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The Huron Expositor, 1896-07-24, Page 8patronage of hout guessinEr: and Children ren like it It Mothers have V perfect as poisonous Rit her narcotic-. md bowels,_ old in bullL ea or promise urpose." on every wrapper. boria. te-aiMEMEIS ;tore business SH OR TR.A.DR- ay the th. EAFORTH. of the elec— ng to a proper for it, and if mERcK, $6,000,000 $1,000,000 scounted, Draits I cities in tke, Ites of interest Lay and Novenae Paper and Far -- IS, kfansoex. JULY 24, 1896. aa7"-a-aaata. Life on a Farm. ry 110 ITS PLEASURES ARD ITS PAINS. *What were the best three yearsof my We" repeated the boarding-house man, ter &question put by the school teacher. That% not hard to tell. The best three - I ever lived were tipon a farm. I was About 11 years old thee. My folio moned tease farm in search cf health, and worked had they mored back to the city again ing three years later. st as it was when. I Doidog for the same LI tretitilenYa hbeealatshteand'aa toj pieces . in the first moying process in tryi g te get it en top of viwagon. I was ever bothered with health except at e green apple time and roe ,at. cheery time. Bea s all how a boy's will go back a hint just when he leent°Tnesactah use It moet. ulna I started out to tell of those hal- days on the farm. I wouldn't, trade the lueeseen of them for any ten years of my lite City life4 It's I ke a bug on a potato. -There's never room to, turn around. You on with the same humdrum life, day ea 'and day out. You hustle, and cut arose the corners, arid run to get out of taeway of street cars and fire engines and ennawary horses, an& you go with a rapid transit from surise to sunset, and then it's Ai ir slow. The other fellow is always getting the start of you. ' don the farm it's different. There the sun never rises in a tale of black, grimy impenetrable car an factory smoke. It ,enaea up full of ros red light, shooting its glory in a thousand rays to the four Tarts cd the heaven And instead of eaking down behint some high topped .ges down in another building at night, it -crimson flush like the lush of a school girl. . And the air is free. It, isn't•stuffed up with telegraph and telephone and electric light wires and a thousand other obstructions. You can shout and no one is around to ebbs's you crazy. Yon can run a foot race with yeur shadow, and there's no one to say yen nay. You can wade in the -preaje that always runs through any well - regulated farm, full of minnows and frogs and pure crystal water. You can fall fiat ent the bank and drink to your heart's con- tent and you need net be afraid of sewer gas. There's only one !place in the world for a growing boy and that is on a good, big farm'run by a good-netured, sensible farm - .ea What does the city by know about -the world? He thinks he knows it all. He .conldn't tell a yellow jacket from a bumble bee. He couldn't tell which part of a har- ness to put on a horse irst. That reminds me of the city boy tijat came to our farm .one summer. I took h in to town one day, and he got out to loose the harness so that -the horse might drink. And what do you suppose he did? Unlo sed the cheek? No, the untutored youngster actually unbuckled -the crupper before 1 saw what he, was -doing." e "WhaVs the meanes job the boy gets on the farm ?" "The meanest by all odds is driving the team for the hay fork. Any ambitious boY would rather suffer he consequences of ,playing hookey than dr re for the hay fork. 'Von hitch the team to the end of the rope that is located just out ide the barn door and off you go. The tam goes about three rods and stops. You t rn them around and .come back with them. Then the same pro- -cess is repeated ad inti ituen, until the spiv - its of any well regulat d boy are in rebel- lion and he jerks the torsos up on their -mooches, and though e dees not dare to wear at them, he wo ild awfully like to. And from inside the ban he is called down -for jerking the horses! and admonished in ;paternal tones that fail to increase the, buoyancy of his spirits, to behave himself, ,or paterfamilias will ttl, ke time then and there to instil some reform ideas on the sub- ject of driving horses into the outhful mind of the unwilling Jehu. . "I came to grief one day in that spiritless -occupation. A load o hay had gone into the barn with many a yell and flourish of lines to the hard w rking horses that .strained hard to get th load inside. I, as 'usual unhitched the tam from the wagon, drove them to the w iffietrees in front of the door, and soon the nloading .task with the big hay fork was on.' Up went the first load high in the mew. The second fell back partially on the load. That always meant trouble for the boy and the horses. When a 'o 1.d fell back to the wagon my apirits fell twice as far and in a worse heap. The third made even a worse mess, and af- ter a dozen trips over that well beaten path I was ready for any extreme. I could have licked the biggest boy in the neighborhood with the greatest of grace. I had been do- ing a lot of unneeessary talking and had re- ceived an equal amount of paternal advice -from the top of that load of hay. But the progress with the load failed to cheer my drooping spirits any, and as I brought the horses around far another trip and started once more with a load, I raised the free end -of the lines and hit the animals a cut that -sent them forward like Nancy Hanks on a 'kite -shaped track. They were out of my eontrol in an instant and at the appointed end of the route laid out, failed to stop. 