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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1892-3-24, Page 2Cream Tartar PUREST, STRONGEST, BEST( Contains no Alum, Ammonia, Lime, Phosphates, or any Injuriant E. W. CH.LETT, Toronto. Ont. - It covers the groztra —the 13. & C. corset. It is perfect in shape and fit, is boned with Kabo, which will not break nor roll up, and if you are not satisfied, ..,after wearing it two or three weeks, return it and, get your money. For sale by J. A,. Stewart, Exeter. 1 CURE FITS!. „,„ I say I yam I do liot mean merely to step them fra a time and then have them return again. I moil a radian. care. I have made tho disease of FITS, EPILEP. dY or VALLING SICKNESS o lile-leng study. 1warrant ioyxemeay to cure the worst eases. Because ethers have failed. le no reason for not now reeehing a cure. Send at enee far a treatise end a Free Dottie of my infallible remedy. Give EXPRESS and 1'OSTA:D*10E. H. ROT, M. ADELAIDE ST. WEST, TORONTO, ONT. Scientific American Agency forr CAVEATS, TRADE MARKS. 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The fain:ring gentienten have idndly consented to act as InrigeS ; kenos:Am), City Clerk. Peterborough, ( r,nat.a, and Cents °Donn CALOUTT, Peterborough. oun T,,'3'COOlPsTITION.—"Gat 81,600 prize all right.' —M. Id Brandon, Vancouver, B.C. "Thanks foi 08150 prite."—O. W. Cunningham., Donald, 31. O. "Prize received O. 10."—.7. D. thiptre, West Superior, Wise "S300 prize received. Thunks."—G. V. Robert, son, Toronto; and 300 others, in United States end Canada. This is NO LOTTERY—merit only will count. The reputation Inc fairness gained by Tun A GIYOULT MYST Is the past is ample guarantee that, this Competition will Is, conducted in like manner. Send 3o stamp for full trirticulars, to 'PILE Meetaattertraisa, Peterborough, thinarla .r.j" • Ostrich farming is one of the important Industries in South Africa, which, as yet iurnishes the bulk of the ostrich plumes for the markets of the world. There are prob- ibly 200,000 domesticated ostriches in Cape 'Jokey. Each bird is supposed to net his meter $10 per annum. "'S'on make me tired," as the wheel said o the wagon maker. Polieernan---" Wot's yer number, cabbg? shall charge yer with furious driving." Oabby (Inc stage whisper)—" Furious driv- aig 1 Crikey 1 don't speak too loud, My Pie 'oss might 'ear it, en' heti feel so proud there'd be no 'oldin' am." C'Ild-en Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. 0.0.ADA'S DEFENCE, A Rider Discussion in the Imperial Par. winient. In the Imperial Reese of Commons on Monday on a motion to go lute committee of supply, the Hon. Sir Henry Stafford North cote, Conservative member for Exeter, took occasion to move that the Rouse of Commons urge upon the Government the eeeessity of immediate steps to complete the harbor of protection at EsqMmault, British Columbia, whieh is the station for Her Majesty's fleet in that section of the Pacific, Sir Henry argued that the route from Great Brdain to Asia by way of the Canadian Pacific route would not be secure unless steps should, be taken to make Esquimault harbor safe for the protection of coininerce. Rear Admiral Etiwa.rd Field, Conservative member for Eastbourne, supported the mo- tion. of Sir Henry, urgieg that the defence of British-Canaclian interests imperatively required that the Government push 10 50 com- pletion the work at Esquimaula Mr. William H. K. Redmond, Nationalist member for Ferrnamagh, said that the de- fence of Esquitaault was of more importance to England than to Canada, and that Eng- land's action haa not been generous toward the Canadians in insisting that they should stand a share of the burden in excess of what they thought to be fair. Col. Thomas Waring, Conservative,_ ridi- culed the statement of Mr. Redmond and defended the Government, The Right Ron. t.eorge Osborne Morgan, Liberal, said that in behalf of the Opposition lie desired to approve the extremely fair attitude of the Government. Secretary for War Stanhope, replying to Sir Renry Stafford Nord -mote, said he re- gretted that the fortifleation of Esquanault was not yet completed, and the more so for the reason thet this made it au exception to other foreign stations, whose fortifications, with the single exception of