The Stanstead journal, 19 avril 1900, jeudi 19 avril 1900

[" The Stanstead Journal.VOL.LV\u2014No.16.ROCK ISLAND, (STANSTEAD) P.Q., THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1900.WHOLE No.2826.EeRoNORsNONORORONORNORONOY = THE HOWLING is STILLED B 8 but I will give you 22 LBS.BEST m $ GRANULATED SUGAR FOR Q | $1.00 just the same.Big cut on : wm shoes at S, S.Worthens.See ad.e ° TOWN TOPICS.All kinds of seed grain at Terrill\u2019s.Mr.Benjamin Seguin is seriously ill.Dr.and Mrs.E.P.Ball were in Richmond over Sunday.Rev.W.S.Lennon of St.Lambert was in Stanstead the latter part of lust week.Mr.H.Fred Pierce of Pawtucket, R.L, spent Easter with relatives at Stanstead.Mr.Victor E.Morrill of the Sher- hrooke Daily Record spent Easter at his home Th Stanstead.Robert H.Burke, D.V.8.,, returned last week from Baltimore, Md., where he has lately been studying medicine.Mr.and Mrs.H.À.Beerworth and Master Ray Beerworth returned yesterday from a week\u2019s visit with relatives in Clarenceville.Mr.John C.Baxter of the E.T.Bank, Sherbrooke, spent Easter with his parents at DerLy Line, and is now employed at the St.Hyacinthe branch.Mrs.Cornelia Drennan, who has lately been visiting her sister, Mrs.Heleng G.Baxter, returned to her home in Hardwick, Vt., last Thursday.: If you are in the market for harvesting machinery of any kind it will be to your advantage to call on Geo.F.Terrill, agent for the Deering Harvesting Co.Miss Tinker will have her millinery opening Tuesday and Wednesday, April 24 and 25.She will display a large assortment of trimmed hats and novelties in neck wear.Word has been received at Derby Line that Mrs.H.L.Todd, who went west with her husband on account of a lung difficulty last fall, is worse and probably beyond recovery.Any man who desires to invest from $10 to $1,000 with the probability of doubling his money within a year should read the advertisement of the ; Golden Placer and Quartz Mining | Compauy on another page.The musical service at the R.C.Church Easter Sunday was very attractive, Leonard\u2019s Mass being exceedingly well rendered by a strong chorus.Solos were sung by Miss ITat- tie Audet and Mr.M.Perron.An attractive Easter display is shown in one of John Gilmore\u2019s windows.The design is that of the entrance to a summer house, handsomely decorated, to proclaim the coming of spring.The work was done by Mr.Alex.Pepin, assisted by Miss Annie Gilmore.Mr.William Hargrave of the E.T.Bank, St.Hyacinthe and Miss Lily Sicotte, daughter of Judge Sicolte of the same place, were married last Monday.The groom was for some time connected with the Stanstead Branch of the E.TI.Bank, and is well known here.The main foom of the old Holmes store, opposite the Rock Island House, has been divided by a central partition running from front to back, thus making two stores of one.Weunder- stand that the one next to Porter & Wiley\u2019s has been rented to Mrs.Nelson Ives to be used as a millinery store.Just received at Bayley\u2019s, Beebe Plain, 1 car Williams & Clark\u2019s high grade fertilizer.This fertilizer stands at the head.1 have sold it for the past seven years with best results of any fertilizer sold in this section.Farmers can\u2019t afford to buy new brands of these fertilizers and nine times out of ten Jose both money and crops.The Easter offering in the Methodist Ohurch last Sunday was for the starving millions in India.Nearly £35 was \u201c put on the plates besides the usual envelopes, The Junior League is sending $10 from its little members, and it is expected that when all the \u201cFamine Envelopes\u201d are in the Stan- stead Methodist Church will have at least $50 for this bitter need.We are glad to hear that a subscription list is started at the E, T.Bank.It will be open for a week; so that any citizens who have not given through the churches have an opportunity to do s0 in this way.Five cents will save a life for one or two days.Five dollars will save one person's life till the rain comes.The famine area includes 50,- 000,000 people.If the government should withdraw aid for one week, 3,- 000,000 people would die.\u201c1 was an hungered and ye gave me meat.\u201d TOWN TOPICS.Farmers should not fail to see Ter- rill\u2019s seed grain before purchasing.Heath & Heath, Georgeville, are paying cash for maple sugar and syrup., Mrs.E.E.Baxter has returned from \u2018Washington where she spent the past winter.Mrs.Lamberton (neé Hattie Taylor) of Belmont, Mass., is visiting at her former home in Stanstead.Mr.M.M.Harte, classical master at Stanstead College, spent the Easter holidays in Montreal.Miss Harding was \u2018\u201c\u2018at home\u201d to a large number of her friends at Brook- line Hall Saturday evening.Mr.and Mrs.Edward Girard are in Sherbrooke, having been called to that place by the death of Mr.Charles Beauregard, a brother of Mrs.Girard.Two of our young men, Messrs.Joseph Suddard and Clovis Lanctot, left on Tuesday for Lowell, Mass, where they expect to secure employment.Mr.Moses Perron, with William Jondro, joined the \u201cKnights of the Gripsack\u201d this week.He is canvassing this province with samples of the \u201c\u2018Star Brand\u201d boots and shoes, etc.Rev.J.E.Starr left on the noon train for Knowlton where he will deliver his popular lecture on \u2018\u201cThe Old Flag.\u201d We understand that Mr.Starr has recently received a call from the Bond Street Congregational Church at Toronto.Something is now being done by local religious societies to raise funds to buy food for the starving millions in India.The condition of these unfortunate people is told in Rev.T.De- Witt\u2019s appeal for aid published in last week\u2019s JOURNAL.Services at the Congregational Church next Sunday at the usual hours.In the evening the subject of address will be, \u201cWhen ought I to become a Christian?\u201d Sunday School at the close of the morning service.All cordially welcome.The rain of Tuesday night and \u2018Wednesday morning swelled the Tom- ifobia river to flood height.The bulkhead at the Dominion Whip Company\u2019s factory was carried away, and flooding of wheelpits caused some inconvenience at other places.By proclamation of the Grand Lodge of Quebec the brothers of Tomifobia lodge No.18, I.O.O.F., will attend divine service at All Saints\u2019 Church, Beebe Plain, at 2.30 P.M., April 28th.Brothers are requested to meet at town hall, Beebe Plain, at 1.30 P.M.Mrs.J.H, Williamson died at her home, Stanstead Plain, last night.She had been unwell the greater part of the winter, but had so far recovered as to be able to ride out when she took a severe cold which resulted fatally.The funeral will take place at the house on Saturday at 3 P.M.The Red Cross Society in Montreal have sent a kind acknowledgment of the \u201clarge and most useful contribution\u2019 of garments from Stanstead.The Stanstead society in its turn extends hearty thanks to the ladies of Beebe Plain who made the cause their own and assisted with such beautiful knitting.At an adjourned meeting of the municipal council of Rock Island held last Thursday evening the applications for licenses were disposed of.An effort was made to have the four applications voted on at one time, but was defeated.A motion to that effect was made by Councillor Fuller, seconded by Councillor Lanctot and also supported by Councillor Fregeau.Councillors Parsons, Faneuf and Mel- loon voted against the motion and the Mayor decided the tie in favor of separate consideration.The applications from the two hotels were granted without opposition and Councillor Melloon was the only one to vote againgt the application from the drug store.Councillors Lanctot, Fregeau and Fuller voted in favor of granting the application of Chas.Z.Gilmore, Councillors Parsons, Faneuf and Mel- Joon against it.The deciding vote of the Mayor granted the request of the application.The council room was crowded and the Mayor\u2019s decision was followed by a ringing cheer.It was pretty generally understood that a tie would be reached and the only question was as to which way the Mayor would decide it.The voters\u2019 list was again taken up and several of the names proposed in Mr.Jas.A.Gilmore\u2019s complaint, which were objected to last week, were allowed to be added.A further investigation of the law showed that resident householders were entitled to vote even if they had not resided in the municipality for one year.TOWN TOPICS.Miss Malouin, milliner, has moved into John Gilmore\u2019s block Derby Line.The rooms lately occupied by her in Audinwood\u2019s building are now vacant.Mr.H.N.Holland of Knowlton, secretary of the Golden Placer and Quartz Mining Co., is in town on business.Mr.E.J.McDougall has been appointed agent of the Company at Stanstead.Dr.Codd, lately of Fitch Bay, is about to enter the ministry and wil be ordained shortly.He is to undertake mission work in the Algoma District, \u201cNew Ontario,\u201d under Bishop Thorneloe, formerly rector of Christ Church, Stanstead, and his knowledge of medicine will be of grent assistance to him.If there is anything the housekeeper dreads, it is house cleaning, especially carpets.For the good of all, let us say, you can have your carpets, art squares, portiers, rugs, feather beds and pillows, taken from your door and returned all cleaned and fresh and as good as new, by the Newport Carpet Cleaning Company.There is no extra charge for taking carpets from the Three Villages and Beebe Plain.They will take up and relay if so desired.Carpet cleaning at the small, price of 50c.and upwards.Give them | atrial.Their office is at Newport, Vt.Both telephones.23w5 While clearing the rack at the Dominion Whip Company\u2019s dam Saturday morning, Désiré Neveu and Eugene Parker discovered the body of an infant which had evidently been thrown into the river above.Coroner Woodward was notified and an inquest was held at the lock-up on Monday when the following jurymen were sworn in: F.W.D.Melloon, A.E-| Cooper, W.M.Pike, C.C.Hunt, S.T.Fregeau, F.P.Pocock, E.E.Bangs, {the past week but is reported some BEEBE PLAIN.Miss Maud Gordon\u201cwho has been visiting her parents, Mr.and Mrs.Charles Gordon, Stanstead Junction for the past two week\u2019s returned to Lowell, Mass., on Monday last.Charlie Wright has moved from the Foster House on North Derby St, into James Knox's Cole house on Junction St.Charlie has a good situation with the new granite Co.Ashley Biggins has moved from J.W.Elder\u2019s house on Christian St.into the Foster house recently vacated hy Charles Wright.+ Caleb White has moved from the Collins house on Junction St.to Sherbrooke where he has secured a good situation.H.B.Stewart has been in Montreal recently on business.Grover Bailey spent two or three days 2t home the past week, returning to hisschoo! at Mansonville on Tuesday last.The Easter Concert at the Methodist Church on Sunday evening last was very fine and was largely attended.Porter Dixon who had charge of it deserves much credit for the thorough and careful manner in which he has managed the young singers.They did beatifully.Mrs.Charles Gordon has been very sick the past week but is reported better at present.Sam Robinson who has been clerk-! ing for C.F.Bailey the past year, has moved his family back to their old home at Massawippi.lle closes his labors with Mr.Bailey the first of May.We are sorry to have them leave as they are very popular, particularly the young people.Frank Wilkinson has been very sick better at present.Francis Pocock the popular salesman for the Lay Whip Co.has been DO YOU WANT mn e A BUGGY?: Have just received shipment of same make I have sold in former years with general satisfaction to my customers.® un ® L.A.TRUSSELL, Ayer's Flat.5 mn e GEORGEVILLE.Miss Arthur is taking her Easter vacation at Montreal visiting her brother there.Master Bruce Davidson is reported to be improving.fig sister, Miss Marion Davidson, who was called home last week by his severe illness, has returned to the college at Stan- stead Plain.The schoolmates of Miss Maudo Rumsey gave her n surprise party on Monday to celebrate hor twelth birthday, presenting her with n pretty photo album as a souvenir of the day.Mr, Frank Rumsey has had a severo attack of rheumatism.Mr.Charles Achilles has been laid up for a few days with an attack of la grippe.The stages are now Using wagons, but it is very hard whecling in many pinces.Messrs.Fred and Walter MeGowan gave a general invitation to sugaring off Inst Saturday and the bush.of their kind invitation.in years.Messrs, D.Loomas & Son have commenced work on their contract at Glenbrooke.Mr.Lyman Knowlton has à gang of men repairing the steamboat wharf at Knowlton\u2019s Landing.Quite a lot of teaming is now being done upon the ice, which is very thick.There is from 2', to 3 foot, T.J.Smith, L.G.Vallee, J.C.Holi gpending a few days with his family | which included the snow ice, and it is land, H.T.Ball, Henry Suddard and ! E.A.Fox.Those who woresmiles on | their countenance were sternly re-, buked by the venerable Coroner who! presided with great dignity, reading the law which showed that some one; was guilty of a criminal act, and saying that the interests of the communi- | ty demanded that the guilty party; should, if possible, be identified and punished.After hearing the meagre\u2019 evidence the jury returned a verdict: to the effect that it was impossible to, determine how long the hody had been | in the water or from whence it came.| NORTH HATLEY.There was a good attendance at the | Easter services in the Universalist | Church last Sunday morning.The, choir was out in full force and rendered some fine Easter music.Atthe ; Y.P.C.U.services a choir of little ; girls acquitted themselves well, and the speaking and recitations were very commendable.Easter services were also held at St.! Barnabas Church at three o\u2019clock Sunday afternoon.The quadrille club held its closing dance on Wednesday evening, this' week.The music was supplied by Hubbard\u2019s orchestra of Sherbrooke.| The Ladies Aid met with Mrs.Chas.| Jackson Thursday morning.| Miss Mary Hawse is improving rap-; idly and will soon be out.Miss Ellen Wadleigh spent Easter! with relatives in Coaticook.| Mrs.Philip Hovey is visiting Mrs.i Lorimer will take possession of Char- here.Charles Lorimer has rented of C.A.Jenkins the Benson place near Mack\u2019s Mills and will move at once.Archie lie\u2019s farm here and has already taken the milk route.Mr.and Mrs.Beam Stralion of West Derby have been spending a few days still firm at the shores.Jt will hardly ro out in less than three weeks.LATER -Messrs.D.Loomnrs & Son Tort two loads of nails and lime near Lord\u2019s Island by their teams breaking through the ice Tuesday afternoon, the 17th inst.The hordes were saved.FITCH BAY.with Mrs.Stratton\u2019s parents, Mr.and Mrs.Yetta, Mrs.Wm.Lenny of Manchester, N.H., has been spending a few days with his niece, Mrs.H.T.Elder in the place.Miss Bernice Peck spent a few days with her sister, Mrs.Pardon Baldwin at Baldwin\u2019s Mille last week.Mr.Reed of Montreal spent Easter with friends in the place.Lottie Riff has closed her labors with the Stewart Estate and is visiting friends in Sherbrooke for the present.Just arrived at Bayley\u2019s 1 carload pressed brick, 1 carload asbestos sand the new substitute to take the place of lime for plastering, finest thing in the world.1 also keep lime in barrels.Two cars, 2500 bushels, No.1 Ontario White Oats for seed.Car salt both fine and coarse.Seed wheat, seed barley, grass seed, clover seed, etc.Sanford fodder corn, car Five Roses flour, car shorts and bran, car corn meal and cracked corn, and, in fact, 1 have the best assorted stock for farmers\u2019 trade in this section.Don\u2019t forget I pay cash for butter every day in the week except Sundays.Cash paid for dairy skins, hides and pelts.George Colt.; Maple sugar and eggs wanted every Mrs.W.B.Lebaron of Sherbrooke day.J have a contract for 5 tons wool is visiting Mr.and Mrs.B.LeBaron.|at highest price; will pay cash for The river and lake have risen very same.high and it bids fair for a freshet.i \u2014\u2014 | EAST HATLEY.BROWN'S HILL.| There was a sad home coming at Miss Maud Mosher of Ayers Flat Lemuel Emery\u2019s on Monday when the spent last week visiting friends in this | body of the youngest son Horatio, place.who died in Lowel], Mass., last Satur- Miss Katherine Brown came home | day, was brought home for interment.from Sherbrooke on Friday for ashort | The remains were accompanied by the visit, accompanied by Miss Florence: mother, who was summoned to his Fuller.bedside less than a week ago, and his Mr.Bond Little, jr., spent a few sister, Mrs.Sanborn, of Franklin, N.days last week visiting his cousin,! H.He had been absent from home Geo.Curtis.about a year, and had heen employed Mr.and Mrs.Linton Vaughn of Mar- |in a factory at Lowell, but failing tinville visited last week at Mr.Geo.| health obliged him to give it up a Vaughn's.short time ago.However, nothing Miss Grace Pike of Derby Line who serious was anticipated.Upon the The weather is fine but cool, the IBNOW goes slowly.| The past week has heen a very good one for sugar makers.Hugh Crawford, who has been a resident of this neighborhood all his life died on Sunday, the 15th inst., after an illness of about 10 days of pnou- monia, Mr.and Mrs.John Crawford of Low- el} came home on the 7th on account of the sickness of his father and mother.Mrs.Crawford is betier.Mrs.Levi Gustin is sick at this writing.Pneumonia is feared.She is attended by Dr.Whitcher.Mrs.John Hamilton who has been under the Dr.\u2019s Care for some time is better.Harry Gregory of Melbourne visited at bis sisters, Mrs.G.F.Rickard\u2019a, last week.Lorenzo Magoon lost his sugrr house, holders, evaporator, dry wood, and a quantity of syrup by fire a week ago last Friday night.F.H.Rider\u2019s store house at Smith's Mills with about 2 car loads of flour the morning of the 8th.unknown.& Rouville.Butter Makers call on J.A.C.Gage and see the \u201cMelotte\u201d Cream Sepera- | tor.He will he glad to show you one and take your order for either \u201cThe: Melotte\u201d or \u201cThe Alexandria.\u201d Mr.and Mrs.William Taisey have returned to their home from Lowell; wherc they have spent the winter with their children, Mr.and Mrs.L.West and Mr.and Mrs.D.B.Keet have been under the\u2019 weather for the past week with bad colds or grip, all better.; L.H.Rand is confined to tho house at this writing.i Dr.and Mrs.Codd leave this week\u2019 for their new field in Algoma.Insured in the Missisquoi FAIRFAX, ! Alonzo Smith, who has been quite sick with pneumonia, is better.Dr.\u2019 \u2018for their! Bastar hymns and an anthem which {seemed to make the resurrection of sugar was fine, as it always is at their| Christ moro real Lo all present and Quite a number tovk advantage spoke of the Home-gathering alone.[The interest of the service in Last week was one of the best runs evening centered itself in Mrs, Rose's | Junior Christian Endeavor boys and | girls who did great credit to them: \"wolves, and feed was totally destroyed by fire Cause of fire! AYER'S FLAT.| The dawn of Raster morning was | very fair, but the roads were very bad yet large congregations gathered in the morning and evening, for tho pastor on the previous sabbath had ; requested the people to rally on the | day set apart to commurnte tho resurrection of Jesus Christ.Tho people on entering the church were delighted (with à very nitractive floral evergreen arch, in which Easter lillies were | prominent.The arch not only span- I ned the platform but reached the ceil jing of the church with its encircling roses.Just over the pulpit in downy | snow- white lettors was the theme of day's sarvices, viz: \u201cHo is Risen\u2019.\u201cThe sormon was listened to with | much interest, beinganspecial, helpful, Cremaindor, of the resurrection of Him | who \u201crose fur our justification\u201d and who \u201cever fivoth to make intercession us.\u201d The choir diseoursed sweet the and gave the congregation : much pleasure.Tho meoting was conducted by Mr.Sterling Rese of : Montreal.The pastor's part was to | give n normal Bible exercise iv which l the boys and girls so efficiently mastered their subjeet, that many of i the members of Lhe chureh, and con- | gregation requested the pastor to give then frequently much a pleasant and profitable sabbath evening with these boys and girls, and these Bible axercises, Mr, Rose on entering hig : Boynton Church in the afternoon met with a very pleasant surprise, for ho | found the communion table and pul- {pit platform one bank of flowers, and folinge plants.The choir also had prepared specind music for the Easter service which was much appreciated.Thus was enjoyed by these churches one cf the happiest Easter aabbath\u2019s ever known here.Tho offerings of Ayer\u2019s Flat amounted to $7 which was taken up for the famine stricken boys and girls of India.Mr.E.R.Webster, who has been sick with pneumonia, is recovering.Mr.Geo.Robinson in also better.We hope soon to see him out, Mr.F.J.Robinson spent Easter {with his parents, returning to his business on Monday.Master Sterling Rose of Montreal, spent his Easter holidays with his parents.His vacations will he looked forward to with pleasure by the young people who think that the pastors household is complete with Sterling at home.I.A.Trussell has moved into his new block which is sunposed to be the best finished tenement in the village, A.E.Fish has moved into the houso recently purchased by him from LL.A.Trussell.Ayers Flat expecta to have a brand- new sidewalk, the plank for which is cub ready for stringers, The ladies will be pleased to Jearn that Miss Impey will again manpage the millinery department at A.E.Iish\u2019s.A larger assortment of hats and trimmings than ever hefore are (expected to be shown next week.MASSAWIPPI, Mr.Samuel Robinson and {emily \"have returned from Beebe Plain to their home here, after a year\u2019s ah- sence, Miss Bertha Hurd nnd three brothers, also Mr.Gage of Sherbrooke were at Mr.A.Hurd\u2019s for Easter.Migs Sadie Murray has gone to Montreal, and intends to visit the horse show at Toronto before returning.It is said that Miss Grace Leggo is ill at the Hospital in Montreal, Mr.Griggs and daughter of Magog, has lately been visiting at Mr.C.R.Brown\u2019s, returned to her home on Monday.Miss Ethel Fuller is the guest of Miss Rosabelle Brown.In spite of the bad roads and rain last Friday night, about twenty-five friends and relatives gathered at the home of Mr.and Mrs.C.R.Brown to remind Mr.Brown of his birthday.With dancing and other games the evening passed off very pleasantly the guests wishing Mr, Brown many happy birthdays, and if the roads are not too bad we may call on him again next year.advice of a physician he went intoa hospital on last Thursday to undergo an operation for herina which was successfully performed, but after a few days other complications arose, and blood poisoning was the final result.The death of this young man, who had hosts of friends in this and surrounding villages, as well as in the places where he has resided a part of the time for several years, has caused general sorrow and sympathy, beside in his own home where he was the idol of father, mother, brother and sisters.Our deepest sympathy is extended.Brown of Ayer\u2019s Flat is the attending are visiting friends here, previous to physician, Miss Myrtle Chadsey of Stanstead College spent her Easter holidays at home.Mrs.Chas.Hartson, jr., has heen quite sick.Mr.E.Q.Simpson and Z.Simpson of St.Johnsbury, Vt., were guests of their brother, Peter Simpson, a few days last week.Mr.Tichurst was through this place on Saturday buying fat hogs, paying five cents live weight.Quite a lot of sugar has heen made in this vicinity.i moving to Sherbrooke.