'The hay fork shot up like an arrow and -never stopper' until it struck the peak of the barn. "But that was not the worst of it. The fork wouldn't come down. It stuck like burrs to a dog's tail. It was my Waterloo. There was consternition in the barn for a -moment and still more outside. I was not long in taking in the situation and quietly, but with determinatiog to avoid any hostil- ities, slid arouak the ' corner, leaving the I horses stranded at:the cad of the rope pull- ing their eyes blind. I watched from ,around the corner, and saw my father come out of the barn with a stick—a useless im- plement under the circu mstances to my no- tion—and he instituted la search for his son. Intuition always told him where I was and . he started straight in ty direction. I was not Iong in getting an und three sides of that barn and as I ap ieared and peeked around the other corner I saw him coming hack. An idea state ins. I never was built on Georee Washington specifications and I determined upon y course. Without eor nr e , whimperingtng %ipiIinarched traight around the -and asked innocenn13t:lan:7 th with a purpose, " 'What's the matter ?' "'Matter?' inquired ty father, raising 'the stick with, a good deal of signifi •ance. 1Shat air ye tryin' to dew ? Ca 't ye drive horses yet ? Com here ! I'll teach ye . '"Why, I just went i own to the house to get a drink.' I i•eplied with the compla- eency of Ananias, and I waited for heaven to strike me clown.- ' Well, don't ye e 'er do it again.' • "They got that hay fork down 1 to in e afternoon with a has of only half a day ,he I alwae-s considered nyself justifi d, for of all the mean jobs ti e boy on th farm ever gets, driving the team for the hay fork bakee the lead." • —For that tickling . ensation in your throat try e le cent box lof "Mist " ough Lozenges. They will islli y the irritation at °ace. For sale by all iruggists and the .Rey Medicine Company,i•395 Yohgc treet, Toronto, Ontario. I . • : - A. Jersey Frog Farm. Miss Mona Selden, of Friendship, • J., is a hustler of renown. The frame sh bags 18 frogs.- For seven yearsIshe''hae been- sup - Porting herself by her unique athletic exer- eise. Now she is ones- of the most pros; perous citizens in the little town, and she ie reputed to have a bank account which, if it keeps on growing, will , eventually enable her to give up frog Shooting. : . Before she took to frog shooting Miss Seldeu taught, school in thecounery regions for $10 a week. She did not particularly - enjoy teaching, for her papilla were free queutly boys about twice asi big as . herself, and they had that particular form of humor which shows itself in being obstreperous. Moreover, $10 a week did not satisfy Miss Selden's idea of proper compedeation. Con- sequently, when she found that frogs were a costly luxury, she resolved to invest her sivings in a frog farm. Friendship being rich " in bogs and swamps, Miss Selden bought twenty acres of land,fenced it in and began to _raise frogs for the New 'York mar- ket, to the scornful delight of her neigh- bors. They thought she was a harmless and amusing lunatic when they saw her practising shooting frogs. But when they learned that she cleared $1,600 the first sea - eon those who came to scoff remained to imitate, and fregeshooting became a pop. lar oeccupation' in Friendship. The other shooters sell their game to Miss 'Selden, - who in turn sells it to the market. " • A. WOMAN'S MESSAGE. CONVEYING' WORDS OF HOPE TO THE AFFLICTED. - Had Suffered from Heart Trouble and Liver - Complaint, which --Wrecked her Nervous System now -as. Well as Ever. ' From the Carleton Place Herald. Truth,•it is said, is sometimes stranger than fiction, and in no way has -this phrase , been better exemplified than in the _plain unvarnished statement of Mrs. W. H. Ed- wards, of CarletmaPlaCe, to a reporter of the Herald a few weeks ago. Mrs.. Ed - Wards is well known in this town, having lived here for nearly twenty-five years. The story she related we -will give, in her own words. She said: "In July of 1894 I wits taken ill with fever, caused by -blood pois- oning; and lay hovering *between life and death for eight weeks. -After the doctOr sucoeeded in breaking hp the 'fever, my heart began to trouble me, jaundice and liver complaint also set in. I could n t sleep and my nerves were- terribly unstaun. . During my illness,- after. the fever left Me, I was attended by no less than three doetor , but their medicines seemed of no avail as I lay for months in a terribly emaciated co dition and never expected to be around again. This state of affairs lasted un ii about Christmas, when a friend sugges d to me to try Dr, Williams Pink Pills. /% y husband procured a few boxes, and I th n began their use, although -with but litt e confidence in them. • By the time I ha used three • boxes I began, to feel bett r and began to get an appetite. This encon aged me to.persevere in the use of the pill and I still continued to- improve. I bega to sleep well, my heart -ceased to bother e and my nervous system which had received such a fierce shoelt was again fully restore . My liver trouble 'also disappeared, in fact I became almost a new creature. I now fe 1 as well as I ever did in my life. I ha % e used in all eight boxes and still continue o take an occasional 'pill if I feel any way d pressed. Yes-, she said, I am thankful o think that I tried Dr. Williams' Pink Pills because I believe no other medicine con d have effected such a cure in