Esquimault, lieve been brought to completion. The de- lay had been due to the reluetance of Can- ada to stand a fair share of tbe cost. Under the circuinstences the Governmentwould be unable to accept. the motion. Sir Henry withdrew his motion in-defer- enceto the wishes of the Government as ex- pressed by the Secretary for War. The discussion (treated a decided sensa- tion, owing to the exoiternent on the Be- hring sea, issue. It is believed that the object in putting forward the motion was to get the sense of the Rouse as to bow far the Government would be supported in a firm attitude as to the seal fisheries. number so immeuse es is generally supposed --they are made into the beautiful braids which are shown so seductively in the win- dows of the faslaionable coiffeurs. lf, as the good Mole sa.ys, wisdom goes with hale, she who places on her head one of these conglometate breads might be said to re- ceive it portion of the wisdom of hundreds of thousands of other women who had worn those hairs before her. It is said that the " cutters " in France have plied their trecis so industriously that at present it is hardly possible in the whole republic to find a woman who will sell her hair. The badness has been done to death, end now the enterprising dealers in false hoer are sending their representatives through Switzerland, Belgium, and Norway canvassing for untophisticeted lasses who will allow thernseltree to be robbed of their hair, which is half of their beauty, for a ,ow pieces of silver. Bed Snow. .A man in :Massachusetts, while walking in the woods it few days since, found the snow which lay amono the trees fillei with nayraids of smell scarlet worms. Several acres were covered with them, and they were so numerous that they gave the snow a crimson tinge. The worms were about thremeights of an inch long and as brilliant as cochineal. They were foiind after a brisk snow squall, and were evidently deposited by the f tiling mow. Red snow ie not a remarkable phenomen- on, but to find snow reddened by worms nearly a half ars inch in length makes ene suspect the accuracy of the story. Color in snow is caused sometimes by infinite forms of vegetable matter and sometimes by ani- malcules, but in either cese the constituent particles of the color are of microscope size only, and not three-eighths of an inch long. If this story be true the snow squall must have struck a bonanza of worms somewhere and unearthed it, carrying worms on the wings of the wind, . and finally dropping them in the Massachusetts forreet, For many years colored snow was deemed a most awful portent, its color being asso- ciated with Ifiaocl and considered it sure prognostic of death and disaster. At length however, science directed its attention to the -phenomenon, and it was soon discovered that the colorof the snow was due to the presence of a vegetable growth known by the generic name of hiernatoceus and to ani- malculai celled yhilodina roseole, and this took all the terror out of red snow except such as might be inspired by the length ot these scientific ratites. In ItTorway, Sweden and other countries in high northern latitude the presence of colored snow is not at all unusual, but in lower latitudes it is more rare. Those who have Seeli it describe it its being beautiful, but at the same time unnatural looking, probably because we are accustomed to con - act snow with the idea of absolute white - ass. It is fortun ate for the poets and cul- ele.risof thee colored snow is rare, for therwise half their stock in trade would be WILL 1,30T AGGREVATE TIlE STATES. Another cablegram says that the British Admiralty has received a private report ) from .A.chniml Watson of the /Santa Anier1-1 men station giving it detailed account of the I building, and construetion facilities. rho United States commerce, ship and engine! shipbuilding fit•ins, he states, in the interior of the [anted States, especially at Duluth, Milwaukee, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, Erie, and lay City, could all be called upon in a short time to build ships which could be easily converted into ships of war, Admiral Watson's attention was called eo this by Comedian ehipbnilders wh state that by the agreement of 1817 they are unable to provide for war. Be suggests, therefore