| Miss B.St.Dizier has been in Sher- ibrooke at Mr.(i, Ayer\u2019s the past two | doys.| The roads are in the worst possible {condition just now.Travelling is | dangerous.The finding of a dead infant, wrapped in cotton cloth and nailed up in a box, in the St.Francis River at Sherbrooke last Thursday created something of a senation.The box was found by a man engaged in recovering drift wood from the river. i i | SC Seen a> tt 2 \u201cey \u2014_\u2014 © EAST HATLEY.AN ARBOR-DAY SUGGESTION.PRINCESS AND COUNTESS.STAGGERING UNDER 8 ys { 7 i .\u2014\u2014 ~ A letter lately received by your cor- [ oF I THE ROMANCE \u201cpondent from Davvion oil, 1 think, Beautify the School Grounds.Tne romances of royalty are as : = I = k = TT » of interest to many of y renders: tragic as those with which Mr.5 : | OF À POLT.ss re Te x a = ; J or {Rural school houses frequently Anthony Hope has filled the imagin- BURDEN Fall and Winter Time Table.© ¢ Sulpher Creek, 35 miles from Daw- | ' On aud after Sunday, October 8th, 1809, trains It was Germany in the middle of th stand, small and weather-bealen, be- ou City, UT, Mareh 5th.,| side the country road.Many of them DEAR SISTER: ary realm of Ruritania.Princess Stephenie, a daughter of will run as follows: last century.1 teccived «our kind letter four days i look about as they did twenty-five or!the King of the Belgians, in the LEAVING SHERBROOKE, Herr Klopstoel, with his soul in his ; rece ed sous sine E n our « a Afty years ago, although they have &|bloom of early youth became the wife PAINE\u2019S CELERY COMPOUND EXPRESS\u2014 words, was writing Lis wonderful po A a int * ve is tod i (lug above then now, which was not!of Archduke Rudolf, the Crown Prince Lebve Sherbrooke 7.80 0.men, the \u201cMessiah.\u201d \u201chb abouta month iater.JOUMUSELE\" there when the men of to-day were of Austria-Hungary She seemed Arrive Dudswell Jet., ASUs.m.; ; : ; ess my letters CL.Sw ; LUS ¢ ha ar \u201cSt, Franci 1.80 p.mn.He did not know it was to bring him ress my letters C.L.Sweeney, not.children.destined to be an empress, but her Is the Power That Removes \u201cLovin 130m fame as the fisst of the great German poets, He did not even guess that it was to win love for hin.lle published it and then waited, In lhunburg Meta Moller read the great poe aud was charmed by ic Lewis, as these Canadian P.O.officials | 00 pita the grounds about the are very precise; they wont send you |puilding are! They consist of a half 4 letter unless everything is just 80, or quarter of an acre of land, selected you must ell them where you expect \u2018possibly because it was not good for i .: i ixpeet |}.it from, and all about it.1 expect little else\u2014not a tree to offer a hand\u2019s they will want it read to them soon, life in Vienna has been overshadowed with unhappiness.The tragic death of the crown prince left her a widow with a young daughter to be educated in the stateliest but most gloomy Every Load of Disease In Springtime, .m.+ Quebce (Ferry) 1.30 p.m.Pullman Palace Car Springfield to Quebec b this train, connecting ut Sherlnooke with Pullman Palace Car from Boston, also through cvach Buston to Quebue.This train runs daily Sundays excepted.ACCOMODATION\u2014 : ; i.ji .i bre: f shade, or a shrub or vine to|court in E \u2014_\u2014 Leave Sherbrooke 0.00 She talked of it: sl wrote of it to bel [put perhaps that is enough about Post | breath o > court mm Europe.Leave Sherbrooke .00 p.m.; aps that is ha sent .; .; ; ve Dudswell Jet.15 p.friends.Every one knew Meta longed Maoh ! 5 | brenk the monotony or ta hide theun- \u2018The princess ab {hivty-five has |] is the World's Most Noted Rem- Arrive Dudswell Jet, 1016p.mu to ment the poet.Pa : isightly outbuildings.Does it seem, entered upon her second romance.\u201cQuebec (Ferry) 7.8Un.ni, Then he rame to Thambuvg, and a friend tald him of Meta and showed her letters, fod of praises of bis poem Vis Interest was awakened, asd be went to see her.He found a beantifel girl, with long flaxen Lraids of luir aud deep blue eyes.The dainty freshness of her fair face wis brightened by the pale Live bodice she wore.\u201cit Klopstock seareely noticed her foveliness, Me thought only of her mind, They talked of his poem.then of others, Meta had read much, She knew the language of literature of oth er countries besides ber own, ut she Was net ouly learned - she was gentle and sympathetic.Soon the poet was telling hor of his early struggles and of his heartaches for a lost love.\u201cBut why de [tell you my troubles, Frantein Moller?* he said wonderingiy.\u201c1 am almost a stranger to yon.\u201d I am in good health, huve heen on i this claim for the last 21, months, and; then, a poor, insignificent thing, this may stay as much longer, which will | plain little building in its patch of arren er ÿ take it to the spring clean-up.I am barren ground: a doing the cooking for 16 men.T cut 1¢ is the most tremendously signifi- my own wool and melt snow for | CANE thing in the whole history of the water.Its not so very hard for me (United States.It is the cradle of for I am no novice in the business.American education, the nursery My work gives general satisfaction which has always fostered, and still .\u2018 \u2018foster\u2019s, the national doctrine of equal 1 rise a 5 a, m.and set at 8 p.m., the; rights for all.sme us the sum only earlier and ter.| Under its root the judge's son and ork seven dav : reek., on < seven Cays ou | 9 a % w 2 the cobbler\u2019s boy fare alike, and grow NN er old te we o up to know and respect each other.ork .ret ; iy 0 en 9 han Lu a Wo | Men whose only educational advan- .Mt per mom Hand shou eu cou \u2018tages were a few years on these rude an out 5 ê ue Ptit althouel benches have won success in every des x 1 to g sd gh J i aim + ee se ! he tes partment of human activity.At a ; s hest 0 reels ° an Tos o ol \u20ac oh © « Den vaine gathering of about three hundred suc- i phur Creek, v sl ; ; PIAPAUT STRER \u20ac owner ¢ cessful business and professional men to have refused $200,000 for it this fall.© .; ; of a prominent city, it was ascertained It was about four months ago that he LC that about nine-tenths came from the found the pay streak after digging off \u201cYou are not a stranger to me\u201d replied Meta softiy.\u201c1 have known yon a long time.\u201d | Far a few days they saw each other | constantiy.Meta's symparhy had eas ed the pain at the poet's fre When | they parted, it was with promises fo | write.| owner, ix going into town ina day or , Late ; -country.and on for about two years.Some Ts it, then, unreasonable to urge people don\u2019t know when they have .tnat the rural school grounds be made enongh, dothey?Youasked me What.more attractive by the planting of trees we have to eat, well, Mr.Warren, the and shrubs?With little expense the bare ground about the building can be converted into a place of beauty.The pupils themselves, with the aid of two, and l\u2019ve just made out a little list of groceries for him to send out to me.Is it Her marriage to Count Elemer Lon- yay involved the sacrifice of her royal rank and complete sf paration from her daughter, who has reached the age of sixteen.The King of the Belgians and the Emperor of Austria each attempted to dissuade the princess from this second marriage, but she had fallen in love with a Hungarian count, and chose to take her leave of a court where she has never heen happy, and to leave behind her daughter, to whom she is devoted attached.At the marriage, which took place in March, neither her royal father nor her imperial father-in-law was present.Etiquette forbade them to as- gist at the ceremony, But the countess has not forfeited their love or their esteem.The count is of noble, but not of royal, birth.He has estates in Hungary, and is a diplomatist who has been connected with the Austrian embassies at several European courts.Royal etiquette is rigid and without sentiment.The crown princess, who edy For Blood Cleansing, Nerve Bracing and Flesh Building.Now that Spring is at hand, the body is ready to cast off unhealthy tissues if it is only given a chance.The great work of renewing and building up health and strength is surely and quickly done by Paine\u2019s | Celery Compound.; Paine\u2019s Celery Compound cleanses [and purifies every drop of blood in the (body; the excretory organs, kidneys, |skin and bowels are made to work actively and the nerves are able to furnish sufficient energy to the diges- ltive organs.Puine\u2019s Celery Compound is the best spring medicine in the world, because it is far more than a mere spring rem- ledy.It brings a healthy appetite, perfect digestion and regularity of the Dowels.As the greatest of spring | remedies it banishes morbid humors jand poisons that cause rheumatism, | neuralgia, heart trouble and other | dangerous ailments.i For long years physicians have re- This train rung daily, Sundays excepted.Sat- arday night's train runs through to destioa- tion on Sunday morning.FREIGET\u2014 Leave Sherbrooke, Arrive Dudswell Jet, \u201c Tring Jet., 0.16 a, m, 12.00 M.6.00 p.m.This train runs daily Sundays excepted.TRAINS ARRIVING AT SHERBROOKE, EXPRESS\u2014 Leave Quebue (Ferry) 2.30 \u201c ovis 50 2.50 Arrive Dudswell Jet.7.20 \" Sherbrooke, 8.80 1 Pullman Palace Car Quebec to Spriusflold b this train, connecting at Sherbrooke with Pullman Palace car for Boston : also throngh coach Quebec to Boston.This train runs daily, Sundays excepted.ACCOMODATION\u2014 Leave Quebec (Ferry) \u201cLevis ,m Im.m.m ong 6.30 p, m.7.00 p.m.Arrive Sherbrooke, 9.00 à, m.\u201cThe Accommodation train lenving Levis on Saturday night will only run as far as Tring Junction.FREIGHT\u2014 Leave Tring Jet, Arrive Sherbrouke, 7.00 a.m.3.00 p.m.This train runs daily, Sundays excepted.Connection is made at Dudswell Junction by the Express train from Sherbrooke in the morning with the Maine Central R, R.for Cookshire, Sawyerville, ete.For Time Tables, Tickets and all Information apply to any of the Company\u2019s For eight months they corresponded, | It comes to about $1200.00.but not as lovers.They wrote only of | The following is an average bill of poutry, philosophy \u2014 never of them- fare for one day: Breakfast\u2014oat- sulves.{meal mush.lot cakes, maple syrup, Then Herr Klopstock returned to! creamery butter, evaporated potatoes, Hamburg.! fried ham, bread and coffee; Dinner\u2014 : Meta,\u201d he cried.\u201c1 have learned lo soup, canned meat, three kinds of veg- < love vou!\u201d But the girl was troubled._ ; .; : \u201cWhy do vou talk of loves she said.etables, bread, butter, pie or pudding, \u201cWe are friends, dear friends.but ouly black tea; Supper\u2014bread, butter, cold friends.\" ;canned meat, three kinds of vegeta- For a time he pleaded in vain: then bles, raised biscuits, fruit cake, dough- : she yielded so far as to whisper, © nuts or cookies, and tea.J \u201cWait\u201d | I have the following varieties, or : The end of the soar came amd with shall have to choose from: Evapora- {t Meta's lover.! ted potatoes, canned meat of all kinds, Se did not meet him as before, with corned and fresh, canned salmon, frank.Kind eyes that guzed sirnigtit pickled pork, ham, bacon, canned } into his.[ustead she looked shyly \u201d 5 \u201ca.lomatoes, corn, onjons, sour crout, { down, ant the pink in ber cheek deep.; .! ened.beans, split peas, pearled barley, rice, had expected to be an empress, divest- | ,; \u2018 ed herself of royal rank and privilege | cognized Paine\u2019s Celery Compound as when she became a countess.She | the one scientific spring medicine, can never again meet on terms of | and it is universally prescribed by equality her own daughter, who is a | them whenever there is urgent need A ; f a vigorous and prompt restoring of reat figure at the Austrian court, and | ° 8 I P 8 8r 8! Forte ! health and strengh to the wornout is to marry a king\u2019s son.| system.Yet she has exchanged a life which for | Thousands of men and women have i teachers and friends, can do it.not a work well worth undertaking?Tue Tours COMPANION believes that it is.Moreover, it believes that the growth of the imagination and | the artistic nature will result; that the | ! finer sense will he developed and the; a de strengihened: tab rr | had become a perpetual tragedy found from personal experience that the beautiful will be \"imparted which | one that promises happiness; and | Paine\u2019 Colony compound makes sick will Jast through life, and manifest it- | happiness in the failest a ner | people well, and keeps all from sick- self in the homes which these pupils \"FF\" 77% \"7777\" CE ness who use it in springtime.shall build in future years.GRIFFIN Ï mem r ~ r * Ta \u201c » y i Te ï : tht his work of adorning the grounds | Intended for last week.OME Pose ; 20 , na FT Admiral Dewey should long ago of rural school houses is one which! Mr.and Mrs, C.BE.White invited | have nb Up à prayer to be saved from will exercise an important and lasting | the C.E.society to a \u201csugaring off\u201d is friends on re ig = NN ; influence for the good of the national | Monday afternoon, but owing eC oh ! perhap agents.FRANK GRUNDY, General Manager.J.H.WALSH, Gen'l Pass'r Agent.SP OUR SASH & DOOR SHOP is now completed, and equipped with the most modern machinery our old Dominion could produce.We Want your Orders for Doors, Windows, Blinds, Mouldings.Frames, Turning, Brackets, Eave COMMENTS ON DEWEY.to the ; ina large part his fault, and he has \u201cMy darling\u201d eried the poet, \u201cyou lard, corn starch, raisins, erystalized lite.; ; ; storm and the indisposition of a few.necepted the spasmodically formed, : ; TE £ ere Uie port 3 Lee Lo ; Ny oe From almost every rural school! the society was not very well repre- {0 P=\" PE a Spouts, Sheathing, Flooring, leve me: 1 see it in vonr face.Do eggs, mince meat, dried peaches, have gone forth into the world men | sented.Those who did attend emioy- | 1ysterically expressed and ridiculous- i .not tell me it ix not trne.\u201d pears, apples, prunes and maple syr- | 8 i \u2019 - 105 lly exaggerated estimate of himself Dimension Lumber, Matched and women who have won success in | ed a treat, for the sugar was of ex- life.We are very sure that many of! cellent quality.; \u2019 TS, : these, if they were made acyuainted| Rev.C.W.Finch and family visited | of this Republic insisted Bpon malo\u201d with your plans, would be glad to at Mr.Willard Millers last Wednes- | unig as one as he was out of the share with the pupils of to-day in the day.Mr.Finch is giving a very inter- | county: d pe vas æ _ well-trained, honor and pleasure of embellishing, esting series of sermons on the **Lord\u2019s | aithful and efficient naval command- \"Yes\" she confessed, Ut is tre, up.But.\u201d seriousiy.\u201cthat is not enough We had a quarter of beef a while Mr nother will unt allow oue Marriage, ago, but it cost $151.00 and only lasted There ix seme one else.Te ix rich.\u201d four days, I use the Ogilvie flour, sw à he\" exrinitie ç tok | i 3 i ; ho dz hed exeinimed Kiapstoek and the \u201cDrifted Snow\u201d mixed, (one hoarede, Te had turned a=, \u2014Family Doctor.1 still feel like! and agricultural implements at Coati- | a kid mysell instead of a staid man of cook, has sold his business to Messrs.\u2018forty-five years.@.L.Pinkham and Wm.Wright.Mr.i ell I must throw a few pies to- Irvin has taken over the agency of \u2018gether and into the oven.Remember the Massey - Harris Company in Sher- \u201cme to all the family and write very brooke, from tho estate of W.N.Ir- , BOON.; win & Co, and has already taken up \"is fourteen years ago.C.L.SWEENEY.Prayer.\u201d Mrs.P.P.Goodrich went to Sherbrooke Wednesday, for a few days.À number ar he sick list.| A number are on the sick list.Mrs | and one test of his fibre.| No home-returning Roman conquer- red ever had the homage paid to him i that was paid to Dewey.He gave a Elmer Bullis have been quite ill, Several others have hard colds.Mr.and Mrs.Harley Holbrook are! visiting friends at Marlow and the Lake Shore.A business meeting of the ©.E.society was held at the home of Miss M, House, Tuesday evening.A very pleasant evening was spent.MACK'S MILLS.Intended for lust week.The scarlet fever is in the families of Fred Tichurst and C.À.Jenkins.Mrs.Fred Tichurst is, we hear, very sick with typhoid fever.Sugaring has come and with it plenty of mud and bad roads.Hebert Gay, who has been away for a few weeks, has returned to Smith\u2019s Mills.Mr.Herbert Wheeler of Worcester, is visiting at Mr.Baldwin\u2019s.Emma Schoolcraft is spending fow days with her sister, Mrs.Com- stock.Herbert Davis is moving into the Comstock house on the corner.Two French chemists have discovered a process by which rubber may he obtained from the Landolfia vine which grows wild, and luxuriantly in all parts of Africa.The process of tapping the Landolfia is impractable, ns the flow of rubber hardens too quickly.By the process or MM.Arnaud and Verneuil the vine is crushed in hot water, by which means all the rubber which it contains is extracted.OUR BEST EFFORTS.Our hest efforts are always put forth to win and retain your contidence and patronage.We solicit your trade in the dispensing of drugs, all of which are of standmd purity and strength, Toilet goods in endless variety.Dr.Phelp\u2019s Great Prescription.Paine\u2019s Celery Compound is the prescription of the celebrated Dr.Phelps, of Dartmouth University.It cures all nervous diseases, rheumatism, neural- gin, dyspepsia, liver complaint and kidney troubles.Our stock is the genuine ang fresh at all times.Paine\u2019s Celery Compound will not disappoint you.J.T.FLINT, Druggist, \u201chis residence in that city.* Rock Island, P.Q.Richard Wilkinson, Mrs.Colby and | He received orders to proceed to I Manila and destroy the Spanish fleet.He obeyed orders to the letter.Hig advance into Manila Bay was the real number of American holidays, he { furnished an excuse for noisy but false i patriotism and vociferous jingoism, and now the loudest heralds of his {fame and sponsors of his greatness \u2018have no further use for him.He was the passion of a day.He is now the victim of a senseless exaggeration, Those who assert that wine-growing countries are largely exempt from the evils of intemperance need not point to France in proot of their assertion.The habitual use of wine often creates the craving which seeks for such stronger stimulants as absinthe or vermuth, Of about three thousand prisoners in the department of the Seine, in which Paris is situated, it is officially stated, more than two thousand were drunkards, The number of suicides induced by habits of intemperance is said to have more than doubled in recent years.Alcoholism is also largely responsible for the fact that thirty-four per cent of the young men conscripted for the army are sent back as unfit; and in the cities of Normandy, where hard cider is the common beverage, the proportion rejected ig much larger.It rises in Caen to fifty per cent; and in Havre three- fourths of the conscripts are rejected.The horrors of war in South Africa have been softened by many acts of magnanimity on both sides, and fierce foes in combat have forgotton animosity when moved by the appeal of human needs.Before the relief of Ladysmith a message went from the camp of Boers to that of the British, requesting, for the relief of men in hospitals, a certain kind of medicine which the Boers\u2019 medical department lacked.The request was instantly granted.The Boers\u2019 confidence in the humanity of their foes was as touching as it was creditable to the British who inspired it.\u2014 Youth's Companion, For Over Fifty Years.Mrs.Winslow's Soothing Syrup has heen used for over fifty years by millions of moth ory for their children while tecthing, with per.foot success, 16 soothes the child, softens the gama, atlay« all pain, cures wind enlies, ane in the best remedy for diarrheu, It will poleve the poor nittle sufferer immediately, Sold by druggists in © ¥ part of the world, iwenty- five centy abottis, Bo gure and nele for \u201cMrs.inlaws Soc thing Syrup,\u201d ana take no other a.CANADA FOR CANADIANS.J.H.MERRILL, Smith\u2019s Mills, Que.Undertaking.I have on hand a full line of UNDERTAKING SUPPLIES, Robes of ai) descriptions.Natural flower designs got up at short notice ; 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The butter is churned every morning at about G a.m.and the buttermilk taken fresh on the cart and frequently rench- es the consumer within 15 minutes of the churn.The butter is salted In the churn.printed after breakfast and by 0 or 10 a.m.Is in the hands of the consumer.