me and have o 'effectually. built me up.. I am perfect y willing that this simple statement of mi e should be published, and hope some po r suffering creature may see it and be restor d to health as I, was." - -Dr. Williams' Pink Pills make pure, ri h bloOd, thus readiiing the root of disease aid driving it out of the • system, curing who e other medidines fail: Most of the ills a flicting mankind are due to an impoverishr condition of the blood, or weak or shatter d nerves, and -for all the Pink -Pills are a spe- cific which speedily restore the sufferer to health. These pills arenever sold in a y form except in the company's boxes, t e wrapper round which bears the full nam, , Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People' All others are counterfeits, and should al- ways he refused. Get the genuine and be made well. - Judging .by .fippearances. A noted professor ie one of our celleges, in speaking of his own college days, said: "I remember astudent, Frank W,, who - sat by me in. the, lecture room, who fel under grave rebuke, because the lectur r judged by appearances. Frank had a tri* of whittling. One day he fashioned a sma 1 keel of a sheep, a dainty thing, with a witching figurerheadn Ile finished it just as the lecture was finished. Dr. M., the lecturer, was a reverend man, with white hair and a kind heart. But the good. mah was wounded by the whittler. -He was idle, and disrespeetful ; and he summoned him to his study, to administer a wholesom,e rebuke. • "Young man," said he, "I am obliged to speak to you about the foolish and trifling way in, which you spend your time': Frank looked -at him in surprise. "Please take that thing out of your pocket that you made ,during the lecture." Frank drew forth the keel; he had made it, without thinking, and- he was hardly conscious of its existence. "Your disrespect forme and the stitdents I might pass by," said Dr. M., "but your irreverence. for important subjects I must treat more severely. Can you tell me the subject of the lecture this morning ?" Frank told the subject readily. "Can you tell me anything about the manner in which it was treated ?" • "I think so,". said Frank. And he began at the first remark of the lecturer, and repeated almost every word of the lecture, "I did not think you noticed anything that I said,, Mr. W.," said the doctor, aston- ishment and- respect _struggling for the mastery in -his mind. - "I suppose I was whittling," said Frank. "I generally am, but I did not- knoW- epon my honor. I never was more interest- ed in a lecture in my life." "Appearances- are deceitful," . said the doctor. "You will pardon me for judging you Wrongfully." "And I hope you will pardon me for my everlasting whittling," said Frank. " would give it up, but I am afraid I should lose the thread of my ideas if I had not something in my hands." • Elephants in a Lurtiber Pile, William B. Tourgee has just returned from a trip around the world, says the Buffet° Courier. One of the places which offered some of the most interesting scenesi was found in the large lumber yards of Burt 1111111. The. teak wood industry is the great industry of that country. The wood grow for the greater pert in the northern part o Bin -malt, where it -,is- cut and floated down ' the Irrawaddy to Rangoon, where the more important and larger yards are located.. It, is in these 'Umber yards that they em- ploy the elephants in moving and handling the -logs. rj The elephant has practically the entire handling of the logs from the moment they are ready to -be taken from the back water, where they' have been stored until the logs have been converted into the thin planks used in shipbuilding and other in- dustries, where it answers the purpose bet- ter than any other kaown wood A dozen or more elephants maybe em- ployed in the same yard. • They - are nearly all males, which are, generally speaking, larger and stronger than the females. These intelligent creatures will balance a log on their tusks, and, holding it firmly with their trunks, will proceed to :walk off With it to the saw. They will 'then hold the log Up to the saw while it is at work, and will see that it is eat properly, either crosswise or lengthwise, as -may be desired. They pull the slabs away with the ends of their trunks, and pile them in Tiles that , are as neatly arranged as the most exacting yard- master -could desire. The principal work of , TIE the elephants consists ia taking the logs from the water and piling them up in the yards. Thee Will pile logs in the neatest manner imaginable, and will adjust them at either end until they are perfectly satisfied that they are rightly arranged. Mr. Tour - gee says that the yard owners look upon a good elephant as almost priceless, and sel- dom part with them. What makes their work so very valuable is that they can do this heavy work in that hot climate without being affected by the heat, as other animals would be. No Dogs Allowed on the Cars. It happened the other day on the Lehigh Valley Railroad. The train had just left Easton, and the conductor was making his first round, when he observed a Small white dog with a bushy tail and bright black eyes sitting cosily on the seat beside a young lady so handsome that it made his heart roll over. But duty was duty, and he re- marked in his most deprecatory manner: very sorry, but it's against the mica to have dogs in the passenger cars." " Oh, my! is that so-' and sheturned up two lovely brown eyes at him beseech- ing1§. "What in the world. will I