that the Admiralty throw e sop to the Canadians and build dockyards along the lakes, giving them the same advantages as Americans. To this the Admiralty has replied "Pooh 1 pooh 1 it is plenty of time to look into 'the metter when the United States show. itself unfriendly. At present is no in- dication of unfriendliness, and the British Government is not going to throw away money merely tor the purpose of aggrava- ting the United States Government and causing a speedy abrogation of the treaty." How False Hair is Obtained. Tho best false hair comes from France, where it is sold by the gramme at prams which vary according to quality and color. The most expensive false hair is the silver white variety, which is in great domed and very difficult to find. This is due to the fact that men grow bald in a majority of cases before their hair reaches the silver white stage, and women, whether bald or not, are not disposed to sell their white hair at any price. They neect it themselves. Still women growing bald must have white hair to match the scant allowance ad- vancing age has left them. The chemists have taken the matter in hand and are abel to produce by decoloration of hair of any color a tolerable grade of white hair which, however, has a bluish, tint not at all ap- proaching in beauty the silvery softness of hair which has been bleached by nature False hair of the ordinary shades is ob- tained in two ways. The better and more expensive kind is cut directly from the heads of peasant women, who sell their silken tresses sometimes for it mere song and some- times for a fair price, according as they have learned wisdom. Every year the whole territory of France ie travelled over by men whose business it is to persuade village maidens, their mothers ansi theie aunts to part with their heir for financial considero,-, tion. These men are known as "cutters," and there are at least 500 of them in the country always going from house to house from farm to farm and through all the villages in all the departments, seeking subjects for their seisscirs. A good cutter averages from two to five heads of hair a day, and he pays from 21. to 101. for each. It is estimated that a single head of luxuriant growth weighs about a pound. The false hair thus obtained—at the cost of the tears and regrets of many foolish maidens—is the finest in the market, and sells for an exaggerated price which puts it beyond the reach of the ordinarypurchaser. Besides it is evident, that the, supply of genniue "cuttings" must fall far short of the demand for false haiv. So the majority of this wavy merchandise is obtained—yes, ladies 1 am exceedingly sorry, but it is the fact—from tbe rag pickers. These busy searchers of ash heaps and garbage barrels collect every day in the city of Paris alone at least 100 pounds of hair, which some hun- dreds of thousands ot women have combed out of their heads during the preceding twenty-four hours. This hair, all mixed together and soiled,one would think, be- yond redi emption, s sold to hair cleaners at from $1 to $1.50 a pound, which shows simply that the fair sek of one city alone throws away annually about 300,000f. worth of heir, for which they afterward pay—and it is the axle hair, mind consid- ably over 1,000,000f. The cleaning of this refuse hair is an operation which requires careful attention. After the hair has been freed from the dust and dirt and mud o.nd other unpleasant things with which it has come in contaat in gutters and slo'p buckets it is rubbed in saw- dust until it shines once more with its pris- tine gloss, and then the process of sorting is begun, in the first place skilled hands fix the individual hairs in frames, with the roots all pointing the same way, and then they are atranged acoording to the color. Finally, when a sufficient number of hairs of one color have beet obtained—nor is this Vicious Klokers. Dr. E. Usher, of London, fellow of the Royal Geographical Soeiety and it sports- man of note, who has been in Arnbia and other remote parts hunting for big game, has arrived home from North Queensland lend the desert region known as the north territory in Australia. This is an enorinous streteh of country, thousands of miles in area, infested by cannibals, in which are giant emus, nombat and whallaby. It