assess, having written him abet all of the saes who had Kay part in his beim( aha have either deed or left the matey. Neatens Nates that he will real his farm as semi as possible and return eo OBIT torsin. geance would fall, but his intended via Ilus, to escape recoguitiou, bad Angula- r." himself to an ordinary citizen's dress, and ouw stood, unknown, among the assembled inhabitauta, who were awaiting their fate at the hands of the euragist duke: Charles demanded that the governor should be iustsutly delivered up to him, but the people would rather die them- selvoe than betray their beloved chief into the betide of the bloody conqueror. Duke l'harles tbreatrued to deetnoy all with lire and sword if his dewar►de Peru out iustently coulylied. with, while at the same time he promised a large rew.►rd to whomsoever wuuld point out the governor** hiding place. His threats and pro:nines were equal- ly rain. All remaioe l silent. Then stepped forth an old man- it was the governor himself in his diaguit u -and said that be would reveal the se- cret if the duke would swear on his weed to pardou all the inhabitants and protect their property. "Never:" mend the infuriated duke. 'In a town taken by aa'aolt the victor allows uo terms to be dictated to hire, and 1 will take such measures to dis- cover your governor as shall strike ter- ror into your hearts." Whereupon he declared that every tenth person should die and ordered his heralds to proceed le the work of numbering' the people. Then the men and women, toys and girl-, old and young, were placed in oris long rank, which reached from the spit where Charted was Ituldtng hie conit to the uttermost furtiticatiou of the city. All grew( pale, and deadly 'fear was in every c'e'unteuance as they listened to the terrible seutence. As father, wither, daughter and edn themed -Fide, by shies each trembled for the other's life. The air resounded with the weeping and wailing of women who bad a Pleat time before defied the enemy ;' the sero stool silent with bent beads'. The duko now signed to hie heralds to begin the counting and to s' paratu every teeth person, whose head 111100111 fall by the sword. Telesila had placed herself dole be- side her father and was now trembling .for his life. She watched, with eye .harpeued by love and fear, every move- ment -et -the ber•aidu.-and slwaye count- ed in advance in order to discover if her dear father wunld be one of the doomed. With horror she iecugnizodd that the fatal masher isunld fall on hint. In a moment iter r,4tiittiett was form- ed ormed and carried out: Sbeelippetl gently behind him, and placing herself on his right Hide so cuntrieeil that be would be N. 9, while she herself wotild bo tho tenth. Tbo herald drew near, noel it was only when the doom fell upon his danghter that the tether nn- dorstood why she load changed her place. Wildly ho be ought the herald to take hint; he wile the one on wlww the fatal number should fall; Telesila had mar- mot -1y changed her place to rave bin. TeItaila waintaiurd that it bad only happened by chance, and while tak- ing care trot to reveal the secret of her father's ideutity she earueetly begged to bo allowed to die, as the 11.1 had fall- en on her. Fora long time father and daughter inaiutained the loviug dispute, and at past the herald, not daring to de- cide, led them both to the duke. The father twisted on dying for his daughter: that the doom rightfelfrw•ns• his; while the daughter implored thew to take her life and spare her gray Imbed father. Charles hesitated long as to how be should decide; be was quite ignorant ot whom he bad before him, for no word bed fallen elppii i their nettle strife which ci uld betray their rank. But at length the governor cried aloud: "Might• duke, do not hesitate as to which of is yon *ball condemn to Jestft. I will give np to you the man who has so roused your vengeance, for whom so many brave citizens must die. See, the governor stands beton you; kill him, pmt spare my danghter, this peerless ex- ample of filial love:" The bystanders as they listened to tbeee word* were filled with dread ex- pectation of what would follow. All were moved to tears and trembled (Jr the lite of their beloved governor. who, with such noble heroism. was willing