do ?" " We'll put him in a baggage car, and he'll just be as happy as a robin in spring." "What ! put my nice white dog in a dirt baggage car ?" "I'm awfully sorry, miss, but the rules of this company are inflexible." "I think it's awful mean, and I know somebody will steal it," and she showed a half notion to cry that nearly broke the conductor's -heart; but he was firm, and sang out to the brakeman: " Here, Andy; take this dog over into the lbaggage car, and tell 'em to take the the best kind of care of him." The young lady pouted, but the brake- man reached over and picked the canine up as tenderly as though it was a two -weeks' - old baby, but as he did sea strange expres- sion came over his face, and he said hastily to, the conductor: "Here, you just hold him a Minute," and he trotted out at the car door and held on to the brake wheel. The conductor no sooner had his hands on the dog than he looked around for a hole to fall through. " Wh-wh-why, thia is a worsted dog?" "Yes sir," said the miss demurely.' "Didn't you know that ?" He laid the dog down on the owner's lap, and walked out on the platform, where he stood half an hour in the cold, trying to think of a hymn -tune to suit the worst sold Than on the Lehigh Valley road. • A Centenarian Pioneer. At the residence, of her son, Mr. T. H, Rolls, at the•Grand Central hotel, Listowel, on Thursday levening, 9th inst., Grace Rolls, died at the patriarchal age h)f 100 years and 8 months. Since the death of her 'husband, . 19 years ago, Mrs. Rolls has lived for the mot part with her son, Richard, in kManyboro, spending, however, Most of: the past winte4 with Theodore, in Listowel. She had durin all her long life enjoyed re- markably good health, and was active and able to be about. until almost the day of hen death.. For. hr great age she was a re- markably youn looking woman, -fresh and smart, and did not look to be more than 60' or 70 years old. - The history of her life covers the peeiod of the pioneer days of More than one Section of Ontario. , Her fam- ily were the firat Settlers in the township of Matyboro, and four of her sons own farms at the present time in the township. • The deceased Grace Lee, was bora in Somersetshire, England, on the 22nd day of December, 1795. She was married there nearly 80 years ago to John Rolls,.Who was a farmer and a native of the same' shirk. Five of their bine children were born in, England, and all survive her except one son. Mark, the eldest son, is 78, and is living at Dunseith, Dakota, and althoughhehimself has gone nearly ten years beyond the three score and tea, he is still a young looking and an active rnan. He wrote a letter to his mother, Which she received a few days before her death, in which he enclosed a lock of his hair, showing that he has not not a grey hair in his head. The next child was the only daughter of the family, Roset- ta,' Mrs. Henry Greenwood, of Moorefield, Ontario. The next three sons, Elerbert, of Moorefield, and Riahard and John are well known farmers in the township of Mem- ber°. Thomas, wh.o was the first son born after the family emigrated to Canada, 58 years ago, was born near Aurora, in the county of Y.ork, where the family first set- tled. He is at present living in Calgary, Northwest Territory: The next son, George, is lihing in Michigan ; the next son, Reuben, deceased ; then Albert, a farmer, living .on the 6th line, Maryboro, and the youngest son, Theodore H., of the Grand Central, Listowel. The family moved up to Nary - bore 48 years ago, and homesteaded the first lot on the 4th line of Member°, then on the edge of the wilderness. The farm lies on the banks of the Connestoga, and in those days both that river and the' spring creek were well stocked with trout, which they pulled from their clear waters in the early days. They sold this farm to Aschel Edmunds, and bought a farm four Miles 'further up the fourth line, owned now by William Cherry. The sons afterwards pur- chased farms of their own in the township, , and after the death of her husband, in 1877, the old lady kept house on the komestead for some six years. To the last line hearing and sight were good, .and only the day be- fore her death she was talking about old times in England and in Canada. The fun- eral took place on Saturday'11th inst., and the remains were interred by the side of her deceased husband in the cemetery at Rollin, six of her grandsons being pall bearers. They were Richard Greenwood, Albert Rolls, Marshall Mils, Frances Rolls, Reuben Rolls and Johnson W. Rolls. Bei - fore, her death there were living five -genera- tions of her family, and of children, grand- children, and great-grandchildren there are over one hundred in ell, living. The de- ceased was an adherent of- the chneeh of England in religion, and was of an atiedable and industrious character, She beloaged to an era long since gone by, a, link connecting the present with the past. She was a grown woman before there- was a railway built in the world, and was a grandmother beforethe era of electricity, with its cable, telegraphs'telephones and electric light and power, and after coming to Canada, she witnessed one of the most remarkable trans. - formations in the history of any country, the turning of a .wilderness into a land of smiling fields, substantial residences and populous towns.—Listowel Banner. • News Notes..