was to hunt the emu thot Dr. Usher made his trip there. "A party of us went up in that far north region," he said last night, " We were among the cannibals, who are groat in sue, being six and one-half feet high and physically perfeet. It is a dry, sandy region for the most part. Emus in large nutnbers are to be found over this terri- tory. We hunted them on horseback, and it was rare sport, for the reason that they can run as fast as a horse, and it very good. one at that. We found the catching of emus almost as interesting as coursing, besides having a certain spice of danger about it. "An Emu can kick as bard as a harem I have seen men kicked so bard by this vicious bird that their legs were broken. If 1 had my thoice of being kick- ed ay it horse or an emu I think 'would take the horse. The emu stands on one leg and with the other strikes it quick and most paralyzing blow. I never would have be- lieved that a bird had such powerimel I not had ocular evidence of it during tbis trip. After two or three men bad suffered froni terrible kicks of these birds we did notven- tura near them, but after running our horses till we got close eneugh would bring them down with our rifles. We did not approach them till we knew they were dead. We killed them for their feathers, although they are not so valuable as those cf the ostrich. We also bunted for their eggs, which are to be found. in the sand, but m doing this wetook care not to collide with the emu. The eggs are more in the demand than the feathers. They are very beentiful and. so i tough that it s difficult to breeli' them. Professional curio makers drill a hole in each end, take the inside out and then the shell is carved and mounted in silver. There are three layers of the shell and the carving is done so as to show three colors. The silver is set in the first layer, so thick is it, and when it is all carved and ornamented by the silver it is handsome." A Gallant Deed. From it friend in India, the YorksTare Post's London correspondent bears that Capt. Aylmer, the gallant engineer officer who blew in the door of tbe fort at Nilt with gun -cotton, has been recommended by Sir Frederick Roberts,—or, to give him his lat- er title, Lord Roberts—for the Victoria Cross. All accounts received trozn Gilgit go to show that the exploit was one of no or- dinary difficulty aud. dander. When the outer wall of the forb had been gained, a sort of courtyard had to be crossed in the midst of a galling fire, and then the gun- cotton had to be placed under the very muz- zles of the enemy's guns. The operation was performed, however, without injury either to Capt. Aylmer or the gallant native sapper who assisted him, but in the serail - maga which ensued upon the Mowing in of the gates the former had his thumb broken by a stone and was wounded in the leg and hand. Nevertheless he fought bravely on, firing no fewer than nineteen shots from his revolver before he &Revved himself to be car- ried from the scene of action. Inspired pro- bably by hit example, the native troops fought like Trojans on the occasion, and several of them are to be recommended for the Distinguished Service Order, which is the native equivalent to the Viatoria Cross. Re Cometh." Belle—Oh, say, have you heard that May Savalle, who event as missionary to the Sioux, is going to marry a chief? Blanche—No! How dirl you hear? Belle—She Old me so herself and showed me her engagement ring. It has the cutest kind of a quotation inside it. Blanche—Reelly 1 What is the quota- tion ? Belle—" Lo, the bridgroom cometh 1" THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS. Why RUA HOW they came and go -.5. Puzzle for Materialist. Instinct must be a great difficulty to the materialist ; one of the greatest with which it has to contend. Whence is it.? What is it? The secret tuition which direets the beaver to construct its dam, the squirrel to lay up its hidden stores, the spider to spin its silken web the guiding impulse which in these latter 'days of the dying year in taking froni us half our feathered .friends, and bringing to us in their place a host of their hardier fellows. We have the foots, Every spring they come, every - autumn they go. And as they arrive they meet others leaving, and as they leave they meet • those