to die that they might be pardoned. They surrounded himself and daughter in close ranks, as if to form a rampart so that the murderer's sword might only reech hint through their faithful hearts. The dnke, accustomed though he was to slaughter and destruction. bad never before witnessed such a touching scene. The whole people raised a cry of suppli- cation and implored their conqueror to pet them to death and spare him whom they held so dear. (iradnalty the stern features of the duke relaxed, a softened expression stole over them, and at last, tieing from his seat, amid nnlcersal .lienee, he ad- dressed father and daughter in the fol- lowing words: " You have touched the innermost depths of my heart; you shall not die. It it is sweet to conquer. let toe feel that it is sweeter .till to pardon. Noble Itsrdtss! assn IMNerw Bertsch and 111tasn Is • medians made from rests, hark sod herbs, and b the beet kemws rowdy kw ee- sensation *ad talismans, ••d win tl,ye. •11 Meere bleed diseases frown •.sss piss* to the worst sewefdess save •ltho Mad *Mho se Wars W. Pouw sy-Jos. whin was the ar•t Pike au the ssNNt-ialaw mate • Mr. When Nash went isle the nit and _ t her mit A else Ver et..Mer T ors is Ise Ibat teak es brie • �sweta� of stew r. weed'. 1 ii lbs s, asthma, li rasa bsasse- �om � ewr°sive Ann w PLANT MORE TREES- Rime of Terser ne•*stelloa Own is lir des Wider Tne Ylaatlag. Trees were a bane to the first mittens of a large portion of our country at least. Like utter g'srl things tiros. Wall leo much timber too toasty treat; Many a weary stay was spent and many a lusty life wuru out in removing giant tree., clearing the forests. and while the old residents ur their immediate de ateudaota live. it is difficult to build up • sentiment in favor of reet'oriug the forests which it was their 1110'8 1a1sr to remove. But se are living in a fart ago, Where an sere of timber was felled by our fathers. a ttet•tion has been demand ed by tis. Ages are required to strange Palestine front a fruitful to a barna land. The l'edurs of I.elau•m are na reed relics of the Kt -MP' f..r.-.te that "grew aroun•l about ,l,ru.al.'m gut' sheltered a happy race We sr, just beginning to experience borne of the evils which have overtaken older mittens and which will just asanrely overwhelw this people if we persist in the deetruc tit•e policy heretofore pnr8tt.el. Euro lean countries have spent and are vend tug millions to nelothe the weetr places. Now is the time for us to act if we would avoid similar esp'ndIIn''e and ward off diameters from ourw•lyes and those who are to muse after u.. Every wit -re the tr..'i are disappearing and everywhere the living waters are air appearing The lumbermen s axe and fine 'started by trim nal earelrewesu arc .-v.-u now cutting dbirtt or burning np unr tine forests of !gee 4. •l.atr?oying the fine y're0tt robes of e(I♦tr mountain s1•Ie',. C.r.•ry ole orvilig main t..es the Wei Wilde result. ..sae by "blendinge4L•riii 4U1 with the iseantifnl in planting. we can kill two Jirds with the one item.. As E,Iwiu 1'. Powell, 1,1 New York. r'marka iu the Amrriran Agricnittwist. nut growing as a cnnuttercial industry re•t'i'es two little attrntiun. and the greater part of the c•hestnute, hickory nate, pecans and hazelnnts consumed in this cnnntry are picked froth trees that have growu na tunny. No attention ha. Leen given to planting them i:or to the propagation ufg.so.l varieties, much less to their im- {provement or theun►rivation of new and better on.'s. More attention could pro- fitably lee paid to nut growing. Ger nuts are a delic:e•c.s and wholesome article of food, and wil4 be Me,' more langelr m• tine supply increases The trees, litter Lobe; puce establiata•t !