\u2018The cream of tonight and tomorrow is set to ripen the same day at 11 a.m, and churned the next morning, so the butter Is made from milk only 24 to 3G houzs old.Some mornings, when milk is scarce, the skimmilk has been taken on the cart immediately from the separator and within 30 minutes of the cow delivered to customers.Clover Hay and Milk Cows, A well known writer on dairy subjects says that clover hay is not a good Het for milk cows.It has really little usefuiness for the dairyman.It would pay bim better if it was all turned under the soil to enrich it.Next to this the feeding of damaged grain is the most fruitful cause of bad body In winter.Some farmers buy up damaged grain because it is cheap, but they cannot afford to feed it to dairy cows.In nine cases out of ten it will so injure the butter tbat it will prove very costly In ihe end.Other specimens, too, have, POISONOUS PRESERVATIVES, Kittens Killed by Mik Containing Boric Acid.The London Lancet gives the follow: Ing account of some experiments witk milk preservatives: Mve kittens were fel on milk contuining 80 grains of boric adid per gallon, equal to 1-7 of 1-100.In four weeks all were dead.Five kittens were fed on milk contain- lug 40 grains per gallon, Two died in the third week and the rest in the fourth, I'lve \u201ccontrol\u201d kittens received pure milk.None died.tion in weight in the animals receiving the boric acid milk was very marked and brought into signiticant relief by compurisun with the inerease in weight of those fed on the normal fluid.It was seen in a day or two tne the kittens treated with the borie milk were losing appetite.Diarrhea, inactivity and depression followed, then rapid emaciation and death.With milk con taining formalin similar results were obtained.Of five kittens treated with milk containing one part formaldehyde in HO, 000 of milk three died in tive weeks.The average increase in weight was 177.6 grams compared with 251.1 grams of four \u201ccontrol\u201d Kittens treat ed with normal milk.With milk containing 1-25,000 of formaldehyde another series showed an average gain of DGG granis as against 3 rams gain by kittens fed on normal milk, Of a third lot treated with milk containing one part of formaldehyde in 12,580 of milk two died in the fourth week, The average gain in weight was only O64 grams against S125 grams with the \u201ccontrols\u201d fed on normal milk.The younger the animals were the more susceptible they appeared to the influence of the formalin, Fhe experiments are only preliminary.but the fact eannot be dended that they Live a very distinet bearing on a matter which is.literally, of vital importance.Cleaning Utenalls, As regards the common utensils, such as tuilk pails, pans, eveaim vessels, skimmers.churns, and so forth, it should be understood that as soon as they are emptied or out of use decom: posing germs begin to taint them if they are not cleaned, and thar property.says Profitable Farm and Garden.Throwing them aside dirty unti} wanted next time accounts for serious loss, as one hit of bad flavored butter m lose a good customer.Any negleel in this regard soon speaks loudly in the flavor of butter.Proper use of water is not always understood Cold water should be vd first to swil off the milk or cream adhering to the v tn, and then hot be frecly used.Put cften the hot water is used first.and then, microbes swarming in, remains of the state milk or cream are senlded on in stead of removed.TH without saying that the sooner the articles are washed the Jess trouble there is in re moving foreign bodies, And 1 am in favor of sealdity the outside as well as the inside of the vessels, for Lnellli containing matter on the outside is too bear the Inside to be trusted.A guod furnace of boiling water should he Kept going every day.and auy vessels that will bear it may well be entirely submerged in sufficient quantity of scalding water.1 am not much in fa vor of scouring with sand and such like, as proper use of cold and bailing water answers pretfy well ail ends.All water used should he absolutely pure.It is tuo often the custom to store utensils and appliances in all Kinds of odd nooks and perhaps not twice in the same place.There is no method jo such establishments, and it is not likely that uniform quality of hafiter will be turned out from these.Shelves in the dairy and other contrivances should provide for many of the articles used.and if they are not occupied\u2014which may be seen at a glunee\u2014it may be suspected the appli ances are either thrown by, probably unwashed, in unfit places.gues Abortion In Cattle, A committee appointed by the Iligh- land Agricultural Society of Scotland to consider the question of abortion in cattle reported that the society's veterinary official, Principal Williams, had drawn up a short memorandum on the subject of abortion.which they recommended should be eirculated among the members.\u2018The remedial measures suguested were: First, underground drains at farm steadings should be replaced by surface drains, am) these should be kept clean: second, liquid manure should be kept some distance from wells and streams of water; third, the tloors of byres should be frequently flushed and kept clean.a little crude earbolle acid, say two ounces to a bucketful, being added to the water: fourth.all abarted cows and those showing signs of abortion should be Immediately isolated, the afterbirth (generally retained by aborted cows) to be removed and destroyed, and.fifth, the calf bed and passages of aborted cows should be disinfected, and for this purpose and for a continnauce of his operation\u2014applied externally as well as internally to the genitals\u2014he recommended the comnerclal chloride of zine, 1 part In 1,000 parts of water.Butter Flavor, The flavor of butter.it Is very evi dent, depends principally upon the proper ripening of the cream and upon the absence of bacterin, says The Stockbreeder\u2019s Magazine.Thus the washing of butter ip a granular condl- tion with pure water Is & matter of farreaching importance.for if this is neglected the butter will contain milk.sugar and bacterin.Chemical action brought about by the latter will hasten decomposition of the butter.The enemies that have to be dealt with in the dairy are Invisible and therefore nll the more difficult to wage war against.It is only unremitting care and constant and almost scientific cleanliness that will prevent thelr development.The diminu- They Took Their Turns.A young man residing tn the northern section of the city had been ealling for some time on a young woman, in fact he thoroughly enjoyed the company of her whole family.One evening he called and of the father who answered his ring he made his usual inquiry, \u201cAre the foiks In?\u201d lle was answered in the atlirmative and asked to \u201cstep fn\u201d He was ushered into the parlor, and after the old gentleman had engaged in conversation with him for about a quarter of an hour he excused himself, went out, and the eldest son next enter: ed and entertained the young man for about a quarter of au hour, Then another brother and sister, and the young man\u2019s suspicions were somewhat aroused when the mother took her turn, A Httle sister came next, followed In turn by the family eat, which rubbed itself against the young man\u2019s newly pressed trousers.He gave a sigh of vellef when, after an hour spent in misery.bis sweet- lteart made her appearance.He begged of ler to \u201cput him next\u201d to the joku, amd between her bursts of laughter she informed him that \u2018since be was trying to court the whole family paps thought they had best take turns\u201d lt is unnceessary to say that he failed to see the Joke and has ceased his nt- tentions.\u2014 lending Eagle.Nicknamed by Arehbltectn, These young architects are merciless chaps when they are diseussing the work of some one else.The spive ef one of the new churches In Boston nl- ways attracts my attention.Away up aloft there are angels, gracefully poised, each with a trumpet at mouth and leaning far ont on the adr that swims around them, 1 iave admired that gronp most mightily.IT was come menting Im that strain in the heaving of a Boston architect.\u201cOf what chureh are you speaking?\u201d queried the architect, F told him, \u201cOh, yes\u201d said he carelessly.\u201cthe Chureh of the Holy Beunblowers, That's what eomes of lack of sense of proportion.Those trumps are too slender,\u201d And now I ean no longer admire that seraphic group on the spire.1 strive to think of angels, and 1 feteh up by thinking of beanblowers.And anotlier chureb in Doston is in architects\u2019 terms the \u201cChurch of the oly Thermometer\u201d on account of some decoration meant to be imposing.And another is the \u201cChureh of the Kindergarten Steeples\u201d-for there js MAUSER BULLET HOLES.|§+0+0+0%0+040040+0+0+0+0+ One Through the Neck Need Not Spoil the Appetite, The descriptions which Lave prevail ed Litherto iu works of surgery of the tesions lutlicted by bullets must be completely rewritten, says the London | Lancet.The remarkable changes of receut years in the diameter and velocity of rifle bullets have been followed by changes equally remarkable in the wouuds produced by them.When ouly the soft parts of a limb are perforated and no Important vessels have been torn, the shock at the thne of latlle- tion of the injury is but slight, aud re covery is rapid and complete.Sir Wil llam MacCortuae cites a case where a Mauser bullet traversed both thighs, passed in front of one femur and be hind the other.There was very little hemorrhage, and the man was able to run another 800 yards after recelv- fug this injury.Even when a bone has been hit the bullet may make n clean hole through it without any splintering or with very little.It has occurred In the ense of the bones of the skull.In many cases, even when Important structures have been in the Une of the bullet, no harm seems to have resulted.In one instance a bullet entered on the right side of the neck, nnd [ts point exit was in a similar position on the other side.Some «diMi- culty in swallowing and speaking followed, but this passed off alinost completely in a very short time.Un another case, from the sHuation of the Apertures of entranve and exit and re- Smembering that a Mauser bullet pass- one big spire surrounded hy lots of Ht.tle Kid spires-\u201cwaiting to grow.\u201d say the architectural Philistines.\u2014 Lewis.ton Journal, Look Before You Lenn, Once upon a time there was a young man who believed what the books said.He left the farm and came to real city to make his fortune and to \u201climb the adder of fame.The books said a great deal about the ladder of fame, so the young man exercised himself on copybook morals and poor Richard\u2019s almanac in order to he able to chiin himself tp à round at a time, lle was especially strong on rue away horses, amd one day.to his gratification, he saw a mad steed plunging down the crowded street, Ie could not see any fainting maiden attached, but still he knew this was his oppor: tunity.He sprang for the bridle, hut hit the front wheel instead ond was projected with violence into the gutter.Rix months later, when he came out of the hospital, he was sent to the Home For the Feebleminded for trying to stop a fire marshal in the per formance of his duty.Moral\u2014Get your opportunities label- cd.\u2014Dartmouth Literary Monthly.Ruskin\u2019s Collars, A prophet Indeed has no honor In his own country.An Knglsh gentleman who had gone to Brantwood on an outing tour.finding himself in need of hooks In order to begaile a heavy hour or two, stepped Into a bookstore of Ruskin's village and asked the lady attendant if she had any of the thinker's books.\u201cYes,\u201d she replied.\u201cThere were some, but they were not often asked for.\u201d Iaving obtained the hook be desired, he asked her what she thought of the great critie and teacher.Her ideas of Ruskin's personality were very vague, however, and she excused her ignorance on the ground that the people about there did not seem to trouble much about him, As for herself, she only knew him as \u201cthe old gentleman who only had a elean collar ovee & week.\" Pat's Happy Wish, Judge\u2014So the prisoner hit you on the head with a Lrick, did he?MeGinty\u2014Yis, yer honor.Judge\u2014But il seems he ]ldn*t quite kill you, anyway.MeGinty\u2014No, bad \u2018cess to him, but it\u2019s wishin he had OI do be.Judge\u2014Why do you wish that?MeGinty\u2014Begory.thin Oi would have seen the schoundre! hanged for murther!\u2014Chicago News, Staying at Home, A lady residing in North Columbus meeting a girl the other day who had Intely Leen in her service inquired: \u201cWell.Mary, where do you live now?\u201d \u201cPlease, ma'am, | don't live nowhere,\u201d rejoined the girl.\u201cI'm mar ried.\u201d Indianapolis Journal.The American Bible society cireu- lates the Scriptures in 96 tongues, besides our own speech: 28 European, 39 Asiatic, 8 Oceanic, 9 African, 9 American Indian and 3 South American languages and dialects.Although the Transvaal is 1,000 miles nearer the equator, the temperature averages much lower than at Cape Town a the [ es xtralght from one to the other.turning neither to the right hm! nor to the left, we are justified In thinking that the bullet m have plereed the stomnel, but no nptoms of any sueh Injury appeared.The patlent took his food from the beginning without any meanyenience and had a rapid aml uneventful convalescence, In yet nn- other Instanes, from the situation of the wounds and from the fact that a most obstinate constipation followed the injury.It is almost certain that the colon wax perforated, yet no perftonitla arose, Not the least remarkable of the effects of the Mauser bullet is the very slight hemorrhase resulting from perforation of the lung.There is gens erally a Litle haemeptesis, whiely soon Cestses, A) con vitlescener Cnsnes, The term \u201cworn led\u201d will soon cease to Lave the fearful signifiennee whieh it ones hat, the editor of The Polvel nie in ame notes on the surgery of the vnr will linréle be countel when it is recormized that may prolably be haek in the ranks within a fortni-lt, Now that It ls found that 10 be shor through the lunes involves Lut tittle risk and that bullet wounds of the hubs count for al SOUS ns losses\u201d two-thirds most nothing, while those of the ah domen, the liver and even the head are far from being necessarily Catal, It seems possiiie that some return to de.tensive armor may be practiealde, The region of the heart Is the part which remains mortally vulnerable, and it may perhaps be found practicable to contrive a breastplate which may be worn without incwnbrance and vot conditee meh to the wearer's security.Telephone nnd Phonograph, The ken of combining the telephone and he phonograph has been followed up by many inventors during the last 20 years, says the Chicago Record.It would now appear to have reached n stage where it can he serlously considered.An employee of the Copenhngen Telephone company substitutes a steel ribbon for his records instead of the Wsual pliopographie wax eylinders, Whereas H Is necessary to plane off the wax on the phonograph cylinder, the steel ribbon needs uly a cloth to rh off the writing.The ditliculty heretofore met with In Uils direction was in recording the message on the wax eylinder.Theoretically it seems casy enough, but practieally no value appeared to attach to the experiments made to carry it out, In the new apparatus a very small magnetic needle, if influenced by the current of the telephone wire, governs a steel ribbon, which In turn runs over two eylinders.These cylinders come in touch with the magnetic needle, and the work is done, While a person Is talking into the telephone the magnetisin in the steel rib.Lon Is influenced by the electric needle to such a degree that a perfect message 18 recorded.If it Is required to reproduce the words sent over the wire, It Is only necessary to let the steel ribbons pass before the eleetrie needle.As soon as the message has been heard the speech enn be wiped out instantly by passing a magnet over the steel ribbon, amd the instrument is ready to receive messages again.This invention is so arranged that when one calls up, should there De no response, the lalker !s at once made aware that at the other end there Is only the phonograph connection.He will therefore frame his message accordingly.The convenience of thus hefug able to leave ia message for a person who is away from the receiving telephone station Is manifest.Forest and Prairfe In Nebraska, In a paper in Science on recent changes tn the extent of forest land on the Nebraska plains Mr.Bessey brings forward evidence from eastern Nebraska which shows that tree areas are add- vancing there with some rapidity.lis observations are supported by the statements of old settlers, whe Invariably tell of an advance of trees up the valleys, sometimes a mile or more, while the width of the timber belts on the streams has also greatly increased.The keeping out of fire seems to he the general cause of the spread of the trees.Two years ago the same author showed reasons for believing that the pines of western Nebraska are advancing eastward, where destruction by fire or cattle is prevented and where cutting does not proceed too rapidly.and those coming ander it -\u20140+0+0\u20140- i { THROWING SOUND.AN INGENIOUS INSTRUMENT WHICH REFLECTS SOUND LONG DISTANCES, 3 00:0 # C400 4040 00400400 A most interesting and unique in- Rtrumeut is shown in the ncconipany- Ing illustration, Its purpose Is to locate the direction of a sound and to project a sound long distances.Experiments just made with this Instrument prove that the teking of a wateh can be heard a distance of 20 feet ROUND REFLECTOR.eway even with a strong breeze blow.tig across the direction of the sound, The instrument consists of a refloctor which Is made entirely by electro deposition meunted on an arm which ennt be readily turned on its center aud depressed or elevated by the operator.When It ds desired to ascertain the ex- act direction from whieh a sound ema.untes, the apparatus fs turned on ity nxis, and as soon as the reflector 18 opposite the course of sound jt 1s hened with greatly lnercased intensity In the recelver.The use of the instrument Ig that conversations ean be earrfed on between two distant points, such ns from ship to ship, Ly the benm of sound being thrown from one reflector to the other and focused In the receiver of one fustrinent, The operator spuarks into the flexible fade while the person working the Instrument places the tube attached to the rerelver to his sar.Conversations can thus be ear- vied on at long distances without une.duly raisins the volee, feixh Tobneeo, Experiinenis In tobacco growing have not been very successful in Eng- Intel, but from a statement that Mr Plunkett made in the house of commons my Lady Nicotine Is kinder {a Ireland, In fact, so liberally does she shower her favors on the distressful country that Irish tobneeo not only flourishes lke the bay tree, but Is nearly twlee as strong as the strongest tobnvéa sold.But Paddy and Biddy will not mind this, for thelr only complaint ls that the darkest plug Is not strong cnough, Iowever, if Irish tobacco 18 to gain any wide popularity the variety must, ns Mr.Plunkett suggested, be wilder than the Kind known ns \u201cEnglish-Virginia\u201d grown last year.If tobacco that the man in the street could smoke could be grown In Ireland, some of tie troubles of the distressful country might be solved.It is at least hopeful to reeall ut this moment that so successful were the experiments In tobacco peowing In Ire- Land in the thne of tue Stuarts that a stringent law was passed forbidding the culture In order to foster the growing colony of Virginia.\u2014 Westminster Gazette.An Inland ot Sulphur, Probably the strangest home ever chosen by human beings 1s a little Îs- land Just off the const of New Zealand known as White Island.In this rocky isolation, where it is Impossible to escape from the fumes of practically un- Intermittent sulphivrle eruptions, 100 New Zealanders recently made their home, The one delight of this spot is, it is sald, a wonderfully beautiful pan- oramte view embracing the bay of Plenty.But ss great Is the preponderance of sulphur that the Island 18 known by some as Sulphur Island, In the center of the rock is a grent crater, whose cavity is in a constant state of ebullition.In addition the entire surface of the Island is dotted with from 300 to 400 miniature craters, which emit during both day and night dangerously bot vapors and sulphurous fumes.French Flying Machine, The Londen Globe says an Interesting feature of the Paris exhibition will be the \u201cAvion\u201d flying machine of M.Ader.which was tried at Camp Satory.It has an aeroplane In the form of wings, and thel: spread can be altered at will.Two four bladed propellers are driven by two 40 horsepower steam engines heated by alcohol from two reservoirs, between which the aviator sits in à chair, with guards to keep him from falling off.Over his head js the steam condenser, and to the right and left are handles for altering the surfaces of the aeroplanes, or wings.The speed of the screws can be varled at will, The total weight of the machine and the aeronaut himself is 256 kilograms. i Pots PE an 4 NA 72R8 1 i HN AM ioe, ts LE i ne LR ids IE Ee OR ER si x reebok bras EE de PC pre The Stanstead Journal.PUGLISUEL EVERY THURSDAY BY THE JOURNAL PRINTING CO.Rock Island, Que.Oac yeur tadvance payment) if paid in six months, A the cud of the yeur, ADVERTISING Rates, Transient advertising lu cents à line for the first rertisment received for less than A0 cents, THE JOURNAL CRITICISED.Writing over the nom de plume of \u201cAn Old Sulstiber\u201d en anonymous correspondent takes us to task for publishing an item which appeared in & recent number of the JOURNAL.We quote tie foMuwing from the letter in question: \u201cWhilst the JOURNAL is supposed to give nows, we would advise that, in the future, such articles as would injure the feelings of friends might be suppressed.A true semse of regard for others should regulate newspaper gossip and, the delicacy of family affairs considered, it is more important to know what to keep out than what to put in the JOURNAL.\u201d The proceedings of courts are not \u201cnewspaper gossip.\u201d The object of law is to preserve order, and it is a well-knowa fact that most offenders dread newspaper publicity more than fines or even imprisonment.Realizing this fact judges and magistrates look to the newspapers to give publicity to court proceedings.Nu doubt relatives of offenders are sufficiently humiliated by the acts of their kin without the additional burden of newspaper publicity, but an editor's responsibility to the community must outweigh bis sympathy for individuals.A private explanation to the author of the criticism would have been more agreeable to us, but the fact that the writer's real name was withheld made such explanation impossible.MASTERLY INACTIVITY.Poliry oi the British Likely to Prove Disastrous to the Enemy.Ladysm'th despatch2:, date! Monday, confirm the report that the Boers Lave retired from the Elandslaagte district to their Biggarsberg positions.No raiding operations southward have been reported, and it is now clear that their advance was ordered for the sake of employing the burghers on active duty and cnecking desertions.The British inactivity, in one sense, is masterly, since it demoralizes the enemy.General Buller's scouts have reported that the Boers have wrecked the eagine houses and shafts of the three collieries by heavy charges of dynamite.These wanton attacks upon private property have been $1.0 be advisable to revise the military 1.5 vol agement of furming?.shoot straight and is as devoted to tion sud 3 cents a line for cach sub- | British institutions and the English sequent insertion.12 lines to theinea.Noad- To the Editor of the Journal: Sir:\u2014Now that the Boer has demonstrated that farmers who know how jte ride and to shoot are more than equal to the best troops Great Britain can send against them, would it not system of the Empire, by the encour- With an agri- | cultural population that can ride and language as the Boers are to the Dutch language and Dutch institutions, the i British Empire need not fear a world in arms.Is there auy reason why the British subject cannot be made to feel as proud of British institutions as the Durch are of Dutch institutions?Is Inot the English language ns fine a { lunguage as the Dutch?If Dutchmen \u2018are willing to risk life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness to preserve the Dutch language and Dutch institutions, cannot the English speaking portion of the British Empire be roused to do as much for the preser- (vation of their language and institu- \u2018tions?If 1 can read the signs of the times aright, what is needed to go with the imperial policy, which the British Empire has entered upon, is a ; policy which will make agriculture its \u2018dominant industry.With an agricultural population such as the Boers represent in South Africa the Empire i would have nothing to fear from foreign invasion.It would be impossible to find an army that would dare to put foot on British soil.Great Britain is as much interested in the encouragement of agriculture as her colonies if \u2018he is going to persevere in her present policy of Imperialism (and it Jooks very much as though she was).