othersereturning a double ebb and flow of feathered life. And surely enough of interest attaches to those periodical migrations with- out the need for prying into questions which we 811411 never be able to answer, and dis- cussiog problems which no finite mind can solve, And, after all, we do know the two great causes which act as the principal fam tors in turning birds twice a year into feath- ere& pilgrims. One cause is climate, the other cense Is food. A bird like the field- fare, Although hardier than its first cousin, the thrush, Is nevertheless unable to bear the rigors of a northern winter, ancl so travels southward as soon as tne leaves begin to fall. Sometimes even our -winter is too severe for its constitution, and then it travels 1 caller still, and spends just it few Didn't Foot "Now, Mary hang out the clothes so that the neighbors will see the beet of them," said Mrs. 8---; "we're new ,people hare, and must put the best foot foremost." "All deli!), mum," said Mary, "I'll put all the mailed things on theoutside to make it show, an' I'm thinkin' if ye want to be path)! the best foot foremost, I won't hang out it stookin' at all, seeing some are faded like, an' some are holey." "That's a, good girl," said Mrs; S—approviugly ; "there's noth- ing like making it good ampression at firsa It'll work like it chaem." It did. The neighbors studied the elothes-line, awl dis- covered early it peculiarity in the genealogi- cal tree of the new family. "Would you be- lieve it?" they eried holding up their bands in holy horror, "they had three washings out since they came there, all frills mai fur- belows, and not a pair of socks or stockings to their name, not one. Prompt Promotion, Head of the Firm—." How long have you been with us now, James ?" Assistant Bookkeeper—" Six years, sir." R. 0. 11'.—" And what salary are you getting?" A. 13.—" Nine dollars a week, sir." H. 0. ]f.—"Ah 1 Nine dollars 1 Well, James, you have proved yourself it most trustworthy fellow, aud as showing my ap- preciation of your honesty I have decided to let you sign for the registered letters this year." days with us on its return journey in the spring. The swift, on the other hand, it What is meant by virgin soil?" inquire rattan of Northern Africa, can not endare am aa„maieaa d tlae beat of a tropical summer, and so flies of au Irishmen, " Virgin soil, is it? Sure its just it soil where the hand of inan never set fut, bedad. away northward in time to escape the piti- less scorching of an almost equatorial situ. Probably no bird is so sensitive to extremes of heat and cold. It leaves its home to avoid the heat, aud yet suffers terribly if the air be chill in the land of its temporary sojourn. Often and often have swifts been pielted up dying and dead in the litter days of an English spring, chilled through and through by a biting northerly wind, or frozen by the cold bleat which comes with the hail of a vernal thunder stortn. The question of food, of course, is depend- ent upon that of climete. Autumn frosts begin, and the insects disappear, and so the birds which prey upon those insects are perforce obliged to depart, driven hencenot only by stress of weather, but also by want of food. But again, although our British Islands can not supply the swallow, and the swift, aud the nightjar with the insects -which they need, they can supply the red- wing and the &Idiot° with worms, aud snails, and slugs, and hips and haws, eand so we extend hospitality, as it were, to one class of birds, although tompelled to refuse it to another, and the autumnal exodus is balanced by an autumnal immigration. Much the same order is preserved by these travelling birds, both in their arrival and departure. The chiff-cheff and the willow - warbler (" hay -bird," the rustics call him) are generally the first to come, and usually the last to go, Sometimes one eees them even in thegusty days of lelarela and they linger on until the first frosts of ithtumu bring down the last remaining leaves from the trees. Close upon them follows the active little sand -martin, bound. for the steep, saft-walled quarries wherein it can scoop out its odd little burrows with little exertion, and not much fear of molestation, Then one it otices a bouse-martin or two, pioneers of the host which will appear