- - In Sarnia during the summer months, the Sabbath School, in connection with St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church will be held rom 10 till 11 o'cloOs. on Sabbnithmornings. —Samuel Currie; farmer, age about 60, while hauling shingles at Shallow Lake, Grey County, fell with some bundles of shingles from the wagon, on his horses, causing them to run away, inetantly killing the unfortunate man. —At Midland, -Simcoe county, on the evening of July 13th, while a few thousand Orangemen and their friends Were ready to embark on the special trains at the Grand Trunk depot for home, John Robins, of Tait, near ,coldwater, was knocked down by a locomotive and run over. His legs were amputated at the knees by the local surgeons. ,He has a wife and five children. — A Toronto boy has just passed through one of the most Marvelous operations of modern medical science, in the general hos- pital at- Winnipeg.. The boy is Charles Robb, who a year ago on July 1st was knocked into insensibility in a back lane in Toronto. Robb was a 17 -year-old boy who HURON EXPOSITOR. ad been employed by the T. Eaton Com - any, and his parents were dead. On Do. inion day, last year, Robb Went up the lane here he was so nearly killed, to see what aused a crowd which had gathered. there, n the centre of the crowd a fight was eking place, and Robb, who was simply a pectator, was felled to the ground with a ase ball bat. He was taken home by his rother unconscious, and remained in that ndition for ten days. When he finally as thought to have recovered, it was ound that his left hand was useless and hat he had no control over one side of his outh. In this condition he Went to Win - peg, and entered the service of the Had- on's Bay Company. Shortly after this he vas taken wish' epileptic fits and went to he general hospital. He consented to un - ergo an operation, and nine weeks ago his ead was shaved, his scalp removed from he top of his head, and his skull was sawn hrough. Then the doctora went right into he brain and removed several pieces of cad matter, finally closing up the skull nd the scalp, Robb is reentering, and he • now being visited by many outside phy- miens. He has regained the use of his and, and his mouth has been restored o its former condition. —One of the oldest settlers of the istriet passed away en July 4th, in the rson of Jacob Kuhne, sr., of Ellice. eceased was born in one of the provinces n Germany, on June 21se' 1820. He had herefore reached the age of76 years and 15 ays. He emigrated to this country about fry yeark ago, and settled on the farm on hich he died. The aged widow, three ons and one daughter are mourning their has. They are: Jacob, who has a farm on the Huron road ; John, on the homestead, 1 t 18, concession 3, Ellice; Michael, who 1 yes on lot 20, concession3, and Mrs. John oore, of Ellice. The deceased was inter. ed in the Sebringville cemetery. Mas. E. N. NEWCOMBE, 241 John Si. South, Hamil- it. I have takes one bottle and a half of kidney c mplaint. My case was ail eitreniely bad one. I never had anything to do me I3J much goed. I reeorn - end it highly. • Resources of Journalism. "I've got to have something to fill out this column with," said the foreman of the Spiketown " Blizzard," poking his head into the editorial sanctum. That's all there is about it. I've run in all the dead ads and all the Catchlines, and slugged everything out till there isn't even a piece of wood reg - let left in the office, and I'm short yet half a dozen lines or more." Whereupon Editor Clugston sat down and wrote as fellows,: "Owing to the crowded state of our columns this week, we are compelled to omit several interesting communications now standing in type. I riends will please bear with us. Adver- t'sers must be accommodated. Until the pressure on our columns has eased up, cor- respondents will -please write briefly and confine themselves to simple: statements of fact."—Chicago Tribune., , • '-dbLOR LINE IN SOUTH 'AFRICA. It Is as Strongly Drawn There as In Any Part of America. It rarely if ever happens that a native, whatever his rank, is received on any so- cial occasion -inside a white house. Indeed e would seldom be permitted, except as a omestic eervant, to enter a private house t air When Khama, the famous chief of e Ba-Yiengwato, a Christian, and a man f admittedly high character, who has uled his -people with- singular wisdom and bility, was in England last autumn and as there entertained at lunch by the Duke f Westminster and other persons of social e •• inence; the news excited general annoy - elm° and disgust among the whites in outh Africa. A story was told. me of a en party given by the wife of a lead - i • g white ecclesiastic, the appearance at hich of a native clergyman led many of t e white guests to withdraw in dudgeon. Once, when I was a guest at a mission ation. in Basutoland, I was asked by my ost whether I had any objection to his. ringing In to the family meal the native p stor, who had been preaching to the ne- t ye congregations When I expressed some a prise that he should think it necessary ask, he explained that race feeling was ta strong among the colonists that it would hive been deemed improper and, indeed, I isultiug to make is white guest sit down a the same table with a black man unless s iecial- permission had first been given. hus one may say that there is no social tercourse whatever between the races. heir relations are purely those of brisi- n ss. Now and then the black man gets a lead of the white, but the latter's pride of ✓ ce remains. I was told of a white" who c ndescended to he hired to work by a affir, but stipulated that the Kaffir should allrlress him as "boss." Of intermarriage there is, of course, no . q estion. It is not forbidden by law in t le two British colonies, as it is in most, 14 not all, of „the southern states of Amer- • , but it is excessively rare, nor does it ap- p tr that there are now other irregular un - us outside marriage, as there constantly were in the old days while slavery existed. In this respect the case of South Africa re- maika.bly resembles that of the southern states, where also there is now very little mixture of -blood, though there was a great deal 50 years ago. Probably in both cases It is better that the races should not mingle their blood, for the white race would be likely to lose more than the black race ould gain.