| It is a long time since the British na- | tion has been so near being a unit upon the kind of policy it wanted as it is .at the present time, and there is noth- i OTTAWA LETTER.The imperial trade returns for the month of March show splendid increases in the value of the exports from Canada to the old country.The figures show that the import of wheat has increased to the value of $280,000; of cheese, $190,000; of bacon, $100,000; of oats, §Y0,000; and of lumber, eggs and hams to a less degree.The gross increase for the month is $750,000, while the decreases are in each case so small ns to have little appreciable effect on ihe sum total.The exports to Cannda show very large increases in woolens, carpets, galvanized iron and tin sheets, seed oil and wearing apparel.There are good increases in the other principal lines.THE GRAIN COMMISSION.The report of the grain commission, appointed to inquire into the grievances which were suid to exist among the farmers of the west, has been brought down.As is generally the case, and it certainly has been the often repeated experience of the western farmer, there has been great friction between the small buyer and producer on the ore hand, and the big dealers and the railways (who are to a great extent the elevator owners also) on the other.Efforts had been made in many places by the construe- tion of what was known as flat ware- bouses, or in other words big grain bins erected on posts by railway sidings to escape Lhe necessity of dealing with the elevator owners at all; but the railways had been able to make effective a regulation compelling the use of the elevators where such cxist- ed to the exclusion of all other means of warehousing.There were minor grievances also, such as the compulsory charge of cleaning the grain, the dockage of a pound a bushel for alleged waste, and the facilities which the existing regulations gave for the ing that she can do that will strengthen that sentiment like fostering agri- | culture.Fuster agriculture and a} forming of \u2018\u2018coruers\u2019\u2019 and combines.The report is distinctly favorable to the contentions of the farmer; and Laeht x oi > Ory ir standing army is no longer necessary | While showing every desire to be to her, and there is no better way loi thoroughly fair to the elevator owners foster it than to relieve it from the : and middlemen, it indicates that hith- unrestricted cumpetition of foreign |erto the farmers have undoubtedly nations, and there has not been any been getting the worst of it and i x v ir y \" better plan yet devised to do thatthan | through no fault of their own, The the preferential trade policy of sir | commissioners make a number of sug- \u2018Charles Tupper.Compared with it, gestions based upon the experience the preferential trade policy of the ; ANd opinion of the men best qualified present government is simply noj*v know, namely the farmers who where.The only change I would sug- | have experienced the grievances and .gest in Sir Charles\u2019s programme would who gave those experiences under be to make all trade free between the, ¢ath before the commission.These different portions of the Empire.I recommendations, receiving as they am willing to meet the competition of | Will the fullest attention from the British subjects within the Empire but Government, will without doubt be when they go outside of the Empire, given effect in practical legislation.for competition T would impose re-\u2018 A NEW BALLOT PAPER.strictions upon it.We have had more | The government has implemented than fifty yeurs of unrestricted com- | Îis promise to amend and simplify the petition to make the price of agrieul-; form of the election ballot, and the tural produe:s, and under îts malevo- | Solicitor General has brought down a Jent influence we have seen furming|Vill dealing with the matter.This lands throughout the Empire depreci- hill provides a new form of ballot ate fifty per cent in value, saying which is regarded as an improvement upon the one now in use.Instead of characteristic of the Boer campaign.nothing about the falling off in the South Africans explain them on the numbers who obtained their living theory that the Boers are aware that from its pursuit.If this war in South the claims for damages to property in Africa arouses Great Britain to the Natal and Cape Colony which will be necessity of putting the agriculture of presented afler the war can never be the Empire upon a basis that foreign nssessed against the farmers of the, competition cannot destroy, it will be two commonwealths; but will be worth all the blood and treasure that ~, dealers, liquidated by the mine owners of the Rand.Accordingly the Boers feel at liberty to inflict as much damage as; F possible since the indemnity will come out of the mining industries of the Rand in the form of taxation; based on the profits of the companies.If this theory is correct, without doubt Johannesberg will pay the piper when the war is over.Neither Pretoria nor Bloemfontein have resonrces for liquidating the war indemnities and the bills of damages.An official bulletin issued at Pretoria contains a survey of the military situation in various sections and implies activity all along the line.The Boer officials evidently find it necessary to convey the impression to their own people that the Boer forces have not disbanded; but are actively employed at various points.The only fresh claim of victory in this dispatch, which was dated April 13, is a report that General Froneman has defeated a British column, and, driven it across the Orange river.The general situation at Bloemfontein is unchanged, and military experts here do not expect the advance northward for a week or ten days, since Lord Roberts is waiting for the large shipments of horses which have barely arrived at Capetown.are also convinced that General Buller will remain on the defensive, and will not attack the Biggarsberg positions until the enemy\u2019s force has been drawn oft by Lord Roberts\u2019s invasion of the Transvaal.It is considered probable that General Hunter and General Brabant will work their way up to Wepener and Ladysmith, and in this way protect Lord Roberts\u2019s line of communications.If troubled with rheumatism, give Chamberlain\u2019s Pain-Balm a trial.It will not cost you a cent if it does no good.One application will relieve the pain, It also cures sprains and bruises in one-third the time required by any other treatment, Cuts, burns, frost bites, quinsey, pains in the side and chest, glandular and other swell- ngs are quickly cured by applying it.very bottle warranted.Price 26 and 50 cents.For sale by all first-class {In aroundabout way, London hears They | have been spilt and squandered in carrying it out.AN OLD FARMER.April 16th, 1900.ADVANCE ANTICIPATED.\u2018that Lord Roberts, wheu wiring to the Prince of Wales at Copenhagen | congratulations upon his escape from \u201cassassination, added two or three hopeful sentences portending an early {advance with wide reaching combina- { tions.i Quiet assurances are passed around jamong military men that Lord Rob- \u2018erts is employing his great army effectively and that the adventurous Boer commandoes are likely to be enmeshed.The colonials at Wepener still hold off the Boers.Lord Methuen has worked eastward until he is within eighty miles of Kroonstad.Boer scouts have gone around Lady- smith and have appeared at Dewdrop and other places on General Buller's flanks and rear.The officers of Buller\u2019s irreglar horse estimate the Boers in Natal as 18,000, but these figures are probably excessive, 10,000 being regarded here as the outside number.The Bloemfontein correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph says: \u2014 \u201cLord Roberts wisely declines to exhaust his men and horses in hunting the elusive Boers until his preparations are complete.He will leave to the enemy the barren comfort of the occupation of a few farms for a short time,\u201d i Besides discovering that soldiers could be got in the colonies the army authorities have learned in this war that the material to feed them can also be provided in Greater Britain.Australian provender and meats are going to South Africa in place of the stuff it was first thought only the United States could supply.And getting their hands on the trade in war times the antipodeans may he trusted limiting the voter to a small disc within which to vote, the new ballot permits of the cross being placed anywhere on the white space upon which the names of the candidate for whom he votes is placed.The space in which the names of the candidates are printed are separated by a broad black band, upon which the pencil mark will not easily show, so that there will be small chance of the ballot being so marked that the deputy returning officer cannot tell which candidate it is intended for.The ballot is not numbered and will be absolutely secret.The bill also provides for the acceptance of the qualifications of electors fixed by the territorial ordinances with respect to elections for Dominion purposes.The change will result in a large saving of public mon- oy heretofore spent in the preparation of special lists for Dominion elections.INCREASED IMMIGRATION, The tide of immigration in the west continues unabated, and already this season is growing to splendid proportions.During the first three weeks of March for example there arrived in the city of Calgary alone, 230 immigrants who brought in thirty cars of live stock and settlers\u2019 effects, valued by the customs office at $18,448.The newcomers are as arule fairly well supplied with means.With very few exceptions they have sufficient money to tide them over a year, or until they can realize on the products of their farms in the fall.For those who have cows the Government creameries furnish a ready and convenient means of disposing of their milk for cash, while the steadily increasing markets of British Columbia, and the local towns insure a profltable sale for eggs, hay, potatoes, vegetables, poultry, pork, beef and mutton.One of the indications of the increase in population is found in the value of settlers\u2019 effects and household goods coming into and leaving Canada.In 1898 the value of settlers\u2019 effects coming into the country was 82,188,975, of which 81,714,168 was from the United States.In 1899 the figure had increased to $2,805,056.At the same time the household goods leaving Canada had declined from 81,237,203 to 8992,813.There seems to be a very considerable current of population northwards, and whether the settlers are Americans or repatriated Canadians they are likely to become to hold it In peace, to the benefit of | the Empire.good citizens.lENGLAND'S VIEW OF AMERICAN POLITICS.Britishers Anticipate Prospective Abuse During the Presidental Campaign.A London despatch says: \u2014Amer- ican politics, and the relations between Great Britain and the United States, are receiving considerable attention in the London press at the present time.The Spectator, which so often voices Government opinion, has a lengthy editoral on the relations in the immediate future between America and Great Britain, in which it Bays, in part: \u201cThe British people will have to keep their tempers for the next few monthsgvhen they consider American affairs, By rather an odd series of circumstances, it happens that the next election will be the relation of the United States and Great Britain, and, of course, in the frenzy campaign very hard things will be said by Mr.Bryan and his supporters, who will pass resolutions calling vpon the Government to intervene strongly in behalf of President Kruger, who either by instinet or craftiness, always appeals to them through literature which they know best\u2014the Old Testament.We shall have a shower of hard words from their side, and maybe even a difficult and perplexed argument to maintain through Lord Pauncefote, And, too, we shall not be very strenuously defended by the Republicans.President McKinley will persist in his policy and carry his party with him, but still he is the American candidate for the Presidency and cannot bear with the second term at stake to lose a vote.\u201cMr.McKinley, therefore, and the Republican leaders will do nothing to show themselves friends of Great Britain.They will utter no plain protest against the chorus of ignorant re- probation, and will view with dismay any appearances on this side of any hearty wish for Republican success.We must, however, possess our souls in patience and receive American censure with that dogged stolidity with which we are the censuring of the remainder of the world.The electoral campaign will come to an end, and with it most of the attacks upon Great Britain.The better opinion in the United States, including, we believe, a majority of the population, is, upon the whole, friendly to us, and fully convinced that all the world over, British and American interests are the same.Neither nation desires anything except to trade in peace.Of one thing we may be sure, the Americans will nol caricature the Queen.In the fiercest of their elee- toral battles they will respect the aged lady who forty years ago was oa their side in the Civil War, and who now is the only monarch in Europe who watches their prosperity with ungrudging pleasure and without the idea that their growth, wealth and influence is a menace to the world.\u201d The article voices better than anything that has recently appeared, the tone of the sentiment toward America held by British Government officials and by those who are seriously interested in the relations of the two countries, Not a little interest is beginning to be taken in England in politics in the United States.Admiral Dewey\u2019s candidacy isregarded rather more humorously than in any other light, the popularity of the Admiral having never been quite understood in England nor his achievements thoroughly appreciated by either naval or lay circles, whose attention has always been more confined to our naval operations in the West Indies than to Manila.The statement that the Senate will not ratify the Hay-Pauncefote convention this year, has created little comment.Those who maintain that England has given something for nothing in the Nicaragua agreement express pleasure, and hope that it will never be ratified, while those who supported the convention accept the postponement of action as the most advisable step in view of the political conditions in the United States.The Saturday Review says: \u201cWhether McKinley's attitude regarding South Africa will remain equally correct, depends entirely now on his sentiments towards wus, but on the success of Lord Roberts\u201d Lord Roherts has made his report to the War Office on the Spion Kop affair.General Gatacre was severely censured for the Stormberg failure, but the criticism was moderate compared with what is said of the Natal mishap.Buller is criticised, and Warren and Thorneycroft censured, in terms that will awaken some sympathy for them even where the force of the commander-in-chief\u2019s words is most felt.The whole Natal campaign up to the last assault, seems to have been a case of good plans going wrong in execution.It brought no profit and not much honor to any engaged in it.jn almost every neighborhood there is someone whose life has been saved by Chamberlain\u2019s Colie, Cholera and Dinrrhoea Remedy, or who hns been cured of chronle diarrhoea by the use of that medicine.Such persons make a point of telling of it whenever opportunity offers, hoping that it may ve the means of saving other lives, For sale by all first-class dealers.BORN.AULIS~-At Way's Mills, April 11th, 1000, n son to Mr.and Mrs, Daniel Anlis.FISH\u2014At Ayer's Flat, April 13th, 1000, » daughter to Mr, and Mrs.À.E.Fish.DIED.JOHNSON\u2014At the residence of his Hon, Dr, R.1, Johnson, West Concord, Vt., April Uth, 1000, Jéansol Johnson, aged 81 years and month.EMERY~Iu St.John's Hospital, Lowell, Mass, April 14, 1900, Horatio Kent Emery, youngest son of Lomend and Martha Emery, aged 22 years and 1) months.FOR SALE.A very nice ladies Bunjorine as good as new Please inquire of Rosa J.Whitney, Stanstead, Post Office.20w2 WANTED.À capable girl for general housework, good wages given.Apply to, Mrs.B.P.Bull, Brook- fine Hall, Derby Line, Vt.Wagons! Wagons! I have just received from the best factory in Canada, a car load of Open & Top Buggies which are of the best material and latest styles.I will sell them to suit the times.Don\u2019t fail to call before buying.Shingles constantly on hand, A carload coming.J.O.St.PIERRE.Stanstead, April 18, 1900.26w9 Farm for Sale.One hundred acres of good land, good sugar bush and orchard, known as the James Mason Farm, in Stanstead, Ug miles from Ayor's Flat, Land in a high state of cultivation with comfortable buildings, will bie sold cheap, For particulars see Geo, Robinson, Ayers Flat, April.12th, 1900.20tE \u201cGrow Your Own Blackberries.\u201d Blackberry Plants For Sale.Am taking up part of my plants this spring and will se)l good strong vigorous plants ut 50¢.per doz.For further information address, C.Mouniton, L.D.8., Stanstead, 20w3 .W.H.BUTTERS.Crozine Blacking quickly gives a bril'iant long-wearing polish which in unaffectal hy dampness end will nat soil the clothing or injure the leather.Every oue who vnce uses likes Crozine Blacking as it never fails to fully satiefy every user.For sale by CASWELL & O'ROURKE, Derby Line, Vt.Ww You will Consult your own Interests If you place your insurance with the Missisquoi & Rouville Mutual Fire Insurance Compay, THROUGH C.H.REMICK, AGENT, Barnston.First Class Farm Risks Preferred.Don't ride in an Old rattle-trap of a WAGON When you can get a nice New one for s little money.THE FINEST line of Concord, Piann box and Top Buggies, Surries, Milk Wagons, ote, over brought into the place.The Eog- lish Warsted Whip Cord is the west popular upholstering material, but L have others also, OUR THREE QUARTER SEAT OPEN BUGGY with rubber covered steps, rub- her rug and [intent hangers is the finest wagon of the kind going.OUR CUT UNDER SURREY stands at the head of its class.It js up-to-date and thoroughly made in every respect.OUR PNEUMATIC TIRE BUGGY, made by the Columbus Vehicle Co.is a da: dy.You'll miss it if yon dun\u2019t sce it.NOTWITHSTANDING the recent advance of ten per cent on the price of all wagons Iwill continue to sell all lines at last years prices, OVER 40 JOBS\u2014wagons of all kinds\u2014will be sold at cost to close them out as Iam going into other business.PLOWS, Harrows, Cultivators, and Robes, Farm Machinery, ete.WANTED\u2014A Boy's Saddle, Mexienn Style, ED.AUDINWOOD, Rock Island, P.Q.Harnesses Derby Line, Vt.At Worthen\u2019s Store BIG LOT Of Cotton just opened up, best value for the money in town, 82, 34 and 40 inches in width, alt first class quality of cotton and better still THE PRICE IS RIGHT.When yon take your vacation or go ta the PARIS EXPOSITI N call aud buy your Trunks, Grips, Hand Bags, Extension\u201d Chases, ete,, from me as | have a full line of these at very low prices.JUST IN.A full line of Men's, Youth's and Boy's suits, Nice tasty pattorns that will wear well and look well, Selling at before the rise prices.Just call and examine them.REMEMBER CASH TALKS.More Bonta and Shoes to arrive, meanwhile cal and get à pair of those shoes which shal sell way down low to clear the lines, Ladies high button shoes, best quality, old ice was $2.00, eut to, 1.00 Ladies low shoes, price was $1.25, cut right in half and sold at.85 Misses high button shoes & limited num- Der of pairs going at, BRING ALL YOUR Tab butter, print butter, fresh eggs, heef hides, horse hides, endf skins, sheep pelts, old rubbers, ete, and I guarantee I will not send You tosome othor store when you bring your butter, Cgss, tte, to exchange Tor gouds, Yours, ste, S.SCOTT WORTHEN.FOR SALE.Funk and Wagnall's Standard Dictionary, two volumes full moroceo, Will bo sold cheap.HE JOURNAL PTA, CO.Rock Island, WANTED.A few thousand feet of Buttermt Lumber lin.oc 115 in, green or dry, BUTTERFIELD & CO.FOR SALE CHEAP, Two seeond-hand Buggies, one open and one top.Apply to Dr.Rugy, Stanstead.25w2 AT FISHS.CLOTHING.We have just opened out our Spring Assortment of Men\u2019s, Boys and Youth\u2019s Suits.Style, Quality and Price Just Right.Also a fine line of Spring Caps in latest style.Cal! and see them.More dress goods just received making our stock more complete than ever.Special values in Cashmeres and Fig.Lusters.A New Lot of Beots & Shoes will he Opened Next Week, We aim to sell good goods at the lowest posible living price and to make Once a Customer Always a Customer, Please call, inspect our prices and then Buy where you can Save the most money.Respectfully Yours, A.E.FISH.Ayer\u2019s Flat, April 1900.Sugar Tools.Save delay and annoyance by placing your orders early, for Cans, Carrying Pails, Buckets and Spouts.Besides our stock of finished goods we have a large quantity of tin we are anxious to dispose of and will make prices to move it.Quality and Workmanship anteed.J.A.STEELE, Caldwell Block, Rock Island.People\u2019s Telephone No.64, Guar- New Wagons.I have just received from the leading factory in Canada, a car load cf Open and Top Buggies.These wagons, which are of the latest designs and very handsome, have been set up and may be seen in my ware rooms ab any time.Don\u2019t fail to call before buying.H.T.BALL, Que.Cheap Sale.GREAT BARAINS IN Millinery & Dress Trimmings, For the next fifteen days as I am selling out all Canadian Goods, preparatory to moving into Mr.John Gilmore\u2019s block, Derby Line, Vt, All Are invited to make a call.A.M.MALOUIN.Rock Island, - Most People are particular about what they eat, even if they arc not so particular about other things, We make a specinlty of supplying particular people and exercise the greatest care in keeping our stock clean and up-to- date.You may be sure that anything we offer you is of the best quality and in prime condition.Wheat Marrow-entirely new, and Malt Breakfast Food.Have you tried these new Breakfast Foods?1f not, you should do so.New Canned Goods.Something especially inviting in our Straw- berrry Bects, Apricots, Peaches and Plums.Dried Fruit.Peaches, Apricots and Prunes\u2014all of the best quality.Teas, Green and Black, from 25e.to 000.per Ib, Our 25e.Tea is the best on the market for the money.Confectionery and Nuts, Fruit of all kinds.C.C.HUNT, Groceries and Provisions.