a few days later; and then the fork -tailed swal- lows mine ; tied last of all the swifts, Which are seldoin to be seen before the latter end. of May. The old ideas about these birds and their "hibernation" still linger, it seems, in some country districts. "One bore" (Konigs- berg), wrote Master George Boukeley tome - where about the year 1620, 1(181 1318 net drew up it company or hope of swallows as big as a bushel, fastened. by the legs and bills in one, which, being carried to their stoves, quickened and flow, and, coming again in the cold air, dyed." And in the pages of it popular almanac, published itt the year of grace 1889, 1 find precisely the same state- ment made in all sober carriest—i. e., that swallows do not migrate, but at the ap- proach of winter conceal themselves deep down in ponds or streams, and there, cliug- ing together In great clusters, lie torpid until the warm days of spring call them once more to active life. Strange how these false old notions live on in spite of daily spreading knowledge. The swift is one of the very few birds which do not seem utterly exhausted by their long journey over the sea. Five min- utes after its arrival it is hawking for flies as actively as if it had just loft its nest after it lone night's repose, for its astonishing physique is scarcely susceptible of fatigue, and the untiring muscles are like so many rods and strands of tempered steel. Swal- lows are less vigorous, and are generally glad enough to rest awhile on the rigging of any vessel winch they chance to meet. And when. they reach the land at last one often sees them sitting in hundreds upon the shore, too wearied even to snap at the sand- flies which are flitting in thousands around them. So with other birds as well. Their strength seems most accurately adjusted to the length of their journey, and the immi- grants as they arrive drop upon the shore, utterly unable to fly for another hundred yards. It they chance to be blown out of their course by contrary winds, and find no place whereon to rest awhile, they perish. The gulls and the terns are better off, for they can sit on the sea itself and rest as long as they will. But the poor migrants, less favoured by their structure, have no such power, and to them to stop iu their flight, unless to perch awhile upon the yards of some friendly ship, means death. How these birds find their way to the exact spot which they loft six months be- fore is a puzzle indeed, yet so they do. A marked pair of swallows have known to re- turn year after year to the very same spot beneath the eases of the very same house, winging their way thither over some 3,000 or 4,000 intervening miles of land and sea. What it marvelous memory the' birds must have thus to recollect allthe details of a journey which they have taken perhaps but ()nee previously, andthatsix orseven months before! For they must surely carry with them a mental map of the country over which they have passed, clear and distinct in every detail, indelibly photographed upon their tiny brains. Wonderful as is the in- stinct of the carrier pigeon, which brings it safely hotne from a distance of hundreds -of miles, it is as nothing compared with that of these tiny migrants, in whose case the hun- dreds of miles to be traveled are replaced by as many thousands, and. which have to jour- ney in the first instance to it bourne wholly unknown. I send some of my receipts among which here is one especially good when eggs are high. CANE WITUOPT Eaces.—Chop one cup of salt pork very fine, add one ems of boiling water, one cup of sugar and one cup of mo- lasses, four and one-half cups of flour, one teaspoonful of soda, ate -half pound of rais- ins and othee fraa, if you prefer. For Over Fifty Years. Mita WINSLOW'S SOOTRING SYRUP has boon used by millions of mothers for their children while teethine. If distmhed at night and broken of your rest by a sok ehild suffering acI orying with pain of oatting_teeth send at once and rot it bottle ef "Mrs. Wiesleir'S Soothing Syrup" for children teething. lt will relieve the poor hello sufferer immediately. Depend upon it, ottotho,a, there is no mistake about it. It cures Diarlioen, regulates the Stomach mid Bowels, ;sures Wind Celle. softens the gums, reduces Intlauunation, and gives tone