—James Bryce, Al. P., in Cen- t try. •• • : CONEY ISLAND: Modern English Discoverer of New ro+ltr.'s Great Summer Resort. had pointed Out to me the other day a nian who discovered Coney Island—some t vp decades later than most of us, to be s i e, but, none toe late for his own satin - f, cion. Mr. Shelley of the Oriental hotel ai exhibiting him. ' I—ah—saw the place from—ah—the' d.clk of the—ah—steamer coming ovah," se isl he, "and I—ah.—thought l'il see what faro of a place it was, don't you know. nd, upon me word, I find it most aston- is i ng at the—ah—cheaper end, you know, and doosid comfortable heah. '" His formal and deliberate manner of p Ming his pinoe nez glasses up to his eyes, after much bother with the chain to which they were attached, suggested a perpetual al rtness for diseovery. He never merely lo ked at anything. One cannot call the we rk of an astronomer "looking at thngs," and this En0.is1-unan , brought the same -effort 'and aid of gla-sses to his sh plest visual action. When a newsboy ru died at him -with a paper, meaning to sell its like lightning, before it became old an. worthless by the an ival of a later edi- tie., the Englishman vent through the sari a herious preiininariles with his glasses an I ended by making 4hc little arab feel Ii $ he also had been 4iscovcred, that no on had ever looked at him before. Indeed, the startled lad shot hi. own eyes all over 11- self as if he suspected that he had been see all over and Might ndl.ieiself naked. Th s the Englishman 1 kcal at Coney Is- lan , after it had grown ancient under In- dia , Dutch, English arid American rule, an discovered it and biought to it a case of pollinaris and a bathtub, so as to be sur to have those luxuries while he was th e.—Julian Ralph in Scribner's. Say a fo hou WI Tybte's Tower. no of the objects which inrnriably at - t the interest of voyagers ppproaching nnah by sea is the tiny round tower hundred feet distant from the light, - at Tybee Island, on the Georgia side. the aid (St a geed Pair 'of marine glasses the tower fatal Be descried aS built of stone and apparently hoary with " age. Indeed, the native Georgian has no greater pleasure than to pour into the astonished ears of northerners the tale that it was erected by the Spanish about the same time as the structures of St. Augustin& But the hard and rather unpoetic feats of the case are that the United States govern- ment built the place as a defense against the British in 1812. It is termed in military parlance a mar- ten° tower, being copied from similar de- fenses erected along the English coasts when Napoleon was threatening to invade Britain. The tower saw some little active service in the civil war, of course, but, was even then not more dangerous or stronger than a, stone dwelling. At present it is used as a reporting and - signal station, and during the bathing season it is a faverite visiting place for the guests of the fashionable hotels at Tybee Beach, the noted southern seaside resort. There are few objects on coasts more striking and picturesque thaai the tower at Tybee, andait only lacks a few legends of Spanish possessions sieges, etc. to make it famous.—PhilLelphia Tholes. "Good Grammar." A contemporary tells the story of a.rich woman who went to engage board for her mother in a home for the aged and desti- tute and made the excuse, "My mother does not use good gramman, and we would none of us be at ease if ss were at table with us." Curious. Perhaps the oltilady will tell her future associates: "My daugh- ter does not speak good. English. I caiuld never break her of the habit -of saying `use good grammar.' "—Exchange. Sarcastic. First.Cah Driver (on his rank)— t's that thing yer got atveeen the sh fts o' your cab, matey? Second Cabnaan—Why, can't yo see? That's my 'oss.What do you think it. is? F. C. Lk —Oh,! thought it N'tafi ne of ehese 'ere new photographs. Ye cai on/y see the skelington.—London Ti -Bit We can console ourselves for n t 4aving great talents as we console ourselv s for not having great places. neai be above both in our hearts.