$100.00 REWARD.The above reward will be paid for information that will lead to the convicfion of the person or persons Who caused tho fire that des royed my BARNS, at ; Meadow Brook Farm, Tuesday morning, March Gt, 1000.WALTER J, PHILLIPS, Ayot\u201ds Flat.Que, fo Nt oo ak \u2014_ Business and Professional Cards.MISS |, E.MOORE.Trained Nurse.Graduate of Genoral Hospital, Toronto.and late Associate of Johns Hopkins Hospital, Itimore.Stanstead, Que.Telephones: Bell 5; People\u2019s 10, GEO.F.WALDRON, M.D., Physician and Surgeon.Office at Derby Line Hotel.Office Hours: 8 to V A.M.1 tu 8 and 7 to 8 P.M- DR.C.L.BROWN, Physician and Surgeon, Aysr's Flat.Office next to P.0.Residence Chas.Vaughan's.W.A, REYNOLDS, D.D.S., (Boston Dental College) 180 Tremont St, Boston.Office hours: 8 to 4, DR.L.A.LAPALME, Physician and Surgeon, Stanstead Plain P.Q.Office and Residence at Dr.Canfield's old place, J.C.GILFILLAN, M.D.Homeophathic Physician and Surgeon, Becbe Plain, Vt.RALPH M.CANFIELD, M.D., L.R.C.P.(London) Etc.413 Shawmut Avenue, Boston.Office hours : | to 8 P.M,, ?tos P.M.DR.J.E.C.TOMKINS, Stanstead Plain, Que.Office Hours: 8 to 9 A.M., 1 to 2 and 6 tu 7 P.M.Bell and People's Telephones, H, C.RUGG, M.D., C.M,, Physician and Surgeon.Office opposite residence of Hon, M.F.Hackett.Ktanstead Plain, Que.Bell Telephone No.34, T.D.WHITCHER, M.D.Physician and Surgeon.Beebe Plain, P.Q.Three Telephones\u2014Bell, People's, Channell\u2019s.Office at Residence.C.|.MOULTON, L.D.S., Dentist, Stanstead Plain, Que.ERASTUS P.BALL, Veterinary Surgeon.Graduate of Montreal Veterinary College.Office at Lee Farm, Rock Island, Que.U.8.P.O.address Derby Line, Vermont.CHAS.H.MANSUR, Advocate, Rock Island, P.Q- Office over Pike Bros\u2019 Store.M.F.HACKETT, Advocate, Solicitor, &ec., Stanstead Plain, Que.| Will attend all courts in the District.Collec: tions a specialty.H.M.HOVEY, Advocate, Roek Island.Que.U.8.P.O.address, Derby Line, Vt.J.N.WHITE, GRADUATEOPTICIAN, Coaticook, Que.Eyes Scientifically Tested for Glasses, Charges Moderate, Difficult Cases our Specialty.J.C.Downs&Co.Stanstead Plain, Offer Special values in Choice Groceries of all kinds, Ganong\u2019s Confectionery, Hamilton\u2019s and Fletchers Cream Sodas and Graham Wafers, Malt Breakfast Food, Pettijohn\u2019s Wheat, Quaker Rolled Oats, Shredded Wheat Biscuit, Canned Goods of every description, Paints, Oils and Varnishes, All kinds Patent Medicines, Bran, Shorts and Middlings.Boots & Shoes.BEST FROUR FROM $2 A BAG UP.Flour and Feed must be sold strictly for cash.Highest Cash Prices Paid for Dairy Skins, Beef Hides and Raw Furs.We carry in stock the popular shades of \u201cboards\u201d for mounting PER RY AND OTHER PICTURES.Sheets 22x28 or cut to any size desired.The regular sizes are 7Y4x9' and 9',x11.We also have ADHESIVE TAPE For binding the edges where glass is used and for many other purposes.Let us supply you.Journal Printing Go.RBY ACADEMY.DERBY, VT.Fits for College, Prepares its pupils auffe- fontly to begin study of the professions.excellent Commercial Course a Pedagogy.Location the best.Jexponsessmall, Special subjects for Winter term students.Spring tern opens March, 10, Send for Cat- 1oague to G.A.Andrews, Principal.DE Has, and course in: GRANITEVILLE.Mr.Geo.Somerville arrived home from Hardwick the first of the week.Mr.and Mrs.Leslie Monroe of Stan- stead Junction spent the Easter holidays at Mr.E.B.Tryon\u2019s.Miss Lizzie Ashman is home from Stanstead College with a felon on her hand.Mr.G.L.Reynolds is home for a few weeks.Mr.R.D.Brodie left on Monday for Mount Johnson.Nathan Bullis left here on Monday for Waterford, N.Y.Mr.N.A.Beach of Georgeville was at Cedarville on business last week.Mr.Warren Bullock, our popular cheese maker, is building an addition to his factory.We wish him success.The ice is getting very poor on the lake.The shore ice is giving away so that driving on the lake is past for this spring.We are sorry to hear that Mr.E.P.Davis of Lineboro is seriously ill and under medical care.A party of young men from Montreal are occupying the Weir cottage at Cedarville.Nrs, Bullis, mother of Capt.J.C.Bullis of Cedarville, died on Tuesday at the residence of her son, Mr.Merritt Bullis, Griffin, where she had lived for years.She had attained the ripe age of 90 years.For years in age and feebleness extreme she waited with patience the time of her release.A beautiful life, fraught with blessed memories to all who knew it, has closed its earthly labors and she is among the blessed and leaves to her children an inheritance of character and religious faith which far out val- nes all else.The funeral will take place at Griffin and the body will be interred in the cemetery at that place.SMITH'S MILLS.Among the arrivals at the Ruiter House are: W.A.Murray, Montreal; M.C.Burbank, Georgeville; Dr.T.D.Whitcher, Beebe Plain; James Dustin, Beebe Plain; Charles Bennett, Montreal; L.T.Reed, Boston.Luther Carpenter has gone to Boston to spend the Easter holidays.The many friends of Lee Jenkins will be pleased to learn that he has fully recovered from the scarlet fever aud will soon be out again.Miss Dollie Howard of Lawrence- ville has been holding a series of evangelistic meetings in the Methodist Church, all of which have been well attended and much spiritual interest has been manifested.The ice on the dam herc has moved out without doing any damage.We are pleased to welcome Mr.and Mrs.Bachelder with us as neighbors and offer to the newly married couple our sincere congratulations.CASSVILLE.E.E.Bartlett starts for Minneapolis to-day.Mrs.David Morrill is on the sick list, also Mrs.T.H.Langmayd.Eva Thompson rather beat the record in walking, having walked from Stanstead Plain last Thursday morn- ning to Cassville in 1', hours, aud before breakfast at that.John Cass had the misfortune to slip on the ice and hurt his leg so that he will be laid up for some time.We are glad to hear that Mrs.Luke Knowlton is recovering from her fall, and sorry to hear Miss Elma Martin is sick.Mrs.Charles Lawton is at Coaticook taking care of a sick friend.Mr.Victor Morrill of Sherbrooke spent Easter with his parents.Suguar parties are the order of the day now, three a day is about the regular number we believe.ABBOTT'S CORNER.Mrs.E.Bliss of Charlestown, Mass., who was the guest of her sister, Mrs.H.E.Woodward, last week, left for home on Wednesday.Mr.and Mrs.John Kooney and child left for Buckingham, Ont., Saturday, where they go to visit friends.Mr.Scott L.McConnell is at East Angus having secured a situation in the Royal paper mills at that place.Mr.T.V.Reed reports that hislum- bering operations in Compton county have been fairly profitable although the winter has been an unfavorable one.During the past week two clearing out auction sales were held in this vicinity and many relicts of the past were disposed of by our talented Hat- ley auctioneer in his usual eloquent and forcible manner.It seems alittle strange to the casual observer that so many people of common sense will invest money in rubbish that they would not accept as a gift and yet many do so, carrying home wagon loads of worthless articles to add to their collections that are in turn sold again al other clearing out sales.APPLE GROVE.Mr.W.J.Bissell treated his friends to a \u2018\u201csugaring off\u201d Tuesday.The sugar was very fine.We are sorry to hear that Mrs.M.Harvey is sick with la grippe.She is attended by Dr.Whitcher.\u2018 Miss Ada Bissell visited at Mr.8.QG, Drew's Thursday.Mrs.R.Wilkinson, who has been quite ill, is, we are glad to say, improving.MACK'S MILLS.Fred Tichurst\u2019s family have been sick with scarlet fever, but are all out again.Miss E.Schoolcraft of Boston, is visiting her sister, Mrs.Wm.Com- stock.Mr.Lucius Day is very sick at this writing.He had another shock last week.Miss Bertha Longeway spent last week with Mrs.Lyman House at Beebe Plain.Herbert Davis has moved from Mrs.Amasa Ruiter\u2019s house to the Com- stock house on the corner.Mr.Herbert Wheeler of Worcester, is visiting at Albert Baldwin's.Mr.Lorin Manning\u2019s sugar house and contents including syrup enough to make about five hundred pounds of sugar, were burned Friday night.The meetings at the church held by Miss Howard come to a close on Sunday evening.On account of bad roads and sickness not many got out.Sugar makers are producing large quantities of very fine sugar.Charles Day is in the place.The Tomifobia river is nearly clear of ice.While drinking on the river bank Sunday a two-year-old creature belonging to William Comstock slipped into the water and was carried down stream by the current, but finally rescued by some men who happened to see the accident.Mr.B.Bachelder and Miss Dailey were married at Fitch Bay on the 11st inst.They are to live on the Amasa Ruiter place for the present.Congratulations.WAY\u2019S MILLS.Nearly 50,000 pounds of milk was received at the creamery last week.The Eureka cheese factory will re- opon on Monday, April 30th.Mr.Fred Bishop, a former resident of this place, has been engaged by Mr.Wm.Holmes for the summer.Mr.Bishop moved his family here from Coaticook last week.Warren Tyler, who was injured in the woolen mills a short time ago, died in the Sherbrooke Hospital on Thursday morning last from the effect of injuries received.The funeral services were held at Ayer\u2019s Flat.Rev.Mr.Rose officiating.Deceased was n member of Riverdale Lodge, I.O.G.T.The officers of thfs lodge condnet- ed the burial service at the grave.The bearers were Mitchem Johnson, Garfield Morrill, Ralph Standish and Edgar Chadsey.Easter morning dawned bright and clear, but with it came the sad news of the death of Mrs.Ed.Heath, of heart failure, which cast a deep gloom over the community.The funeral services were conducted at the house on Tuesday morning by the Rev.Mr.Baine assisted by Rev.J.Murray.The remains were taken to Heathton for burial.Eugene Clifford of Newport, Vt.was in town the first of the week.Alfred Tyler of Passumpsic, Vt.attended the funeral of his brother last Saturday at Ayer\u2019s Flat, and spent Sunday with his parents here.CURRIERS.We are not having very good sap weather.Roads are very bad, plenty of snow yet.Miss Effie Holland closed a successful term of school last Wednesday.She invited the friends of the children to the closing exercises which consisted of music and recitations by the children.Miss Linnie Holland was present with her violin which was much appreciated by all.Mr.Jas.McFarlane of Magog and Mr.and Mrs.Cookman of Fitchburg, Mass., were here on Friday.Mr.F.Waterman and Mr.Benoit are finishing Mr.H.Currier\u2019s cheese factory.Mr.William Shuttleworth has returned to his work in Boston.Mr.Geo.Bowker was in the place buying dairy skins last week, for Mr.Alfred Bryant, paying 75 cts.COATICOOK.The sugar makers have been having plenty of work for a few days past.Sap has been running pretty freely, and the sugar made is of good quality, the weather having been fine most of the time.There was a large attendance at the Easter Sunday school concert at the Methodist Church on Sunday evening.There is talk of à new academy school building.Some think that the old building is somewhat out of date and inconvenient and that a new one with all modern improvements would tend to increase the number attending the school.But the present building is in fairly good condition and the town pretty heavily in debt, and it may be doubtful if the taxpay- ors will take kindly to the idea of an additional ten thousand dollars debt for this purpose, which will of necessity increase the already heavy taxes they have to pay.CARD OF THANKS.We desire to express our sincere gratitude to all friends and neighbors, who so kindly aided and sympathized with us during our great affliction.MR.R.TYLER AND FAMILY.Capital Stock, $1,500,000.4 The Canyon Creek Placer grounds (adjacent to the Columbin ounce.geological and mineralogical rock itself is expected to be encou placer property.plant of the latest improved type, shifts to reach bed rock.Some grave shaft has already yielded as high as 25 THE FACT that one of the condit British Columbia Government is t VERY RICH ONE.men are particularly invit of 80 acres, located at the mouth of the Canyon covering the footlands which have been the dumping millions of tons of gold bearing rock which nature has mined in by-gone ages by cutting this mighty canyon through miles of the rich Selkirk Mountains, The gold of Canyon Creek ussays $18.76 to the Nuggets up to $2.26 each are not infrequently discovered, while some are occasionally found of a value as high as $22.50.Z EXPERT and PRACTICAL opinion belief that a strata of considerable depth of pay dirt exists above the bed rock while coarse gold upon the About $2,000 has already been expended in sinking the shaft upon this property, and tho company ia now installing a first-class steam hoisting and pumping apparatus and general placer mining equipment to immediately push the development by night and day title to this placer property was acquired from the expended each year npon its workings PROVES that in the opinion of the Gold Commissioner Otherwise no individual or corporation would be required to spend such suns of money without conditions most favorable for gratifying returns.advanced at an early date.1,500, (LIMITED: NON -PERSONAL LIABILITY.Property on claims, cach fiftee runs an immense River) for the ; which the assay properties about t sanguine in their warrants the BEST in the provi ntored upon this the same LEAD.(ood sound jy electric blasting MINING CON working managen 1 taken from the cents Lo the pan.mining record is gation.The company engaging in exter properties describ claims which the ions hy which the hat $1,000.00 be the property is share gives the | ed to investigate.Horsetoot Mountain are ties are most favorable.for sale and for permanent possession.accrue to the one line of shareholders.000 Shares.Par Value $1.00.500,000, Shares Treasury Reserve.The Golden Placer and Quartz Mining Co.INCORPORATED IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.Owns extensive and valuable Mineral Properties in the rich North-East Kootenay District (Golden Mining Division) consisting of | The Dinosaur and Mastadon Quartz Properties two full sized mineral n hundred feet square, through which mineral reof 200 by 3,000 feet from shows £15.50 in gold to the ton of surface rock with every indication pointing to a rich incrense with dopth.Active development will be undertaken on theso he first of Jue, and considering their close proximity to the Porphyry and lron Hill mine which has produced considerablo ore running over 8200 in gold per ton, those best qualified to judge are very expectations that the Dinosaur and Mastadon will prove a rich mine of great magnitude.The Certainty mine which is proving to be among the nee is algo in the same division, on a line not far from a continuation from the Porphyry and Iron Hill mine through the Dinosaur and Masindon properties, practically in the same mineral belt and on people are interested in the Golden Placer Company in British Columbian and Quebec.DITIONS in the locality of its proper- The ability of its business and rent is sound and practical.Mr.1.H.Entel of Golden is the locator of tho company\u2019s properties and manager of its works, as well as one of the heaviest holders of the company\u2019s stock, His unimponchable and open to investi- hau the best facilities for and intends wive mining buxiness.Besides the vd, options are held on other valuable company purposes developing both AI profits will A ton cent wlder permanent interest in all the properties and prospects, The time to buy Dollar Shares for ten cents is NOW, as this issue, which is being sold for development purposes only, will be closed and the price No less than 100 Shares issued.We court the most thoreugh investigation and are willing to show you the inside of our propositions and business at any time.Sound financial Address the Company at KNOWLTON, P.Q., or GOLDEN, B.C., or E.J.McDOUGALL, Agent, Stanstead.ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORS.| The Danville Electric Light Company is in liquidation, but the plant is being run as usual, W.F.Nelson, formerly G.T.R.freight agent at Richmond, has been trunsferred to Island Pond.Mr.Charles Bishop, an old and well- known resident of Holland, died al his home Tuesday and will be buried today.At Waterloo last week F.Simard was fined $75 and costs, with an alternative of three months for selling liquor on Sunday.The vacant sheriffship in the District of St.Francis has been filled by the appointment of Hon.Henry Alymer of Richmond.The Richmond Times thinks the Ottawa Government should appoint Col.\u2018W.A.Morehouse Postmaster of Sherbrooke, and the Times is right.The Methodist churches of Danville,\u2019 Asbestos, Kingsey Falls and the Pin-; nacle neighborhood have contributed £134 towards the Indian Famine Fund.Miss Helen Hastings, daughter of H.| 1.Hastings formerly of Way\u2019s Mills, | P.Q., died at her home at West Derby, Vt., April 18th, aged 1) years and ! 9 months.| The house of the Gidding\u2019s saw mill at Granby was burned last Thursday | night.The main building and ma- | chinery were saved by the efficient work of the firemen.| The last of the buildings of the de-' funct beet sugar industry at Coati- cook, situated on the south side of the road, were hurned last Thursday evening.Buildings were of no value.Capt.W.H.Murray, of Massawip- pi, who has qualified in the St.Johns and Kingston military institutions, has been gazetted a subaltern in the new Canadian regiment that is garrisoning Halifax.In connection with the finding of a) dead infant at Windsor Mills, Mr.and Mrs.Alphonse Caron were recently arrested on a charge of infanticide.Caron has been sent to jail to be tried for having failed to bury his child as required by law.It is said that the People\u2019s Telephone Company purpose establishing a complete telephone system in Magog ! now that the Bel} Company are to in- \u2018crease their annual rental to £15 an linstrument.A few places in the {Townships are still supplied by the | Bell Company at $10 an iastrument, but subscribers in Stanstead learned, long ago what it is to pay %15 an in- | strument for service limited to a few of their nearest neighbors.ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORS.Mr.W.E.Enright, principal of the Compton Model School, has accapted the prineipalship of the Cookshire Academy, to succeed Principal Connolly, who is going to Danville at the beginning of the next school year.| CORRESPONDENCE.\u201cOpen rebuke is better than sceret love.\u201d These words are very soothing to the sorely wounded hearts of the many fricuds of the unfortunate young man who, in a thoughtless moment forgetting the warnings of Solo- Thomas Stevenson of St.Sylvestre, | Que, has sold out the old copper) mines on the mountain range there Lo | an English syndicate for £10,000, and | mon the wise \u201cLook not thou upon the wine whenitis red\u2019 , | \u201caltho lust it biteth like n serpent and stingeth like an adder,\u201d took the fatal first work will be begun as soon as the snow ig off.The mines have not been worked for 35 years.The Canadian Asbestos factory, near Danville, which was recently burned is being rebuilt on a large scale and will be equipped with new machinery.Among the orders in the company\u2019s hands is one for five cu loads of asbestos and roofing paper to be shipped to Dawson City.KINGSCROFT.Miss Carrie Selby goes to Berlin, N.H., next Saturday for a few weeks\u2019 visit, Miss Eva Rexford of Aver\u2019s Flat is expected to visit at J.B.Kent\u2019s a fow days this week.Mr.and Mrs.Samuel Galey of Gran- by have Jately been at his brother\u2019s, Mr.Arthur Galey\u2019s.Elder H.D.Selby has bought a smal} farm near South Barnston, known as the Aldrich farm, and will move thith- erin a few weeks.We are very sorry to lose the family from this neighborhood.VALE PERKINS.Mrs.Luman Horne whose illness was mentioned in a previous item, passed gray on the 6th inst.The funeral, which was held at her late residence on Sunday was well attended, in spite of the bad roads.Mrs.Jane Perkins is quite sick.Miss May Jones has gone to Burke, Vt.School commenced the th Miss Victoria Wadleigh teacher.Driving on the lake is good.inst.Remarkable Cure of Rheumatism.Kenna, Jackson Co, W.Va.About three years ago my wifo had an attack of rheumatism which confined her to her bed for over a month and rendered her unable to walk a step without asgistence, her limbs being swollen to double their normal nize.Mr.8.Maddox insisted on my using Chambherlain\u2019s Pain Balm.1 purchased a fifty cent bottle and used it according to directions and the next morning she walked to breakfast without assistance in any manner, and she has not had a similar attack since.\u2014A.B.PARSONS, For sale by all first- class dealers.glass, and then soon followed the serpent and adder.\u201cThere is nothing so had but might have been worse.\u201d Fortunate indeed for our young friend that he should have chosen a locality for his conviviality equal in its equip- ments to the operating room vf an up- to-date hospital, where a poor patient an he enters the place of skulls, views his winding sheet prepared, in case it is needed.Then again our impulsive youth, ought to return hearty thanks to the \u201cpowers that be,\u201d for his local arrest, before ho was lead by, the \u201cTempter! to commit crimes beyond the jurisdiction of a J.I\u2019.A FRIEND oF THE YoUNa MAN, The 8.8.Monterey with Stratheo- nis Horse arrived at Capetown last week, The trip was made in twenty= one days, beating the time made by the other troopships from Canada by from threo to five days.163 horses died of pneumonia.Fifty more men are wanted for enlistment in Strathcona\u2019s forse to fill vacancies that may arise.The Canadian Government will, at the request of the High Commissioner, raise the troop which will he despatched via Liverpool about the 25th.Inspector Strickland of the Mounted Police, who recently returned from the Yukon, will take command.BESEIGED MAFEKING.ps t Pinch of Hunger is Beginning to be Felt.According to a late despatch The London Daily Mail has the following i from Lady Sarsh Wilson, dated Mafe- king, April 5:-\u201cThe pinch of hunger is beginning to be felt and relief geems more distant than ever.