and energy to tho whole system, 'airs. Winidow's Soothing Syrup" for children teeth- ing is pleaoant to the taste and is the prescrip- tion of ono of the eldest and best feinale physioians and nurses in the Ituited States Price, ao cents a.bottle. Sold by all druggists. throughout the world Ile sure and ask for MRS. 3VI:W.0Y 4 SOOTEING Brim," German Superstitions, The following superstitions are found in an old German work on astrology, embody- ing popular notions and receipts, printed in Leipzze in 1695, Some of them o.re current ;among people in the United States at the presentday • "To stop over a child will stop it from growine unless the same person stept back the same way." " If any one meets it hare or a rabbit when on a journey it is better to turn back unless the percent turns around three times." "Any ono going to bed mathout moving the chair they sat in last will be subject to tbe nightmare." "11 your ears ars singing it means some one is talking about you. If the right ear, it is something in yottrfavor ; if the left ear, it is something against you." "Anyone that has an empty purse should be maul the uew moon deo not (Mine in it, or else that purse will not have anything, in is as long as that moon doth last. A spider on yoer clothes in the morn- ing is notgood luck, but in the afternoon or evening all is well. " When a cat washes itself and puts his hind leg straight up behind its cars, there will be rain. Anyone hearing dogs howl shall stop their ears, for it is it sign of bad luck. "Put your right foot out of bed firsb end into your shoe aud you will have good luck that day." CONSUMPTION CURED. An old physician retired from practice, ally- ing had placed in his hands bY an Bad India nessionary the fernuila of a, simple vegetable meetly for the speedy and permanent cure for Consumption, Bronchitis. Catarrla Asthma and all throat and lung affections, also a positive and.riulleal euro for nervous debility and all nervous complaints, after haviug tested its wonderful curative powere in thousands of cases. has felt Rids duty to mak° it known to hia euffering fellows. Actuated by this motive and a desire to relieve human suffering, I will send free of char..'e. to all who desire it, the recipe in German, French or English with full directions for preparing and using. Sent by inailby addressing with stamp, naming this pa per. W. A. NOYES, 820 Power's Block R oc hester, N.Y. To Tell the Age of Horses. To tell the ago of a home, Inspect the lowereaw, of course The sixth front tooth the talc will tell, And every- doubt and fear dispel. Two middle nippers" you behold Before the colt is two weeks old ; Before eight weeks two more will come; Before eight months tho "corners" cut the gum, The Outside grooves will disappear Prom middle two in just ono Year ; In two years from the second pair; - In three tbo corners, too, are bare, At two the middle "nippers" drop; At three tbe second pair stop; When bout years old t o third pa_ es g o ; At five a full now set he shows. The deep black spots will pass from view .1 t six years from the middle two The Alt efgalleViOtti=e`1•14iairesr clears. From middle "nippers' upper jaw At nine the black spots will withdraw; The second pair at ben are white; Eleven finds the "corners" light. As time goes on the horsemen know, The oval teeth three-sldod grow; The y longer get, perfect before Till twenty, when we know no more. Ayers Hair vigor IS the " Hair -dressing. Li" we 1, stores the color to gray hair ; promeaa a fresh and Tigoroutsgerof=aPtrioevnen h dandruff; makes t hair soft and silicon and imparts it deli. cate but lasting per, e fume' " Sevetai months' ago my hair corn- menceel falling out, and in a few weeks my head was almost bald. I tried ManY remedies, but they did no pod. I final- ly bought a bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor, and, after using only it part of the con: tents, my head was covered with a heavy growth of hair. I recommend your preparation as the best in the world."—T. Munday, Sharon Grove, Ky. "I have used Ayer's Hair 'Vigor for a number of years, and it has aleraysgiv ine satisfaction. It is an excellent cl prevents the hair from tu gray, insures its vigerous growth, keeps the scalp white and clean." Mary A. Jackson, Salem, Mass, "I have used Ayer's-Haar Vigor for promoting the growth of the hair, and think it unequaled. For restoring the - hair to its original color, and for adress- ing, it cannot be surpassed."