—Varivenar es. An authority con'eanthropolo the cars of worn -en are set froth in the head than, those of men. say that r fokward Hrs. Johnson's Retort. Did you ever hear the story of the best retort. that Murat Halstead over received? No one ever enjoyed telling the istory more than he did, and it is good enough to print anywhere. The old law firin of Gold- smith, Colston, Homily & J4/18011 Was one of Mr. Halstead's pet subjects for sar- casm, politically and otherwise. He caught up a phrase which was attributed to the junior partner of the firm, Mr. Johnson, and after calling him ft "shining ornament of the Cincinnati bar" for some time, the brilliant Mr. Halstead went further and publicly dubbed Mr. Johnson "the brass ornament of the Cincinnati bar." This phrase was se attractive to Mr. Halstead that he never hesitated to use it in every possible way. Halstead's day of reckoning canna however. At an evening gathering Mr. Halstead, who was very susceptible tie the charms of the fair sex, saw a handsame woman in the crowd superbly dressed, and with dia- monds on her bosom and hi her hair that would at once attract attention. He beg- ged to be presented, and wase -to Mrs. Johnson. It did not present itself to Mr. Ilaletead's mind, perhaps a little less steady at the time than usual, who the lady might be. He was curious about her. "Johnson, Johnson?" he repeated. "I have never had the pleasure of meeting you before, Mrs. Johnson. Do you live in Ohio?" "Oh, yes," replied the lady, brimming over with smiles. "I live in Cincinnati." "Indeed!" said Mr. Halstead, quite as- tonished.' "May I inquire of.what family of Johnsons you are?" The smiles were more. than merry this time. "Mr. .Halstead," she replied, "for 15 years I have been trying to polish up the brass ornament of the Cincinnati bar!"— Cincinnati Tribune. 7 — AN EVERYDAY EVE,ehT. I've a letter hi my Rocket That I would not, could not show, For its dainty- superscription Was inditedi long ago, And the dimpled hand that penned it Was a hand 11 used -to hold, When we spodned among the shadows Of the suminer days of old.. She became My wife soon after, Abd, upon Our wedding day, Handed me a • little better, Saying, "Pest it right away." So I put it thinly poeket, With a vow to mail it soon, But I had inueh to remember On that busy day in June. And today my clothing cleaner, With an air of mystery, Brought a package to my office, To be opened secretly. Be is married. In the package, Soiled and marred with creaseand.blo With its dainty superscription, Was the letter I forgot. —Chicago Record. ARMENIA CENT1URIES AGO. Marco Polo's Deseripti n of the Count and Its People, This is a great country. It begins at 0, city called. Arziuga, at which they weav'e the best buckrams in the world. It poS- sesees also ,the best baths inann natur spr ngs that are anywhere to be fouit Th people of the country are Armenias ant are subject to the Tartar. he country is, indeed, a passing great on ,and in the summer it is frequented by the whole host of the Tartars of the. yea t, because it then furnishes them wit sue i excellent pasture for their cattle. Bt t In winter itie cold is peat all bounds, so in that season they quit this country and to n, warmer region, where they find otbcr geed pastures. At a castle called Pa-ipurtli, that you pass in going from Trebizond to iris, there is a very good silver mine: ml you must knoW that it' is in this ntry of Ilermenia, that the.ark of Noa sts on the top of a certain great morn - i, Oft the summit of which snow inns staut that no One can ascend, for th snew never melts and is constantly add to by new -falls. Below, however, the sne does melt and runs downa producing sucjs rich and abundant herbage -hat- in surnixter cattle are sent to pasture fforte a long we, rouiid about, and itneVer fails them. The neel ing snow also causes. a; ateat amount of mud on the 'noun -Mins T ae country is bounded on the south by a kingdom called Masai,. the- people of whi h areJacobite and Nestorian. Chris- tians. . Oi the , north it is bounded by the land of qie Genrgians. , On the confines from; Geoagiania there is a fountain from which-, oil springs in great abundance, insomuch that 100 shiploads might be taken freed it at one time. This oil is not good to use with food, but it is good, to burn and is also used to anoint camels that have the mange. Peo- ple come from vast distances to fetch' it, for in all the countries round about they have no other oil. -'--"The Stelae of Maroc . Polo," by Noah Books, in St. Nicholas. The Belgian p4eirt Ws aro modeled after those of Frailce, eeith the exception that the I grantimi of a patent elsZvrhere does not preclude.. he taking out ot a -pat-, WA fa Solgtunl, I LUNISPEN WKS() ARE STILL SELLIN° WHEELS Alfhough we do not pretend to supply "any bicycle made" we in Seaflirth for thle old reliables, viz : THE HY,SLOP, THE BRANTFORD, THE FLEET, or 1 ' And they are the leaders and sellers in all parts of the country th" tell. You eannoti go wrong by purchasing either of them, at the rig your guard ; we have heard of unscrupulous dealers in some places high grade wheels that they were not selling, much below their valu the impression that, the wheels they were actually agents for, were an old trick and the public are getting onto it, bat still, it catches a occasionally. Avoid disappointment and save money by ordering one grade wheels from the only authorized agents in Seaforth. in have the agency THE CRESCENT year. Quality will t price, but be Ma noting the price of , order to create equally cheap. Ws n unwary customer of the above high LUMSDEN & WILS9N1 ifAIN STREET SOOTT'S BLOCK, Little Knowledge Is not a dangerous thing when it directs your attention to fact that the • Forest, CO Business and Shortha d College i..c)1\TINDINT, °NT, Ta giving the most Ipractical and business -like course in Can da. Everything strictly high grade. Write for catalogue and college jo mai- School re - o ens January 2nd, 1896. 