\u201cSince March 31, there has been no shelling until to-day.Commandant Snyman having taken his burghers to bar Colonel Plumer\u2019s road.Yesterday, however, they returned, and the | bombardment was renewed with splendid high velocity guns, firing 14- pound shells, such as had not been used since the first days of the seige. pa Er Xe aE ZR EE em 2 2 eur STIR 2 520 ar PARA fmm mn Ht hem Sr i 7 PPL + MAA hte ok ht «ema mr A Seber mm mpm rE Pa | ee ARBEN i THE CUCUMBER BEETLE.| The Early Insect That Cntches the! Cucurbits, : The striped cucumber beetle is the first insect to attack eueurbits in the spring.Hardly have the seedlings pushed through the soil before these \u2018 small yellow and Mack striped beetles begin feeding on the leaves and suceu- lent stems, M the grub or larval stage the insect is usually overlooked.It is a slender, wirewornlike creature with black head and tail The adults puss STCUMBER DELTLE~LAEVA AND ADULT, the winter in the ground.They come nut during warm spring weather and attack various Kinds of foliage with ravenous appetite.They eat dirty.tough and even poisonous folisge with avidity.After a few days\u2019 feeding, their hunger being appeased, their food | Is confined to render parts of plants, and it is difficult to induce them to eat folinge coated with foreign substances such as the arsenites, A.L.Quintance of the Geor station.who has made a study of these cuenrbit pests, says no\u2019 one line of treatment or one insecti- cille seems satisfactory and best results are probably from the eonjune- tion of several remedies, Direct application of poisons to fo- | liage has wot proved satisfactory, ae- | cording to Mr.(uintince.because when the arsenites are sufficiently strong to kill the bectles burning of foliage is almost sure to resnit.Vari- gus kinds of covers have been recommended for covering the plants as they are pushing through the soil and liter.Most commonly used are ordinary boxes with top and bottom open.the top being covered with cheesecloth.A domelike covering may be casily made by erossiuz two halves of a barrel boop and putting on a cover Cluth or paper wire covers are used by SOME SruWers, Planting an excess of seed is advisable.as the injury becomes more distributed.and after the beetles bave satisfied their hunger the plants should be thinned out to the proper stand.Early planting also will frequently al low the plants to get well started be- | fore the beetles wake their appear auce, aud their effects on the plants will uot be so severe, The value of squash plants as trap crops in carly spring for the striped cuctinber beetle has recently been de- moustrated.Professor Sirrine of New York has found that if squash are.planted around the margins of fields, four or five days in advance of planting the main crop of melons or cucumbers and again four or five days later.the lweetles will to a considerable ; extend feed on the squash.If necessary.à third planting of squash can be made after four or five days.As.soon as the main crop begins to come up it should he sprayed with bordeaux mixture to render the plants distaste ful to the beetles and to let the beetles breed on the squash plants, but as soon as they begin to feed some of the, plants should Le dusted with an ar- senite, as paris green, and many beetles will be killed.It 18 not advisable to dust all of the trap plants with the poison at first.| Every few days more of the trap plants should be dusted with poison, and it should be done thoroughly.The j applications of poison to the trap crops | and the spraying of bordeaux mixture | on the main crop should be continued | as needed.| Fine Wax Benna, Among fine wax snap beans for home use a leading place Is clatined for the saddle back wax.The pods ave ten- 2ADDLR BACE WAX BEANS, fer and stringless, round.smooth and fleshy.The meat ig solidly jolued Le- tween the beans, It is recommended not to plant them until nights are warm, as they are more tender than green podded varieties, though the plants are vigorous and prolific.i turned sod f: ; beats catise more rapid fermentation, A RUN DOWN SOD.Difficulties In Sccediug te Grass or Graln=A Plan Advised, Tn all cases when sod of any kind is towed tbe Lest crop 10 be put in should Le ane which requires cultivation during the summer so às lo ft the land Cor grain and grass seeding.Clover sod rots down so quickly that it has been thought by early plowing iu spring or the previous tall that the sail rau be made compact enough to allow grain or grass seeds to grow through the season.But the trouble is that the effect of plowing a sod is to turn it où edge with an air space below.Ro long as Ce sad is rotting down the =oil above (he furrow pushes ht down, enusing a constant Calling away of the-soil from the Tee, leaving the reots dung ad without moisture or nourishment.A tick] of M sown on a newly Is as soon as summer 1 and the spring grain becomes a failure, It does so even when the land has been plowed Lite in fall, ax at this Cine most of the roiting is done in the spring, Clover sad plowed in August and well cultivated during that and the follows ing months may grow good spring «grain, but it cannot be seeded with grass or clover seed the following Spring.So says American Cultivator aud adds: In the dey season of 1800 many pastures and meadows lost their seeding, aud there is temptation to hurry matters by plowing and trying to seed with same grain crop the preseut : spring.The attempt wi almost eer tainly prove a fuilure, even if the season fur spring seeding is favorable The best pian is to plow and manure As far as possible early ns the land can be worked and aril in corn in rows far coough wpart to cultivate for winter feed.What cannot be nanured should be cultivated just the same un- Ul June.when it will be worked down - sutlicientiy to grow a crop of millet hay that will be worth more than the timothy or other grasses that have grown ou such land for years, If the hay is got off early enough, plow the millet thle and sow rye.sowding with grasses and in the spring with clover.If some gypsum is sown ot the hand in spring, it will help the elo- ver.Between the fall sown grass seed and the spring sown clover there will probably Le a good catch, and the field, Without losing any crop, will make more hay than the land has produce) ; for years.If some potash can be put on this land, it will help to keep the grass vigorous for a longer time.A Ilandy Corn Marker, An easily made labor saving device for those who wark corn ground both ways before planting is shown in Olia Farmer.If the rows are to be 315 feet apart, make as follows: From à two eh plank veut four wheels (By 14 inches in diameter and make a frame of scantling (D Dy 114 feet wide and long enough to old the wheels when 12 feet apart.Now take a 2 by 4 piece (A) 16% feet long and mortise D] > edgewise across from wheel to wheel, - su ns to project nD one inch from the edge of each wheel, The axle \u201ceas {Cy CAD be a ; scantling two or three inches Bquare and rounded at the ends to revolve in the frame.Put the tongue in the frame, and in the back Piece of the frame put 1wo pegs to hap- dle by.CORN MARKER.i In using this marker raise up when the edge of the plat is reached, and the weight of thé crosspiece will cause it] to swing to under side.Have cross marks right, when beginning at the sides of the plat, and drive straight.If rows are wanted three fiet apart.cut the wheels 12 inches in diameter and set three feet apart in the Crame.The vdges of the wheels and of the crosspiece should be sharpened slight- | ly with a drawing kaife.The illustration shows only ove end of the! marker and one of the four wheels.What Ssveet Corn to Plant.For early corn, everything consider ed, the Cory still heads the list, says a writer in Boston Cultivator.After Cory.for those whose plana make it wise to have a week's interval between their varieties, might well be considered the Quincey Market, This only large, but just about as sweet as that delicious but later variety.Potter's Excelsior.Original Crosby.an- Quiney Market, and after this follows in the order of maturity Potter's Excelsior, or \u201cSquantum,\u201d as it is called in Ithode Island.The next fu order of ripening would be the Country Gentlema® a very thin Kkerneled and sweet variety.Stowell's der and the season be wound up by the latest of all varieties nnd yet one of the sweetest of all, the Egyptian.Bonlight or Shade For Tohncco.In the northern states sunlight is sought for, while in Florida and Cuba shade Is desired.Tobacco raised in an orange grove In Cuban brings a bet ter price than tobacco ralsed In an open fleld.In Florida open lattice sheds, with strips three inches wide and three Inches apart overhead, are provided to i shade the tobacco field.This method i 18 growing in popularity.Sweet Potate Kpronting.When an Orchard Needs Stimulating.As to tbe indications when a bearing : 1ast scason among Jersey sweet potato | ting the absinth will die first.Yet orchard needs stimulating the eminent pomologist Dr.Warder once sald, \u201cWhen the growth of the terminal branches fails to make an annual extension of at Jeast one foot in length, the tree should he stimulated by manuring the land and giving it thorough cultivation.\u201d There wag a good deal of complaint growers of poor sprout beds.This was most noticeable among those producing sprouts in manure bed, \"Thé weath- \u201cer being unusually mild, the manure produced an excess of heat.Those having artificial heat beds were generally more fortunate, as the heat could Le controlled.is a great cropper of ears that vun not other Boston favorite, will follow the | Evergreen would follow In natural or- PRT PRESET | DOCTORS AND WHISKY.A London Physician Makes n Grave Accusation, lt, GoodUart says, with no exaggera- tlon, we fear, that quite young men \u2018often coufess to threc or four glasses of whisky n day, \u201cà polsonous drink to them without the least iden of the harm that is aceruing to them.\u201d It is obvious that such practices are well nigh suleldal and that wen whe indulge in them, if they are to be saved { from the results of thelr weakness, must be advised without reference to \"their own sensations.Dr.Googhart thinks that medical men are largely responsible for the de- | gree ln whieh whisky is used, He says, \"We tell everybody to drink whisky\u201d | It Le serious that so good and so genial i |A juge of his fellows as Dr.Goodhart 5 ; oil : should lay at the door of the medical ; : S profession this great respousibillty.- = , but we believe that his words convey Lin à general sense the truth.Medienl! men are too ready to take the patients tastes and sensations into consideration when they should assume the en tire responsibility of advice, while in the matter of the patient's symptoms they may be too ready to think that the sufferer can ell them nothing which they do not know.The subject of diet, aud especially of drink?is the last subject on which patients sbould be allowed to guide the treatment of their cases.The im- medinte effects of the favorite ingesta are comfortable; the 1 effects ary re mote and ulterior and cannot be fore.| scen by the patient.There are certainly times when the patient may be taken into consultation with advantage, but he must not be allowed to dictate either the oceisions or the doses of his stimulant or disaster may follow.\u2014 London Lancet.eller at Last, | | } | | | | Hippo\u2014-Thank heaven, 1 can get rid of this tooth now! It's been aching for the last weck.\u2014New York Journal Her Absence Explnined.The Toucan\u2014And where Is your wife ons now?SAME KIND OF CRANK.The Parrot\u2014Oh.she's trimming a bat for some society woman,\u2014Types.Nen) Dow's Son Followed In His Fn- ther's Footsteps.The Youth's Companion says that some time ago Colonel Frederiék N.Dow of Portland, Me.à son of Neal Dow, was visiting friends in Quebce and while seeing the sights of the city and its surronndings took a public carriage to visit the falls of Montnioren- ex.At a half way house on the road the driver pulled up his horses and remarked, \u201cI'he carriage always stops here.\u201d , i \u201cPor what purpose?\u201d asked the colonel.\u201cFor the passengers to treat!\u201d was the reply.\u2018But none of us drink, and we do not intend to treat\u201d The driver had dismounted and was waiting by the roadside.Drawing himself np to his full height he said impressively: \u201c1 have driven this car ringe now more than 30 years, and this has happened but once before.| Master (who bas come down and Some time ngo } had for a fare a.found breakfast not ready)\u2014I'm very crank from Portland, Me.by the name | apgry indeed, Annie! of Neal Dow, who said he wouldn't New Servant\u2014Oh, sir, I'm so glad, drink, and, what was more to the! because if your face was always like point, he said be wouldnt pay for any-| that, how awful it would be\u2014I should body else to drink.\u201d have to leave!\u2014Ally Sloper.© The son found himself occupying the ! same ground as that on which his fa- ; ther stood.! Won the Prize, A traveling circus visited the town of Ayr.and in connection with the! prize conundrum scheme of the propri-| ctor of a lucal spirit merchant, with a! view of advertising a special blend of; his whisky.a guinea was offered to the patronizers of the circus for the | best auswer to the query: | \u201cWhy does So-And-so's whisky re- | semble the bridge across the water of! on Thankful, Answered, ; Aït | A small committee selected from the | audiente was to decide as to the best | Answer.The -prize was won by a poor boy.| who replied as follows: i \u201cBeenuse it leads across to the poor, .house, from there to the lunatic asylum and then on to the cemetery.\u201d i The publican had to pay over the! i ensh.much to his chagrin, he no doubt | | expecting some answer to win which| Snobson (to inhabitant of out of way i referred to its age and strength.for; seaside resort)i\u2014What sort of people do which the Auld Bridge o' Ayr is famed.| you get down here in the summer?| \u2014Exchange.Inhabitant\u2014Oh, all sorts, zur.There | = be fine people an common people an me nt nn.ve Forme just half an half, like yourself, | À personal letter recently received zur.\u2014Punch.trom army headquarters in Manila was duly signed by an officer who does not particularly request that his name be « kept private, but so many soldiers have been made to suffer for the truth which they have spoken that we will for the present withhold bls name.Ie says: LUF have always been an admirer of ; The Ram\u2019s Horn, and I trust that you will continue to fight against every! form of sin awd especially against the; | legalized tiqnor traflie, whose iniquity ; I never fully appreciated until coming to the Philippines.The infamous busi ness thrives here under the energetic | manipulatidn of Amerlean saloon Keep | ers to an alarming extent.No reports hat 1 have vead in the howe papers i have exaggerated the conditions.| : never saw so mnceh drunkenness else- | where.\u201d \"\u2014Ram's Horn.Vermuth and Abalinth, | Those liquors called aperitives re- ; quire «peclal mention, says a French | writer.Vermuth and bitters, the writ.| er says, are all made of the worst kind | of alcohol.the taste of which is masked by still more harmful substances.Absinth surpasses them all In Its toxic violence.If we take two globes of goldfish and drop nto ane «Ix drops | of prussic acid and into the other six drops of essence of abaînth, the fish in both globes wil die, but those get- And Didn't Want To.He (who might sing If he understood music and had a volee)~You haven't heard my very last song.have you?She (feelingly)y\u2014Uafortunately, ! have not had that very great pleasure.~Nuggets.One Up.the vapor of prussic ncld will kill a man.Within the Inst ten years the consumption of absinth bas Increased to such an extent in France that five times as much alcohol Is used for the manufacture of the \u201cgreen serpent\u201d as was used ten years ago.\u2014Boston Her! Bear\u20141 guess, old man, we\u2019ll decide ald.the gawe In favor of me.\u2014~Types.| owe need it.Sold Wholesale and retail by, ies SAVE YOUR cows BY USING KOW-KURE THE GREAT COW MEDICINE Thousands of our Farmers find this Cow Medicine a Great Success, Kow-Kure cures abortion (slinking).Kow-Kure cures barrenness (failure to breed).Kow- Kure prevents tuberculosis.Kow-Kure removes retained afterbirth.Kow-Kure cures scouring in cows and calves.Kow-Kure cures bunches and swelling in bag.Kow-Kure enriches the blood.Kow-Kure improves the appetite.Kow-Kure increases the milk.Kow-Kure is a medicine, not a food.Kow-Kure is for cows only.Kow-Kure has stood the test for nine years.Kow-Kure costs about one cent a day.Kow-Kure is a complete success.Kow-Kure.Price 50cts.and $1.00.This medicine is made only by the Dairy Association, Lyndonville, Vi, organized under the state laws, a corporation existing for the sole purpose of benefiting the dairy by curing the cow of profit-destroying diseases.As far as known it is the only association of its kind in the world.Some of your 1 C.C.HUNT, Rock Island, P.Q.C.H.KATHAN Wishes to announce that his Fall and Winter Stock of useful goods is complete.Having taken advantage of the rising markets the past Season and bought at the right time, he has been enabled to place on his Counters a Selection of Bargains, never before seen in this Town, all of which he wishes the public to inspect, and if in want of anything, to purchase and go away pleased.It is useless to give a list of these goods, in fact space will not admit of it, but there are a few things which it is quite necessary to enumerate in order to help you select something you may want and cannot remember it when you come to my store.FURNITURE I have a very fine Stock of the Justly Celebrtaed Morris Chairs in al} styles of upholsterin in Rich Velvets, Corduroys, Velours, &e., in elegant colours and designs.A nice present for the Holidays among these, be sure and see them.Beside these, endless varieties of Chairs, Sofas, Couches, Tables, Chamber Suits, Hall Racks, Mirrors, &c.CROCKERY, An Elegant assortment of Crockery, Fancy Dishes, Worth your while to look at our Crockery Table and see ihe bargains displayed there; a good Cup and Saucer of fine design for 5c is one of the curiosities you will see.Woolen Goods My Stock was never larger or better Selected, Warm Flannels, Warm Hoisery, Warm Gloves, at up-to-date prices.GROCERIES.1 make it a point to keep the very Choicest Assortment of Groceries to be found in the Townships.These are kept fresh and clean.No No old goods put out at a low price to draw trade.In New Crop Raisins, New Crop Currents.Fresh Fruit of all Kinds for the Holiday Trade.Manufacturers of Breakfast Foods are coming to the front with new inventionsevery day.Our assortment comprises Rolled Oats, Rolled Wheat, Pittijohn Food, Crown Flake, Germ Meal, Vitos, Grape-Nuts, » Quaker Oats, Postum Coffee, Graino, &c., &c.1f you want Something delicious try ous Grape-Nuts with Cream or Milk.Remember our Coffee still takes the lead.Call and look us over it will be a pleasure to show you our stock.C.H.KATHAN.Geo.F.Terrill\u2019s, Stanstead, Que.Is the Place to Buy your Flour, Feed, Lard, Lime, &c.BRANDS OF FLOUR: FEED: FIVE ROSES, CORN MEAL, OGILVIE'S HUNGARIAN, SHORTS, MCKAY'S FOUR SEASONS BRAN, AND CORN, KENT'S PASTRY FLOUR.OATS Do not fail to give me a call as everything will be sold as cheaply as possible for cash, Respt.Yours, GEO.F.TERRILL.Ben Au à = rome \u2026\u2026 h LE e bd Da s! w sl Ce toi m pi pr ol of br er na th gi le fo eu ar an kr ye at a of ke va 8 po in asq ke, wl th an br tre qu mal thd of th yle for] car lia) @00000008000080000090000 à OKILL IN FEEDING $ e 2) Ly] e oO oO © \u2014 © @ VHAT MODERN SHEPHERDS 8 oO ARE LEARNING FIHOM OLD Oo ® FLOCKMASTERS, e @0906000000069000000090000 It Is easy to make mistakes, says The Sheep Breeder.One may be neglectful or may be not well informed as to Lis special business \u2014 inexperienced, we may say.No one man knows every: thing.Every man does not know whit other men know.But when we all put our heads together there Is very little worth knowing but what we kuow.In regard to sheep, we are all the time finding out that there is still something new to be learned.The most important knowledge which has been gaine( of late years is in regard to feeds and feeding.And, while we have learned much fn regard to the causes and reasons for things of common practice\u2014 that is, we have galned much practical Knowledge by observation and study and from our own work, as well as others, learned through books and periodical publications\u2014yet there is still RAMBOUILLET.room to get more information by care fully uoting the results of our own work, which may be done on the lines suggested by the large number of experts who are always secking to teach and tell us something new.To a great extent our most recent knowledge has been in regard to the reasons why the old shepherds chose to feed in this or that way.And it is to be noted that to a very great extent our recent knowledge has only corroborated the wisdom of the old lines of feed: ing.Of course, any intelligent man in the feeding of a flock will note the results, and we cannot justly go back on the good sense and practical knowledge and wisdom of the old feeders of sheep who showed their Intelligence and skill in founding such breeds as the Lincoln.the Leicester, the Shropshire and all the other of our present breeds and equally in the feeding of their Hocks.But we may learn all the more satisfactorily in both ways when we think how their practice is justified and sustained when tested by our modern sel ence and so guide ourselves Liy follow ing in their steps.Thus the history of the sheep and the culture and improvement of It are among the most valuable and enter taining subjects for the intelligent shepherd to study and pursue, for Le learns what has been done in the past century.and by comparison with the present he sees what may be done now and in the future.Feeding is the basis of improvement.Breeding only fixes on the animal what is gained by feeding.And thus the feeder must follow in the steps of the breeder who gathers in the best and reproduces it, when the feeder comes In and works on the results of the breeder and improves it still further by bis skillful feeding.Thus it is that there must be these two at work in sustaining, If not Improving, our wodern breeds, and, knowing what has been done of late years, no one can Justly belittle the work of our modern breeders.who are still most effectively sustaining, if not improving on, the work of the old breeders.It requires skill to improve a breed of sheep.We cannot doubt that equal skill is needed to maintain\u2019 the improvement first made, to say nothing of advancing it.No one can justly say or think that our present breeders are one whit less capable or successful than those of the old, palmy times of the improvement of the uncouth and uprofitable coarse breeds which existed before the mod- ert Southdown or Leicester \u2018or others no less excellent were brought out of the coarse, rough, raw waterial and