—Ms, Goa. Le, Fever, Eaton Rapids, Mieh, "Ayer's Hair Vigor is it most exce lent prepavation, for the hair. I speak of it from my own experience. Its use promotes the growth of new hair and makes it glossy and soft. The Vigor is also a cure for dandruff."—X.W, Bowen, Editor "Enquirer," McArthur, Ohio. - have used Ayer's Hair Vigor for . toe past two years, and found it all it is represented to be. It restores the nettle tat eolor to gray hair, causes -the hair to grow freely, and keeps it soft and pliant,"... -Mrs. M. V. Day, Coliciee, N. I'. "My father, at about the age of fifty-, lost all the hair from tho top of his head. After one morith's trial of Ay CO'S Hair Vigor the hair began coming, and, ia three mouths, he had a fine geowth of hair of the natural color."—P. J. Cullen, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. Ayer's Hair Vigor, PREPARED MT Dr. J. O. Ayer & Co., LoWel!, Mass. Sold by Druggists and Perfumers, THE EXL ?TER TIMES. hipublisnedeveryThuraday morn ne,,atis- TIMES STEAM PRINTING HOUSE !fain -street tuearly opposite Fitton's Jewelers titin „laseter,0 ut.,by John Waite dr, Sons,Pra- priotors. roans or ADYEIrrtsrEO Piratinsertion, per line 10 cents; Nleoh subsequeetinsertiou ,por line.,....3ceiat3 To insure insertion, advertisements should oe ;ninth) notlater than Wednesday reornim OurTOR PRINTING DEP 1RTMENT is oat+ of the largest and best equipped in tire Oodaty 00 Ruron,All work entrustett to us will reastvo oupromptatteutiou: Doesions Regarding Wows.- pa—pers. 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O The courts have deckled:Welt refusing tf takenowspapors orperledicals from the nes °nice, or removing and leaving them unealle oris prima fade evideace of intentional frau INTERCOLONIAL RAILWAY OF CANADA The direct route between the 'West and all points ou the LOWer St. Lawrence and Bale des Obaleur,Provinee of Quebec; also for New Brunswick ,Nova Scott a,Prinee Edward Cap ell retonIslan da , an dNewfoundlan d and St. Pierre, Express trains leave Montreal and liana% daily (Sundays excepted) and run through withoutohamge between these pointsin 29 home and 55 minutes. Tim through express train cars of the In- tereolonial Railway aro brilliantly I.ghted by electricity andheated by steam from the locomotive, thus greatly increasing the cola fort and safety of travellers. New and elegant bnifetsleoning .aud day cars areruu onthrough expresstritins. Canadian -European Mail and Pa,ssen.ger Route. Pissengers for Groat 13 ritain n r the conti- nent by leaving Mo ntt eel on !friday morning will fell) outward mail steamer at Haifa/ on Saturday. superior facilit ies offered by this routeto • The atte al ion ofashippers is directed tothil tbe transport offlou r mud general morello. dise intended for theEasteirn 1e:evinces and Newfoundland ; also for shpments of grain and producelutended for tile Enrol) eau mar. kat. Tickets may be obtained and( nforrna Mon about the route; ;use freight tan‘l passeuger rates on aaplication to N WEI TSB ItST..1N, WesternFreigh t daP [mange Agent 9811essinYfouse Illook,York tit .Tont D POTTINGER, Chief u periuten don t. Railway Offtee,Moncton, N,13. Jan 1st al eatWera -ape eaaseef.,1/2..,0_, esaa :aresalfalaitiMitatilitAt4 , ALWAYS t RHEURRATISIVI DVID 4 Ont., ya. s.; " 1 suffered intensely with rheumatism in ray ankles. Could not stand; rubbed them with. ST. JACOBS OIL. In the morning 1 walked without pain." #4, R A solMn. JAMES BONNER 158 Yonge 81,,Toronto,Ont.., NEURALu.—writes: "$t. Jacobs the only remedy that relieved MC of neuralgia, and it effectually cured me." IT IS THE ,EST =W8In.e7M,MAMIM APPLICATIONS ,THOROUGHLY REMOVES DANDRUFF D. L. CA1rDN. Toronto, Travelling Passenger Agent, 0 P Saya: Anti•Danarefie perfeetromover of Dan. druff -Oa action la marvellous—In my own ease feW applications not only thoroughly remoVed excatsivo dandruff accumulation bit athpped #11ARIINTEED failing of tire hair, made it son and pliable and promoted a visible growth. Restores Fading hair 50 1(8 original color. Stops fairmg of hair. Keeps the Scalp ,clean. Makes hair soft and Pliable Promotes Gi myth.