442 J. W. WESTERVEL Principal. To Farmers of Canada. Several kinds of wire fences have been placed on - be market, none of which have proven entirely -sat- shmtory ; but in placing before you our CHAMPION STAY WIRE FENCE. we do so confidently, believing that we Save over- come all of the objections that have been raised against wire fences in the past. It is composed of any desirei number of galvanized Steel wires, placed at a auitable distance apart, upon which are placed two half-inch half -round Steel bars, one on each side of the wires, with groove between to fit tightly on the wires, and bolted with four bolts holding -them firmly together and preventing the wires from elid- ing up or down. It is else arranged that the actions of heat and cold in expanding and contraeting the wires are thoroughly controlled by tighteners, and the fence can be kept taut at all seasons of -the year. All we ask is an examination of its merits, and we are satisfied you will decide it has no equal. Mann- factui ed by i EDWARD LITT & CO., Dublin P. 0., Ont. R. B. SCOTT, Seaforth, Is agent for the -sale of County and Town- ship rights, 1459 teV wow Cook's Cotton Root Composed Manufactured by The Cook Co., Windsor, Ont., and Detroit, Mich., is the only known safe, reliable monthly medicine on which ladies can depend in "the hour and time of need." Every lady who reads this is requested to inclose two post- age stamps, with her address, for 6 and full particulars, which we will send by return mail in plain. sealed. envelope. An old physician, 35 years con- tinued practice treating diseases of women, has charge of the office,.and can be consulted by letter or in person. Address our main office THE COOK COMPANY, . Boom 3—No.' 253 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich. far Cook's Cdtton Root Compound sponsible wholesale gists in the Dominion nited States for One is sold by all and retail dru of Canada and Dollar per bo SEAFOR H RRIAGE WORKS, The best Bu gies and Wagons My stock of Carriag s is very complete; all hand made, under our own supervision. Don' buy foreign factory -made buggies when you can get better made - at home, and as chea . if not cheaper than the work brought in from outs'de towns. Why spend your money in building up rival towns and injure your own, when you can d4 better at home. Call and see me and be convinced. •All kinds of blieks ithing and repairing promptly and satisfactorily do A full stock of Cu Ore of the best material and lateet sty les, which sil1 be sold cheap. Lewis SE cDonald, FORTH. 1480 WANTED.—Thre counties; al big thine, and those be in luck. Can al their own homes. T Limited, 4,) Richmon General Agents for a block of five canvassers for each. A who get territorial tights will I employ several bright ladies at e Bradley-Garretson Company, Street west; Toronto, Ont. 1477 CAIIRTAGE IN-Tai\Tc+ BERT WILLIAMS De ites to state to the public that he will continue the business so long carried on by hie father, the late Jarmes Williams, and is prepared to do all kinds of ARRIAGE PAINTING In he I -est and most artistic manner, and on the moi t reasonable terms. IA trial is respectfully so- licied. SHOP—As formerly, over L. McDonald's Cairiage Werke, Goderich street, SEAFORTH. 1i470-tf tEACHER WANTED., -Teacher wanted for School Section No. 8, Stanley, holdieg a third-class certificate; male or female. Duties to commence ust 17th, 1890. ersonal applications preferred. ect•etary, Box 15, Hayfield. 14924 A Ad. ress M BATES, ARX TO RENT.1 To rent, a 200 acre farm, 21 miles from Win ham, with first-class build/age, and well watered. I is all in pasture, and is Mx- oeilent chance for either farming or pasturing cattle. irOf particulars, apply to Box 1.25, Winglatem. 1473t1 iO07 a d d ata p1reH "Bolla .L os.1 Hor `sgrn3tjo"a CD c+ 57! 0 0 3 CD CD Stock of Builders' Hardware. 'sooud .in. o lap 1103_, 2) '8 a) te-.1 KAP 274, bi TXTANTED.—Old established wholesale house vy wants one or two honest and industrous re- presentatives for [Nis section. Can pay a hustler about 812 a week tol start with, Drawer 29, Brant- ford, Ont. 1477 • THE . EYES1 S. Roberts, Graduate of betroit Optical Institute also Chicago Ophtlt- almic College, is prepared to fit all delects of Vision Astigmatism, Ifypermetro- pia, Myopia, Prestyopia or any compound defect. Intelligent people have giVen up the idea of buy- ing ordinary 001110E1On lipeCtle100 At a counter,because they see well with them. It may be that only one eye is brought into use. whilet the other may be so strained as to result in blindness, If your -eyes are weak, or sight poor call at J. S. ROBERT'S Drug Store and have them tested. Does the print blur of de the eyes tire when reading? Do the eyes ache 1 Deethe eyes water? Are they gore or -Inflamed? These eymptoms point to defts in the refraction, or the museles.of the eyes and 4an be perfectly cor- rected. Do you have headache? Eye strain causes more headaches than all other canoes combined. Thous- ands of people are suffering who do net realize that eye strain lathe cause. Ali these cages ean he cured with glasses that are made te? correct the error kw the eyes. The eyes of children 'horrid be carefully tested, In many cues the defect in the eyes is shown by various eymptoms, such as inability to see figures an a blackboard, holding the book close to the eye', blurring of letters, crossed eyes or eyes turning in, blinking, wateringpf the eyes and particularly hada- ache. In many cares the child is accused of beinK dull or stupid, when time fault is in the sight, and tan be corrected with glasses. If eon are wearisg glans* that are not satisfactory; bring them to _me. In ease of disease, you will be recommended so the phyiltelaws 'it once fortrestaient.