given the modern form and polish.But let us keep at work, still improving, for we must not believe we have, if we ever shall have, reached perfection.Angora Goats, In Texas Angora goats have been cultivated for some years, and Farm and Rauch says there are T5,000 of the animals within Its borders, while near ly 50 tons of their fleece, commercially known as mohair, were shipped hist year from Uvalde alone.11 wow sells at prices ranging from 25 to 3515 cents a pound for average grades, while some of the very finest quality not yet mar keted is expected to command 40 vents.Not only is the fleece of considerable value, Lut the hides and flesh are also Bai! 10 Le In active demand.Apparently there is an excellent op portunity for many American farmers in the raising of Angora goats.It is asserted that these animals can be kept at thueh less expense than sheep, while their tleece is of far greater value than wool.It requires a dry climate and short grass, while a country of Lrokeu and hilly nature, with scrubby tree growths, fs well adapted to its requirements.The statement is also made that breeding the Angora with the common goat produces an animal of greater size than the latter.while the fleece is soon graded up to a profit yiclding quality.Swine Food.Corn and clover are the ideal foods for hogs.The breeder and fattener cannot get along withoue lotl\u2014Wil- lam Conway FEEDING GORN FODDER.Give Stock Juwst'g ) Quantity.They Want and Ng More.When the winter feed begins to give out, the man who is a poor enleulutor or an unsystematie feeder finds that he must go into the market arn buy more feed, sell off some of his stock or put them on short rations for the balance of the season, Auy ouc of these proc esses is disastrous to the bank account, #rites BD.FP.Smith in the The Ameri Aan Cultivator, and it would be hacd to suy which one to adopt.There might Le Httle less compulsion to do this if a reserve amount of fodder was kept for such an emergency or if the fodder was less wastefully fed when it was plenty.There is no food that is so generally wasted as corn fodder.It is a cheap and coarse food, aud hence many à farmer uses it as if it were of little consequence.Doubtless there are plenty today who wished they Lad been a little more saving with it early in the season.Because a frod is cheap and plentiful there is 1.reason why it should be wasted or slovenly fed to the stock.There is never justification for such work on any farm, and the man who stoops to it will be sure to suffer.Corn fodder should never be distributed around the yard for the stock to eat and trample upon.Not even the claim that what is lost in this way goes to make good, coarse manure justifies such a course.The fodder Is an article of food primarily and first, and it should therefore be treated as food.It Is just as easy to feed this in racks constructed io the yards as to scatter it about.Let the animals come to the rack and eat all they will.Then clean out what is left for another time.It is better to find out just how much the stock will cat at one time and then give them that amount and no more.They will have a better appreclation of the foed If they are not stuffed too full of it.If breqd or potatoes were left standing around your workshop all the time so you bad to walk over it, you would soun lose all appetite for either and ignore it.Cattle do the same with corn fodder spread about the yard.It is a demonstrated fact that they will eat much more of this fodder when fed to them regularly and cleaned up after each meal than when it is thrown luto the yard faster than they care for it.There seems to be something human in the animals on the farm, after al, and they are getting a little fastidious in thelr likes and dislikes.We cannot exactly blame them either, for we require a good deal of them In these days, and they have a right to ask for sowetbing in return.Shying Horses, Horses often have what is called the vice of shying\u2014that is, of starting suddenly at the rustle of a leaf or a piece of paper or at the approach of any object to which they are not accustomed.Clearly this is the remnant of an in stinet inherited from their wild progenitors in the steppes or prairies, where the sudden rustling of a leaf might indicate the presence of a wolf and where everything that was st ange was therefore suspicious.It is idle as well as cruel to beat a horse for shying, says Our Animal Friends.That only Increases his alan and may easily reduce him to the state of terror in which he loses his head en tirely.Horses in that state seem to lose not only their beads, but thelr per: ceptive senses, and a horse in that con dition may dash headlong against a stone wall \u2018I'he habit of shying when once formed is difficult to cure, but it may almost always be prevented by such consisteut kindness of treatment of instant flight from possible danger in which the habit originates.Cut Feed For Working Horses, While the horse is kept during winter mostly in the stable whole outs are probably letter feed for him The hulls of the oats, as farmers say, \u201ctickle his insides\u201d and increase the activity of his digestion.Some oats may pass through undigested, but unless the horse is old and bas lost his teeth this loss may Le overlooked.Anyway the fowls will get them.Aft er 8 years of age horses should be fed cut bay moistened and with weal on it.But any horse that is hard at work every day should have his grain In meal and on eut hay.The meal jis chewed with the cut hay just as oats would be.It is well mixed with saliva when it enters the horse's small stomach and passes Into the intestines.So it does the ureatest good possible for the nutrition it coutalns.All old farmers say that horses will stand hard work better on cut feed than on elther whole grain or weal.Popularity of Black Sheen.goods is desired it is far better to have It natural black than that which has been scoured and then dyed with some of the many coloring mixtures used for dyeing wWoolens, says The American Cultivator.All the old dyes weaken the fiber of wool, and many of them contain matter polsonous to tender flesh.When brought Into close contact with it on a rongh woolen surface which scratches the skin, a polsonous rash is produced that is sometimes quite inconvenient and may be serious enough to produce blood poisoning.In the old \"days when farmers\u2019 wives used to spin and weave for home use Instead of buying woolens from the stores farmers used to save the wool from the black sheep to be worked up Into clothing for themselves and families.Stick to One Grade of Wool, Tt pays better to keep a flock of sheep with the wool as near one kind of grade as possible-that Is, a Shropshire ram should not be vsed one year.\u201cA Lincoln the next, à Leicester the ; next, and s9 on until the flock is mixed [in with a little of everything.\u2014John Jackson.as to overpower the inherited instinet : than meal, says The American Cultivator.Where black color In yarn or woolen | An Odd Coincidence, \u201cLate one night some years ago in a western town,\u201d said an old telegraph operator, \u2018I received a message which read, \u2018lf you wish to see your brother alive, you will have to come immediately The message came from San Francisco and was addressed to an old man who lived across the street from the station, so ! put on my hat and went over and delivered it, seelug that ît was important that he should have it at once, \u201cThe old man eaught the train that left at midnight, and while he was buying his ticket he told mé that the message referred to his brother who had left home 20 years Lefure and from whom he had heard nothing during all that time.\u2018The next night a party called and Asked if there were any messages for him, giving the same name as the old man who had left the night before.He must have noticed that T looked at him rather blankly, for he went on to explain that he had a brother fu California who was sick and that he was anx- tous to hear from him.\u201cWell, it turned out that the message that 1 had received the night before was intended for him.He was a stranger in the town and chanced to bear the same name as the old man whom 1 had sent orn wild goose chase across the continent, Fortunately for me 1 was transferred to another town before the old man got back.That is all there is to the story except that It is true.\" \u2014Detroit Free Press.Sixteenth Century Apples, Apples be so divers of form and substance that it were infinite to descrthe them all.Some consist more of aire then water, as sour puffs called Mala pulmonea; others more of water then wind, as sour Castaras and Plume waters.To be short, all apples may he sorted into three kinds, sweet, soure and Uusavory.Sweet apples ease tlfe cough.quench thirst, ¢wre melancholly, comfort the heart and head, especially if they be fragrant and odoriferous, cand algo give a Inudable nourishment, i Soure apples hinder spitting, straiten the brest, gripe and hurt the stowacl, encrease phlegin and weaken memory.Sweet apples are to be vaten at the | beginning of meat, but soure and tart apples at the latter end, All apples are worst raw, and best baked or preserved.Puilip of Macedonia and Alexander, his son, from whome perbaps a curious and skilful herald may derive our Lan.sashire men, were called l\u2019hiomeli apple lovers because they were never without apples in their pockets.Yea, all Macedonians, his countrymen, did su love them that having neer Babylon surprised a fruiterer's boy they strived for it that many were drowned.\u2014Dr, Thomas Moffett in 1575.\u2018 * Plants Thai Infoxicate.Bumblebees, butterflies and beetles (are habitual drunkards.In some of | the southern states insects alight on \u201ccertain plants, drink heartily from the blossoins and fall to the ground stupefied.After awhile they vise and fly around, just as Jrunken men would do if they had the power of tying.\u2019Fhoir antics are especially amusing unless one does not know what is the trouble, In this case the suspicion that {he in- seet world Las gone crazy is uppermost.À sclentist who had observed the drinking and its results collected a teaspoonful of the pollen to sce if it would affect a man the same way.lle swallowed it and In a few minutes | found his puise beating faster and a rise of remperature.Then he distilled | some of the blossoms and gave himself la hypodermie injection in the arm.Ile | became decidedly dizzy as a result.By | further experiments he found an vil de- i rived from these plants which affects buman beings aud animals alike.\u2014New York Telegraw.! The Rogue Saved the Judge.A Judge of the English bigh conrt Was once arrested on suspicion of having burglarions designs on the house lof a friend in Mayfair.The police ; officer charged him in the police sta- i tion with loitering with felonious intent, rand the prisoner's description of him- | self as one of Ler majesty's judges was \"received with a grin of sarcastic derision.| At that moment an old offender was brought in who bappened to catch sight of Lis lordship's face, which he ; bad good reason to remember, \u201cYou here, my lord! he exclalmea.With unfelgued astonishment.\u201cWell, | this beats cockfighting.\" The rogue\u2019s unsolicited corroboration of the judge's declaration saved the situation, and his lordship was allowed to depart in peace.Mike All Over.Mr.Duffy\u2014Mrs.Kelly.it pains me t' infarm yez thot yure boosband has jist bin blowed oop bol a deinamoite ear- thridge.We found his head in wan lot, an his body in another lot, an his ligs «ju another lot, nn his arms an fate in another lot.Mrs.Kelly (proudly) \u2014 Begorral, :thot's Moike all over!\u2014Harper\u2019s Weelr- Exasperatinzæ.\u201cGee whlzz, how my wife does ag- grawate me!\u201d \u201cYou surprise me.benpeek you?\u201d \u201cNo.Ivs her awful meekness.Whenever we bave an argument aud Pm in the right, she always sighs and says, \u2018Oh, very well, dear, have it your own way!\" \u201d\u2014PhHadelphia Press, TT a = Surely she doesn\u2019t Inconnintent.\u201cYou keep me waiting so long!\u201d complained the customer.\u201cMadam,\u201d said the worried grocer, who was economizing fn his business ; Plt is a distress at all times, for when by employing only one clerk, \u201cain't you the woman that was ic here yesterday kieking about short weights?\u2019 \u2014Chica- go Tribune.! A SCENIC HIGHWAY, Plan For n Road 500 Miles Long to the White Mountaius, Governor Rollins of New Hampshire.Nahum J.Bachelder, secretary of the board of agriculture of that state, and Dr.John D.Quackenbos, emeritus professor vf rhetoric in Cokimbia, are en-; gaged In the planning aud construction | of a scenic road 500 miles long mostly: in New Hampshire.A society ls being formed, of which Professor Quacken- | Los will Le president, and as soon as a: company has been incorporated stock WIIL be issued.Others who are work- | Ing for the road are Colouel John Hay, federal secretary of state: Colonel Haskell of Newton and General Crufts of Bethlehem.The governors of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Vermont | have expressed thelr friendliness to-! ward the project as a benefit to the Whole New England mouutain country.\u201cThe scenic road,\u201d said Professor Quackenbos, \u201cwill be an outgrowth of | the general movement for good roads! in that section.The roads are no worse than those in any other moun- tatnous region in this country.and some of them are away above the aver.| i age, but it Is notorious that few Amer! lean roads, judged.say.by European | standards, comport with our develop- | ment in other directions.Our rond; Will be à macadamized turnpike.with\" tollgates at frequent intervals, \u201cThe best macadamized roads cost between §3.500 and $5,000 a mile: we estimate that our 500 mile rond will\u201d cost $2,000,000.This figure may be exceeded or reduced, according to.the | extent to which we deem it expedient | and cousistent to avail ourselves of | rondways already lakl, We shall probably avoid existing thoroughfares move often than might be imagined, far oftener than ordinary roadmakers would cousider necessary.Nomds are usually built nearly In a straight line, but our read will be unique In that #it will have no reference to commereinl convenienve or economy of time, It will wind In and out of woods and fields, up and down hills and slopes, skirting lakes and crossing streams and past historie spots \u201cAutomobllists using it ean carry with them provisions, golf clubs, fish- fog rods, shotguns and what not without impairing the mobility which they share in almost equal measure with the wheelmen.To them the long scenic road will offer attractions not to! be found elsewhere.It is intended mainly for automobiles, bicyeles and horses.A New Yorker, with his fagni- ly.could set out in his automobile\u2018 to spend his vacation along the secnie road.He would proceed to New Rochelle, Stamford and Bridgeport, through the Berkshire hills and the Hoosae mountains, to Bennington, Vt.; thence through n gap in the Green mountains to Brattleboro, and on the Keene, No 11, tapping the scenie road | there.| \u201cThe road will start from Boston and proceed diagonally to the Counvetieut river, thenee up the Connecticut valley, with a wide curve around the eastern beach of Lake Sunapee, on up almost to the headwaters of the Connecticut, ! back again past the fout of Mounts Washington and Adams and through the rest of the White mountains, along the right shore of Lake Winnipiscogee, ; cross to tbe sea, through Portsmouth : nud Gloucester, and so on back to Dos- ton.Thus the tourist will trav mountains, forests, likes, rivers, shore and settlements.\u201d | WORK FOR GOOD ROADS.The Agitation to Be Continned With Increased Ardor, Now that the League of American Wheelmen has abolished its racing de- partinent every attention will be given the other branches of work.The most important of these is the highway improvement department, to which is Intrusted the work in behalf of the good ronds movement.The league ins made rapid strides in this movement, particularly during the past year, but the racing question has reflected upon this as upon all other departments, the belief being dissem- Inated that none of the branches of league work could be made effective until the racing question was settled.The most important work accomplished last year was the bolding of Many good roads conventions in various states, the introduction of highway bnprovement measures in many of the state legislatures and the evolution of the movement to national proportions, as was evidenced by the bill introduced in congress calling for an appropriation of $5.000,000, Constitutional amendments were car- rled in Michigan and Miunesota, and a large amount of education on the sub- Jeet was efrculated by the league.All : of this work will be continued during the present year, but upon a much larger scale thau heretofore.In fact, this will be one of the most important : ngitations of the year aside from the presidential elections.Good Ronda and Free Rural Dellv- ery.Rural free mail delivery was estab lished at Carlinville, Ils.Oct.16, 1890, and now covers 25 miles and serves 90 families.Seventy daily papers (rom Chicago aud St.Louts or country towns are taken by farmers.roads have been Improved, land values, have increased and the people are pleased with the results.A recent publie discussion of the subject developed a doubt as to whether the extension of the system to localities where ronds were not so good would compensate the taxpayers for additional burdens imposed.A The Dasty Rond.The rond that.is dustiest In dry weather Is muddiest when it Is wet.it's dusty one cannot sec where he is going to and when It's muddy one can't go iH , outing suîts.; With blouse or Eton or blazer Jacket ; Of all these the Jacket ig the prettiest, $ FASHION HIN FOR SPRING i oote Ilomespnn and IShaki Are Jd RE Both High Yn Popular $F 5 Favor=What Pastel +) ade Tints Are.++ > + te #2 BY MARY E.LEONARD.- \u20ac.3 le oo) Dole ale Bote: Neleuds Breland SERIE ie uf + dote Pots @ at FETES Two things 1 wish to say before 1 forget thew.The frst is that thore is a remarkable quantity of homespun wool In the spriug suits and they are pretty and ladylike and cheap.Good bomespur aud n:iixtures are to be the wost fashlonable of all wool goods for ordinary wear.They are vow wade with many small plaits ap and down amd around, according to circum.| stances.Dut 1 think that the liking for these tucks and plaits will be very short lived, for when an fancy strikes | popular taste so strongly all at once | people tire of it much sooner than if It! bad had a more gradual rise.So, secondly.if my readers will Us: ten to me they will not purchase al tucked skirt, for they are cut on what | is cilled \u201cclose fay patterns,\u201d and there | Is the least possible amount of stall in them and it would be hapossible to nl-| ter thew when the fashion changes, ns | it is sure to do soon.The best thing to do Just now when the style of sklrts is in a transition, state is to lay them in deep folds along the sides or Kilt folds; or.if referred, | the front canld be eat as usual in far | ing pores and the back laid 4n two deep box plaits.This gives ample chance for alteration.| A very stylish and even elegant al wits co Hight brown mixture, the skirt belug ent, as | have just said.with the back folds.A very effective trim A NEW KIARI SUIT, ming was of many rows of narrow Lésid sewed on in n scäHoped pattern about to the knees.There was a Jacket of the same material, and this was shished and trimmed with the braid, as may be seen iu the illustration.1f Women would think back to the dress that had given them the most solid satisfaction, they would invariably find thot it had been the plainest one ; When the skirt begins to show signs of wear, is time to put on the trimming., Among the new and reasonable pret-! 1ÿ materials for this spring are soft bareges, wool tissues and any amount of veilings in different degrees of thick.| ness.Challie barege is another half thin stuff.and this Is really exquisite Every tint and shade of color may he found in the list of these.particularly, \u201cthe pastel shades, This makes ime think that recently | bave received two letters asking what nastel tots are, They are the prilest nnd most delicate of all the shades of: all the eolors, and they all seem to! have something floury or frosty mingled with the Faint tint suggestive of plaster.The tans are so delicate that | one might call them cream.and the: roses and the blues all are so soft that it is no wouder that wowen are in love: with them.! The light wools, of whieh } have! Just spoken, are going to soon give| place to the thick cotton frocks and their Jackets, Pique In several colors, | and some in polka dot figures, are go | ing to he well liked for all kinds of These are made mostly | but the Eton is a favorite, and the way these are made now the women are not to blame for liking them.| Last year | predicted a craze for khakl and events have justified me! for no woman will think her wardrobe | complete without one suit.Khaki looks suspiciously like the old nankeen which was put upon ehildren when I was little on account of its wonderful durability under the severe test put upon It by active children, and it washes like an angel.It also takes a variety of» trimming nimost Incredible, The present style of ornamenting a khaki suit Las sotnething of a military bearing, and there are straps and but tons an pockets, frequently in mili- ; tary blue or red.Whatever it may be, the effect is always good.\u2018Fliere are some white hralds, and these.with a few gold buttons, make a khaki suit a really fine costume for wearing almost, as early as the ed of April.A CLEVER PROMOTER, Cuterngo Woman Who Organizses Ath= letie Clubs For Women, Quite a unique fleld of activity has Mrs.Paullnn Inrriette Lyon marked out for herself.She is a promoter of athlete elubs and other enterprises of similar character.Jt was Mrs, Lyon who engineered fhe tuanclal part of the Chleago Woman's Athletie elub.The Intest project of this ingenjous little woman is to promote an athletie club in New York for both men and women, The recent announcement of this plan had coupled with it the names of some of the most prominent men and women in New York, whom Mrs.Lyon has succeeded in interesting In this enterprise.We will be the only nthletic club for both men and women In the warll.This splendid opening for Mrs.Lyon in New York ix the outcome of her MRS, PAVLINA HARRIETTE LYON, work lu Chicago.It ls n wntter of local history in that city how she, In the course of a few months and in the face of many discouragements, put that $100,000 enterprise on its feet, In the meantime interesting soclety women, Who were rather apathetie as to the advantages of such a club, to become members, These members, moreover, are unanimous In naming this wo- minh, who a now acting ns club mane ager, as the one who made possible the Chlengo Woman's Athletie elub.Aside from these two notable Instances ax a promoter, Mrs.Lyon fs in communieation with prominent women In San Francisco and other large cities, who are consumed with a desire to have her start atbletle elubs for them.