*a no care, have no em't.ties worth mentioning. and the pr.xluet is clear gain. Many old pastures. hillsides, rocky knolls, ani out -.,f the way place's coaled be devoted to the production of nuts with rape profit and advantage. Nut trees have a hong. strong tap root. which mikes them -nwri, difficult to transplant than trait and orrameutal tree it is better to transplant the trate trout the nursery rows when they are a year old than to leave them longer. Hickory trete. chtatnnts ant ntllera sboitd be trained iu the tatuc way for couvenieuce to gathering, the Lute The hickory trees can stand five. or even ten feet closer- about ttyeuty by twenty - than the a liestunts. Because of their up- right habit of gu•owth. lint little attest" tion 1*•le been peel to propagating Komi varieties, ur from extra fine tree's, and mainly lacaa•e it isconi uunlvanppoteet that it is impossible to buil or graft The failures in this line have been from doing the work at the wrong women. The cleft graft eomtuotily used in graft ing fruit trees will not du for nut tree.. at host 1 have never known it to succeed. The veneer irraft is the proper our to nee. hit a better one still is a combine tion between grafting and budding The bnds un nut trees. hickories e*prtci ally, are very large and prominent. and -for this mason. and also because of hard DOSS of the wood, the elownesn of growth. and the tonghuo*a of the bark. spring grafting is rarely successful. The stype A Mews O.e.p.ttee. A peculiar advertisement recently ap- geared iw as lingIMh paper. A woman descriWag bssslf as "a lady with spar these daily" scored to play besigne with invalid* or ether persons desiring a rodent in the gams. Rho wanted re- mnwsstlliwr tltlttl eswclndes by asking • what allay MtTHOly!t a •8' of graft illustrated should be practiced on limbs from one half to three quarters of an inch in diameter. the latter being the better The work should be done in the summer, after the young buds are developed. Select the stock to 1m works upon. and procure buds from as large young wood as pos sibie With a sharp pudding knife remove from the chis a strip of hark about tine and one half inches long, with a bud in the centre, as shown in the accoutpwr►ying etigrasing. Then re move a similar piece of bark from the stock, and put the bud nn in place of it, tying it with basswood hark or soft tot• ton twineif the bark on the coin is larger in diameter than the 'etre*. cut off a strip to make it fit evenly. while if the stock is term in diameter than the cion, remove only enough lark so that the cion will fit After the bark has joined perfectly and become tight to the limb, the strings should be cut. so as not to impede the circulation. The middle stock Illustrated shows the eom mon way of bedding. as practiced on fruit trees The prepared bud really for insertion is shown, also the limb after it is inserted and before tying Both of thee. style, are from bade worked on hickory. Chestnuts work mach easier.aad gins better results. rwewwsee tie (passe Nothing gives more cheerfulness to the home in winter, says the Wetness Rnral,than • few thrifty looking plants. Even if blooms are few which is often the can where one has not special tact lilies for keeping an even tempentttre the 'little green things growing," will be an Inapiratioo and • pleasure Where no special cenvenienes exist for caring for plants, only standard, hardy sorts should he chosen (i raninnta, fuchsias, ivies sad many) others can be grown with little trnnMe. A hanging basket or oxalis is a delight to the eye daring a whole winter. Even the sometimes de spi..d wsndesing Jew grows so mashy that it is a boos to can with little at... to spate for Suwon or .lash scnptxu 111 'tioktnt. "When I was a Boy 1 11 Writes Postmaster J. 1'. 1Yonnmo ., Forest Hill. 11'. Vit., ",l had a bron- chial trouble of such a persistent and stubborn chanstet.. that the doctor pronounmed it im'ttrable wit It Ordinary nicdietne*. ' and mil iced me to try Ayer's Cherry I'ectoral. I did tui, and one bottle cured m.•. For the last fifteen years. I have used this prgtau;iti•,u with good '-sect whenever 1 take • A Bad Cold, . aril I know of numbers of people who keep it in *fie house all the time. not conenleriug it safe to be with- out it." "I have heels tilting Ayer's Chem Pectoral in my fumiity for 30 years, with the most satisl*. tor\ result•, and can cheerful ly-reeeunecneat as being espe. clally adapted to all p1Imonary com- plaints- I have, for many ie'ara, made pulmonary and utlier merit. levee epee lel et tidy, and 1 have come 1u the conclusion that Ayer% Cherry Pectoral oci apses a position prsy.i I its nrcr whet, mull• clues of the (tris." -Chas. D•ve* sort, Drs r,;.1.J. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Prepared by Iyt..t_ r. Ayer ► Co., lowed, Kass. Prompt to act, sure to ouro WOMAN ANO HER WORLD. Iry 1. .I. Kelly has been elected sec retary of the Nebraska State Farmers' Al !tuner, 110 you know shy you toss tired'. p.'s bilissermses. Take Feet'lam s ihsr i�osegle- they will pat drew tone Miss Catherine Pearson Wood", • you's authoress of Baltimore, is caking her tem* in the college settlement for women ie nue of the alums of Roston. Mrs. Jan•ier La Due recently read a paper on the Congress of Iteiigione for the benefit of a New York charity which tatted 8300 tor that institution. Mn. ( ulher'taoo, the librarian of the New (tritons State Library, has held the position for eighteen years, in wh1ch time she has translated Demetrius volumes from the French. Miss C. Fide, ot Christians, has jet ro- oeived a diplions, the tint in Norway awarded to a woman, as a candidate of pharmacy. She stood at the bead of her class in all bnn.:hes but one. To Our Patrons AND THE PUBLIC GENERALLY. We 1►nte ju.t closed up another successful year's. business. many tt:ulkr to nus Customers for their 1iiteral patronage during the year IR93. We are agaiis before you for another year, hoping to still merit your contieletee Ly strict attention to the requirements of trade, by lay- ing before you flood, New, Fresh Goode, suitable for the cowing season, lewgi.t in the Ir•..t market, for Net Cash. Steve** in business ha- planed us in a position to take every ad- %outagr that a l'aeh al,arket affords, and .allows us to 'dace $cs cnabla (loud.; before our Customers at prices that we know are right. The Cheap John Trash finds Ito place in our Store, for we .1.,111 iouni.tt'r that chute of stuff good for tither Buyer or ytller at` any pori. e. :,... . ( !or Stook for-flie .cowing season sill I e marls up,of the Newest and Beet floods tLat the Best 'Nlatketw aflorl, and we will leave the Pttl,lir to he the Judge as to Piicee. During thee Hard Times, there is a terrible i•crau 11 a for Trade, and every iwagivabl.• plea made by mune busintss linen for their pati.icula way of serving the I'ublie. 1►f late the Candi iyatim has been threshed o t in floe style, and Ircple ■re e•xp•cled. to, L•elieve that he alto docs no6tell for C'aah is robbing the Customer. While We admit tl.ere can be a good ileal said in favor of the lash ay.trna, pattkularly by those who _do a reeklets credit, business there 'can plsu be .oMetliiug raid in favor of a wise\ and. iar fol ('r•.lit NVQ have been loing l,usnte,e in Codericb for otrr fourteen years, and giving credit to good people. and have not loot one, l►er Dent. our sale,, in 611'that time. We do not now know its 4twt dollar that ••e sir., likely to lore on our sales for 1893. Of course, we do not credit iveryo'►e who wants credit, nor any one, unless''wc -feel tcatieficd we can �jleet the account ; hent"• our small loose.: by giving credit As heretofore," we will gide eretlit to good people only, and --,ell tltettt (:,00hs to cheap they-earn--toe--s61t- `mac' excepting 6 per cent.\Crash Discout$t, wlaich we allow a' ell Cads Ibrdsasea of Dry 5 per at►nutu, as tit's Months. Tb at any business We (lei cent. for prompt Cash megaly about 10 per cent. der -�-��• Ice th of ('relit acconnta-ill--sot--raves--th614- >F we bOflsuler a g(n,d indueemettt to pay Cash, and as much Mani t to gite oft' regular priers., w:ho marks 1,ie (tootle not dell some (loads at and belowcost, and then make Mr'. Thorns A. Kitson has certain literacy gifts, if .he would only exercise. them, a a said. She is a nice of Emily Hu•.tangdon Miller,'at one tune the well knowueditor; o'svtral I'wende publi.a tion,. Mrs. Theodore Sutra, the millionaire's wife, hawse 'uteri -vied in charity wit to New Y••rt through the action of a child who Duce brought • five coat piece to her with the se meat that she buy some flowers with It for poor children tIadame Gabriel, wife ot the former f. eying muter at St. ('yr, has establia ,ed s frneing club in Per) It is under the .pe. -dal pa'rooase of Countw de Murat, ('ountew de Gants and • number of other wett.known ladies of fuhioo. ' Mrs. W. C Harris, of Boston, has start- ed • a •w • beme for collecting (wills for the pee of that city. She has had dainty mite bun pat op in all the leading hotels with card Attached asking for contributions to be used only in cues that she has personally investigated sod food deserving. Madame Boocicaut, wife of the founder not the Roo Marche, Paris. lett a larre he miser for „ h, spiral. Th. usual legal tech Wade' s, trw.bles of litigation and other •darn have delayed the fulfillment of the •d the project, but the hospital is mw to be erected at a oast of 10,000,000 (dimness. 