* FAMOUS WAR DOA.o° _ 9 Areal dogof A Great Dane That war is Maino, She is a mag- Took Part nificent Great Dane and cer- In Mnny Battles, tainly looks the part.When nu Oe em em 4- mouths - oll puppy.she was presented hy Miss 151.len Beach Yaw.the ealebrated singer, to Battery by, Culifornin llenvy ariil- fery.The Battery D boys were des lighted with Maine and mde her thelr mascot.They took Ler to the Philippines, and there Maine ade a mili tary record such ns any dog might be ! proud of.She learned to know the bugle enlls perfectly and wus ever first te respond.But on the firing line she won the most glory.Always at the front during an engagement, she seemed to enjoy the smoke and roar of battle and the whizzing of bullets aud proved hep.sell very valuable ns a messenger.Sho participated In the battles of San Roque, Carldrd and Delalican, fought on Feb.0.1899; Rosario, June 10; No- % ns y ! vas Al) ty, 0, ryt fi VU V4 tiles) 1, oo it YY i Loy Lp Thi / 111 0,00 TE Nt \u2018, ali 1904 MAINE, A DOG OF WAR.veletn, June 16, and Salinas, June 18, Maine Is now Z years old and has grown to be a beautiful dog.She stands 3 feet Ligh and welghs over 200 pounds.Upon her return to Los An- geles Maine was presented by Battery D back to her original owner.and pow she is being taken to Europe by Mr.and Mrs, Yaw 10 be turned over to her mistre, Miss Yaw is now the guest of Lady Muir tn Londun, owner of the inost famous kennels In Great Britain, where Matne will be kept and exhibit- ted until Miss Yaw's return to America.mek rn Cisne 5 OF TEN ARES 5 GER a | | > \u2014 .BEEBE PLAIN, QUE.FORCE STILL SURROUNDED.FROM PULPIT TO JAIL.And its New Granite Enterprise, The War Office has received the REV.R.ALONZO SCOTT'S LATEST - | following despatch from Lord Rob- EXPLOIT.Beebe Plain, Que., is a beautiful|erts, dated Bloemfontein, Tuesday, village covering a little plain in Stan- ! April 17: \u2014 stead County just off the shore of the | \u201cOur forces at Wepener is still sur- famous Lake Memphramagog, and on | rounded, but it is reported that the the boundary line between Nermont,!enemy are attacking in a very half- U.S.A.and Stanstead County, Que.[hearted manner, and are anxious The lake shore near Beebe Plain is about their communications, hearing called Lake Park and is a popular | that forces are approaching Wepener summer resort.Beebe Plain is sur- | from two directions\u2014one under Gen- rounded by most picturesque moun- \u2018erul Rundlo vin Reddersburg, and an- tain scenery.Owls Head's, Bear other under General Brabant, with \u2018Was Fleeced at Poker and Appealed to Court for Justice, The \u201cRev.\u201d R.Alonzo Scott, who visited the Three Villages and did\u201d the Townships pretty thoroughly last summer, came to grief down in the Green Mountnin state the other day, and the story of his troubles is told by the Morrisville News and Citizen ns follows: _ .Mountnin, Jay Peak and Mount Ele- | General Hart's brigade in support via The Morrisville public has been sub- phantis being only short distances |Rouxville.jected for years to Kaleidoscople | away and easily discerned with the! \u201cOn the reoccupation of Rouxville, scenes, giving nearly every shade Of | naked eye from many points of view.| April 15, tho few Boers there retired human nature, but the grand climax| The village itself is said by travellers and General Brabant made some im.came last Thursday afternoon When |to be one of the prettiest, neatest and | portant arrests.Rev.R.Alonzo Scott of Tennessee | best kept villages to be found any- | acted as the prosecuting witness in an | where.There is not one dilapidated information filed with State\u2019s Attor-! building in the town.It has two railway stations, Stanstead Jct.at the ney Thompson charging Ernest Foss with beating him out of the modest junction of the Stanstead Branch with the main line of the Boston and Maine ; \u201cViolent storms of rain have somewhat interfered with the march of these columns, but it is hoped they will soon be able to make their pres- Cn ence more decidedly felt, sum of #20.; ; \u2018General Settle reports from Ken- \u2018 stay ï Me De Eu parted que a Ry.and Beebe Plain station in the hardt, April 14, that 200 Transvaalers r.Scott's » WF centre of the village.It hz i i ; the room and Tom O'Biien taking 1 he village has three | made a determined attack the pre- .post offices; viz: Beebe Plain, Que., \u2018 vious day on Do t, hel .; - \u201cChips.\u201d whatev ; : \u2018i paspoor eld by a several friendly \u201cnips,\u201d whatever that Beebe Plain, Vt., and Stanstead, June- | party of Orpen\u2019s Horse.\u2019 Our looses may mean, before meals.The inti- | Que.and one- ei oo à ; .e-eighth of a mile.y macy increased, and sometime | > 8 # | were two killed, and one wounded.| The enemy\u2019s losses must have been .| apart.Wednesday afternoon, Mr.Scott pro-| \"The uni a ; : 3 | I ique feature in connection | very heavy, as they applied to us for | doctors and ambulance.\u201d \u2018 cured a deck of cards to play soltaire.| with the postal service is that the O\u2019Brien happened in and was given wo Beebe Plain offices (i.e.Vt.and | The i t w an illustration of the tricks that could Que.) are in the same building, a a Ives ment of Wepener, ac- be done with the \u201cdeck.\u201d O'Brien in- | commodious stone building across the cording to a special despatch from timated that he was not posted, but! that he knew a fellow who was, and | \u201cthat he was all right.\u201d ! Later the three\u2014Scott, O\u2019Brien and | Foss\u2014were engaged in playing seven ; out And California Jack, and sampling something not allowable in Vermont, except for medicinal purposes, ete.! Then resulted the final scene when! the great American game was intro- ! duced, in which Scott's money figured against Scott acknowledged the departure of $20, but had matches left, i This much is owned up to by Scott | in his testimony, and further that the | intoxicants were also furnished by | him; \u201cit was tobe a good time,\u201d \u2018a social time.\u201d Tt can be supposed it was, until the awakening came, but the bluff game if such was intended, | did not work, even when betting mon- | ey against matches\u2014the parlor kind | we suppose, still in stock.This is | based upon the evidence of the prose- | cuting witness.Ii we have wronged | him, we will acknowledge it, but the | idea that the \u2018master of an ex slave\u201d | a poker-player should give such! teachings in the game to a protege t8! be carried out 28 years after Robert \u2018habitants.line.Mr.Geo.House, ex-mayor of the town is Canadian Post Master, and | his daughter is Assistant Post Mistress for the Vermont office, so one person | one wicket, making it very convenient for patrons on both sides of the line.Beebe Plain is a strictly prohibition are two temperance hotels, the Junc- and Hotel Beebe Plain, kept by Mr.J.! Elder.There are also three denominational Churches\u2014Methodist, Angli- | can, and Baptist, and a Union Church | not now in use.| NEW GRANITE ENTERPRISE, | Of late years Beebe Plain has had other than that it was a pleasant place of residence and had an exten- ! isive and widely known nursery busi- | ness carried on by Miller and House Co.; but last year a Toronto Company made a $75,000 investment in the village which has created a little i boom and there are not houses enough now to accommodate would-be in- | This Company is known, Bloemfontein, has absolutely been abandoned.According to a Bethany | despatch the Boers nre unable to re- | treat northward because the British f : hold all ronds.does business for both offices through strongly hold all the roads 1 Divers reports come from Natal, one | asserting that the Boers have retired {beyond the Biggarsburg range and another saying that some of them are town on both sides of the line.There close to Ladysmith.London waits confidently for almost Foss\u2019s stock of matches.| tion House, kept by Mr.©.H.Banfi] |immediate announcement of news favorable to the British.Distrust exists, however, as to any rapid, continuous advance towards Pretoria, chiefly on account of the lack of horses, many of which die on the long voyages.Letters from the Cape say that the three days\u2019 journey by rail is made in open trucks, that the arrange- no special enterprize to attract new ments for feeding and watering are residents to extend its population, inrdequate, and that the unfortunate animals break down rapidly in consequence of these hardships.FIGHTING IN THE PHILLIPINES.A despatch from Manila saye:\u2014 Twelve hundred Tagalogs attacked Case's battallion headquarters of the Fortieth regiment at Cagayan, Island of Mindanao, April 7th.The Ameri- Toombs was going to read the roll call | 14 the Stanstead Granite Quarries Co.| cans had fifteen casualties, while of of his slaves around Bunker Hill mon- ! (Limited) and was induced to locate \"the attacking force fifty were killed ument, seems absurd.; The hearing was before Justice Niles, the State\u2019s Attorney prosecut- | ing; Powers & Cheney forthe defence.| \u2018The substance of the testimony against | Foss appears above, He was held un- | der 8100 bonds, which were furnished | by George M.Powers.As it takes more than one to play a| game of what is called poker, the | complaining party was called into the : legal \u2018game\u2019 to respond and a like | amount of bail required, and as his| banking quarters were not here, he | was sent over to Sheriff Stevens, | Thursday night, by Deputy Sheriff | Town, The charge against Tom O\u2019- Prien whose name figures above, and | against whom a warrant was issued, was, on motion of the State\u2019s Attorney, nolle prossed as there was no evidence that he had gambled or secured any money.Mr, Scott came here a week ago last | Friday with credentials to the pulpits! of two of our churches, and gave sermons that are highly spoken of, which were followed by two paid lectures largely attended.That is the class of people we have here in Morrisville; if they have been imposed upon the consequences do not rest with them, for they acted in good faith.They \u2018took the stranger in\u201d and perhaps have been taken in.Now a word or two or more in relation to Mr.Scott; we do not seek to harm him, here in the north, where he said in his examination he could expect justice more than in the South, on account of race prejudice, but it is | expected that the man is a man and has respect for his calling, whether he is white or black, and follow accordingly, either in the South or North.The appearance of Mr.Scott upon the witness stand was very much in his favor, and whether giving testimony that was incriminating himself as much as Mr.Foss, or undergoing a rigid cross-examination by Mr, Powers, his manners and language were worthy of 8a Chesterfield, even when he intimated that George had a pretty good knowledge of poker terms.At times when referring to the position he was placed in, his tones were pathetic, but he stoutly maintained that this hearing was only the beginning | of the end, looking at this time as though he had hold of the wrong end of the lever.Senator Hoar has come out in the U.8.Congress as the most distinguished of the anti-expansionists.He is, in fact, an Aguinaldoist, and he is 8 big enough man to make people respect him, and to think.He is not big enough to fight destiny however, and destiny and McKinley in this tensive guarries of granite of superior, quality in the immediate vicinity.This granite is Leing used in the new Grand Trunk Office Buildings, Mon- j treal and in many other large bnild- ings in Canada and United States.; The property of the Company con- ! sists of the Stanstead Quarry, the Silver Grey Granite Quarry on the | Tryon property, the Ebony and New Quiney Quarries at St.Johns, Que.| also four miles of railway, a cutting shed in Beebe Plain, Que.and vt.(260 ft.by 80 ft.), property at North Derby, Vt., and lin the village on account of the ex- 'and thirty wounded or taken prisoners.The enemy, numbering 150 riflemen, the remainder being Bolomen, archers and mounted spearmen, swooped down in a howling mass at daylight, surprising and killing three of the sentries.They swarmed the streets in small parties, some bearing scaling ladders, by means of which i Moir Quarry at Graniteville, Que., the : they attempted to enter the houses.The Americans tumbled out of the barracks and formed in the Plaza and companies began sweeping the town.The subsequent street fighting lasted twenly minutes.Twelve of the cutting sheds and, wounded Americans are now on board i the hospital ship Relief.certain dwelling, offices, steam drills, | The enemy withdrew to the moun- steam hoisters, derricks, ete.stead Granite and Ebony Granite.They do monumental work, tablets, mausoleums, building work, waincot- ting and brushed granite.The company now contemplate crushing granite for granolithic pavements.The works run entirely with steam power.They have on hand several extensive contracts.PHILASY, The newspapers of a town are its looking glasses.It is bere you see yourselves as others see you.You smile on them and they smile back at you, you frown on them and you are repaid in kindness.They are the reflux of the town.If the town is doing husiness the newspapers show it in its advertising columns.If the merchants are gpiritless, shiftless fellows, whose stores are jumbles of junk and jam the newspapers will show it by the lack of space they take.If you want the world to know that you have a live town you can only let it be known through its newspaper.\u2014Ezx- change.Several New South Wales lepers have been treated by a leprosy serum method devised by Dr.Juan de Dios Carrassquilla, of Bogota, and said by him to have been successful in a hundred cases.The Australian doctors, however, have been unable to detect any improvement, and the disease is still making progress.The Best in the World.We believe Chamberlain\u2019s Cough Remedy js the best in the world, A few weeks ago we suffered with a severe cold and a troublesome cough, and having read their advertisements in our own and other papers we purchased a bottle to see if it would effect us.It cured before the bottle was more than half used.It is the best medicine out for colds and coughs.\u2014 : Mnatter are on the same ticket.The Herald, Andersonville, Ind.For sale by all first class dealers.i tains in great confusion.This Company is soliciting a patron- | age throughout the United States and | Canada and elsewhere for Silver Grey | Granite, New Quincy Granite, Stan- | QUEBEC NOTES.On Sunday à man named Fiset, re- ! aiding in St.Johns suburbs, had one of the most rémarkable escapes from ! death ever recorded here, He fell \u2018from the new portion of the Dufferin {Terrace here to Champlain street below, a distance of about 300 feet, and got up so comparatively uninjured that he declined the services of the ambulance and drove home in a cab.Mr.Hoare, engineer of the Quebec bridge over the St Lawrence, has just returned from New York, where he went with Fon.Messrs.Marchand and Parent.Hé reports that interim contracts have been signed with Davis & Co., of Cardinal, Ont., for the construction of the masonry for the piers, and with the Phoenix Bridge and Iron Co., of Phoenixville, Pa., for the superstructure of the bridge.The entire structure, including the approaches, is to cost four and a half millions.It is generally believed that the Prince of Wales will visit Canada during the coming summer.No definite announcement has been made, but the idea to do Bo was suggested some time ago, and the crazy attempt on the Prince\u2019s life at Brussels will probably influence him to take the Canadian trip to show that he entertains no fears from traveling abroad.CARD.1, the nndersigned, do hereby agree to refund the money on a twenty-five cent bottle of Dr.Will's English Pills, if, after using three-fourths of contents of bottle, they do not relieve Constipation and Headache.I also warrant that four bottles will permanently cure the most obstinate case of Constipation.Satisfaction or no pay when Wills\u2019 English Pills are used.J.T.Flint, Druggist, Derby Line, Vt., and Rock Island, P.Q.19w9 > RECRUITING IN AMERICA.U.8, Army Officer Claims to Have Sent £20,000 Men to Help the Boers.A Washington despatcheays: \u2018\u2018Major G.A.Armes, retired cavalry officer, who is well known in Washington, said yesterday he had sent to South Africa nearly 23,000 men, who will join the Boer forces.Most of these men come from this country, but a large force, also, from Canada, and fully 700 men have enlisted in Germany.The ment were sent to their destination secretly.Some of them on regular steamers and others by other means, The fund which made this possible, says Major Armes, was raised in New York, and he was engaged to perfect the scheme for securing enlistments.Of course, this had to be done privately and indirectly, and, even as it was, British authorities objected to Armes\u2019 connection with the plan.Correspondences, however, to which the British ambassador could make no complaint, despitethe fact that Armes is aregular army officer.\u201d Beyond convincing most Canadians that Armes, like some other men, is a liar the foregoing will have little effect.BOERS RETREATING.Trying to Escape from Nets Set by .Lord Robe: ts.A London despatch says:\u2014Lord Roberts has spread his net far and wide to catch the adventurous commanders that have been making mischief in the southeastern part of the Free State.The net has not yet been drawn in, but at the headquarters of Lord Roberts the impression exists that the power of the Boers is decreasing.A Daily News correspondent has them fleeing to the southeast; a Standard correspondent reports them fleeing northward; a Daily Telegraph correspondent says that some are going north and others south, while a Morning Post representative says it is not known what the Boers are doing.Evidently the feeling at Bloemfontein is that the dispositions of Lord Roberts are such as to enable him to concentrate a large force rapidly at any point.The Boers, being aware of thie, are presumed to be thinking now chiefly of retreating.KILLED BY STRIKERS.According to a despatch from Crot-j on Landing, N.Y., the first bloodshed as the outcome of the strike at the Corneli Dam, was the life\u2019s blood of Sergeant Robert Douglas, of the 11th Separate Company of Mt.Vermon, who was shot dead by an unknown assassin, while he was relieving guard at ten minutes to 9 o'clock Monday night.The wildest excitement prevatiled throughout the camp as soon as the news of the assassination spread to the different tents and the soldiers are frantic over the cowardly crime.The latest from Mafeking is to April 8, and the town was then holding out.It is six months now since the siege began and the first action was fought, and in all that time no help from the outside has reached the garrison.There has been nothing in the war to try the stuff of the soldiers like this siege, and the stuff has stood the test.A woman has been senlenced to a month in jail for personating a female voter at the late municipal election.From her story it appears that she was given 85 to commit the crime, The punishment is just, but it has not reached the worst culprit.The gcoundre) who bribed her should have received à year.\u2014 Montreal Gazette, \u2018Stage Thunder and Lighining, The reason why the mechanism for making the noises that give realism to & play are never seen by the audience is because the illusion would Le completely destroyed if its operations were exposed to view, explains Frank Fyles in The Ladies\u2019 Home Journal.The noise of the waiter falling down stalrs with a tray of dishes, for instance, is shnulated by dropping as often as necessary a basket filled with bits of broken china, And a eylinder of silk, turned with à crank, drawing the tloth over wooden flanges, gives à perfect rain and wind storm.A lightning accompaniment js made by touching an ordinary file to à bit of carbon, both on live wires, and thunder by rolling tenpin balls in a long, narrow, wooden trough.The rumble of the wheels of a ear ringe is lLmitated with a vehicle like a miniature freight car ruu on à wooden track, and a striking of wood or metal on hard or soft surfnees serves to convince an audience of the approach or departure of a horse.When there is war.a single shot or two is usually the real thing, but a rifle volley effect is obtained by rapidly beating a dried calfskin with rattans, while heavy strokes on the bass drum will convey the {den of eannonading.If this mechanism were seen In operation by an audience, it would make the whole performance seem ridiculous, Lfficient Cavalrymen, \u201cSpeaking of cavalry.\u201d said a veteran officer, \u201cprobably the hapdiest and most effentive cavalry forces the world ever saw were some of the Confederate squadivns in the civil war.Why, Forrest\u2019s troops harnssing Sherman to the aa Used up horses nt the rate of Il per mun In a twelvemonth.\u2019\u2014Indian- Anolla News.ntact SEED GRAIN.# I have just received a choice variety of Northern Grown Seed Grain including all kinds of TIMOTHY, ALSYKE AND RED CLOVER.Two and Four Rowed Barley.BANNER OATS, WHEAT, PEAS AND TARES.All of the Best Quality.DON'T FAIL TO INSPECT THEM BEFORE BUYING.GEO.F.TERRILL, Stanstead, Que.SPRIN MEDIC A TONIC IS NEEDED.The best tonic\u2014the best of all spring medicines for man, woman, or child, is one of the bargains you can get at the closing out sale at our store.30 gal.Separator Cans, were $7.50, now $4.Neveu\u2019s 25 cent Chair Bottoms for 8 cents.$2.00 Clothes Wringers for $1.35.Cooley Cans 80 cents, were $1.00.You want to take advantage of our Stove trade now and save $10.00.A large stock of Syrup and Sugar Cans and Boxes for Shipping; also Tubing, Thermometers, etc.Everything in our store at a third less than you.can buy elsewhere.ROCK ISLAND HARDWARE CO.PARKER & KNIGHT, HATLEY, Are Receiving Large Lines of Spring Goods.Sugaring Supplies in way of Gum Boots to Hand., Men\u2019s Hip Rubber Boots, Men\u2019s Med.High Rubber Boots, Men\u2019s Ordinary Rubber Boots, Women\u2019s & Children\u2019s also.TO ARRIVE NEXT WEEK: Two Rowed Duck Bill Barley (Redland), Banner Oats (Redland), Ontario White Oats (clean), Seed Wheat, Sanford Sweet Corn, Crompton Early Corn, Full assortment of Grass & Clover Seeds.Farmers Can Buy these Goods & Pay for them in Syrup or Sugar, 50 pieces New Print just to hand.Fast Colored Light Print, 5c.per yard; Fast Colored Dark Print (Indigo), 6¢.per yd.We want 10000 gallons New Syrup, 20000 lbs.New Sugar.First Made.PARKER & KNIGHT, Hatley, Que., March 6, 1900.A Dallar for Fifty Cents! 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