11 will commie 162 beds. !Vias Mario Owen', the well known Eng hsh authoress. was sitting in the Champ' !•:lyses in Paris one afternoon last week, •red had taken nut her purse to pay fon the •Lain, when • man tore the porn from her hand and ran off. Two other men rep atter the thief shouting "thiel." They were the aeeompliess of the first one. Mrs. :were William t'urtis, who has offered through Senator Hoar, • bust of Sumner by Martin Millmore, the American ..fist, to he placed gewteneatly in the State cry Hall at the Capitol, receded the bet hose her ha.band. It was pressured to bins by the Legislature of Massachusetts in peonies for the satios in memory el mimeos: which Mr. Curtis delivered to that body and for which be declined pay. Ot► b• t up eft Goode the public are next supposed to know the value of We nark eterytlting in platin figures. and one price to .41. We bore to 1e 'favored still with a ol►are of your trade, keeping New, Fresh, Reliable Boort, *high...we oort, *hive are prepared to otle:r at Rock lottont Prices. 6 per cent, off for Cash. Our Spring ,Prints are now in Moak.Beautiful Patternp and Colors. AIM' otter Spring floods. r f We still hold first place for,Carpets of all kirk, fate Curtains ud general House Furnishings. k. far the inrgeiit 'Stock in the 'ounty. Carp to front a 111 cent hemp to a 3 ply A11 Wool and hest l Overis a ('urtaius choose from. C6inelle Cur- tains 300 se Luse � Ln tains and Tablings, i.inoleuws, Oil Cloth*, Art Squares, Rugs and Mata. a Fast A Nur*► e1 • testnrv. For mon than twenty five year -alma Hag veal'. Yellow (hl hum sold by druggist• and i' k.. never yet failed to give Satis- faction se e household remedy for pain, lam,enese end .wren of the fish, for ester• nal and intense' use is .11 painful cam plaint. inks.& in Ens Iesltser. M es. W ickel►ire--What is the use of steadies there and calhse the stove nems' That won't take the fire Auro rsy h.tter. Mr. Wickshire i thosght that if 1 meld insult the Mesad thief/ it would get hot about it COLBORNE' BROS., J3ODERICH. The Great Carpet and Lace Curtain 11'txr't'holldelTe. of the County. THE NEW TIN AND STOVE STORE A S..Isw dose(. Ttlrahwrg. March ISth, 1887. T. Milberg a Co. Sten -passe ship at ones three dome 11 A. Bitten Beet Will SEW medicine in the shop. hold seven bottles to pay. 1 Ween truly, (:. Twowne.v. The aheve sample is bet etre of the hue tirade 04 similar expressions regarding R. P. R. 1)o you want any article made in tin, Dopper or sheet taw. it., moved or stovepipes moved out, • new chimney top put on or any kind of repair.ne J..nr, we can do it for you. Do you want • new cook `tore or Flange` We have the tio1•at am .lament to choose from, of the latest designs and every stove warranted. FARMERS ... . brine in your Tinware and get it repaired while you are doing your other shopper. Butter, eggs and wood taken as cash. e aro the only authorized .gents in (Md.:rich for the Celebrated How..rd Fur sacs. There is no other kind of furnace just as good or will make as much Leat from the same amorist of coal as the Howard Furnaces. Don't be de surest. Hot Air h'urn.ces and Hot Water Heisting and Weut.lattug • specialty. Ward worn. " Mo you have a Government clerkship, hare fete • ' I se.- " lest have to ole ey week, 1 w/*ass(' " 1 don't eh • i have t. got .T war - mat war - at every ..silt, and gat it .robed. J. H. WORSELL & CO. THE TINSMITHS. BOOTS and SHOES WIIOLESALE AND RETAIL. Protect your feet and avoid la grippe. You can do this by pur- chasing your Footwear froni E. DOWNING. Overshoes, Rubbers, Gum Shoes, Mackinaw Sox, &c. Warranted FIRSTS. No SKCON1)S, or old Bankrupt, Moth-eaten gcxele but the best quality at price, charged elsewhere fuer an inferior article. A i.AROE STOCK OF GENTS' FANCY SLIPPERS About twenty differ*. It lines to choose from. •Feautifml goods. Very cheap. E. DOWNING.