The Stanstead journal, 20 février 1908, jeudi 20 février 1908

[" LE : | beni vis de 0e Er e ~The Stanstead Journal.VOL.LXIH\u2014No.8.ROCK ISLAND, (STANSTEAD) P.Q., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1908.WHOLE No.3236.TOWN TOPICS.Miss Mina J.Plaisance is the guest of friends in the Three Villages.Mr.and Mrs.Orcutt of Barton, Vt., are guests of Miss Alice Kendrick.Mr.Abraham V.Cullins was in Sherbrooke, Danville and Richmond last week.Mr.and Mrs.J.O.8t.Pierre, who have been quite il] with la grippe, are better.\u201cWhat are you doing for your cold?\u201d \u201cNothing.My friends are looking after it.\u201d Rev.A.H.Moore and Master Louis have been at Actonvale and Montreal during last week.Miss Blanche Audette of Waterville is spending a few days with her parents at Stanstead.If you would keep your friend, approach him with a telescope, never with a microscope.Miss Alice Clarke was able to take up her work at the Derby Line school again Monday morning.Mies M.H.Oughtred bas returned to her work at Stanstead College, after several weeks of illness at home.Mr.E.W.Morrill, who is spending the winter in Sherbrooke, was at his Stanstead home during the past week.Mr.Charles A.La France has bought out Mr.H.Wilfred Phaneuf\u2019s business and will hire someone to run the shop.Lost\u2014 A small brooch, circle of diamonds set in silver with small band ot gold.Finder will please return same to the JOURNAL office.Lower prices, lower rents, lower wages, they belong together and they will come together by the force of compensation.There will be bargain days all through the year.The Stanstead South Congregation al Church, Rev.J.G.Hindley pastor.Services Sunday morning at 10.30 o\u2019clock.Subject: \u2018\u2018Robbing God.\u201d Evening preaching services at 7 o'clock, subject: \u2018\u2018A few thoughts suggested by Washington\u2019s birthday.Miss Alice Hutchinson, soloist.The Union Dramatic Club was organized by the young people of the R.C.parish at St.Joseph\u2019s Hall, Feb.16th and the following officers were elected: Mr.T.Frank O'Rourke, President; Mrs.Thomas J.Norris, Vice-President; Mr.F.X.Leblanc, 2nd Vice-President.Executive Committee: Misses St.Pierre, Annie Gilmore, Ellen Garceau, Clara Lanctot.Messrs.Louis Moreau, Clovis Lanctot, Edward Garceau, William Girard.John F.Paquette, Secretary-Treasur- er.The Business Men\u2019s Association of Island Pond, Vermont, have issued a very neat little six page folder, right in size to enclose in a 6'; envelope.The display line and caption: \u2018In the Green Mountains,\u201d is suggestive of a picturesque location, for ite very safe for the rest seekers to drop down anywhere in the Green Mountains and be sure of delightful surroundings, but this folder seems to set forth very concisely the faith of this association, in the fact that Island Pond is the place, and the text and unique halftones are right to the point, and the JOURNAL bespeaks for this beauty spot on the edge of Essex, lots of business this season.Possibly you may have a few packages of surplus ginger (?) If constrained to help your neighbors, don\u2019t pass the Three Villages by.Mrs.Stephen Greenleaf, an old and respected resident of Rock Island, died February 15th at the home of her son, Mr.J.E.Greenleaf.During the past year she has been afficted with asthma and with a serious heart affection, but she kept about most of the time, and attended to her usual household duties until within a few weeks when, with her husband, she went to live with her son.A decided turn for the worse came about two weeks ago, and she passed peacefully to her last rest at hall-past eight Saturday morning.The funeral was held at the home Monday at 10 a.m., Rev.J.G.Hind- ley officiating.The bearers were: Messrs.C.C.Wells, F.W.D.Melloon, W.E.Hammond and Dr.E.P.Ball.The interment was at the Derby Line Cemetery.Mrs.Greenleaf, whose maiden name was Ann Robinson, was born August 17th, 1833 and was therefore in her 75th year.She was a daughter of the late George Robinson, who came from England many years ago, settling in the western part of the township of Hatley.Mr.and Mrs.Greenleaf were married in Hatley, October 10th, 1856, and came to Rock Island to reside in 1862.The deceased was a conscientious, kind-hearted person.She fuifilled life\u2019s mission to the best of her ability, and ber memory will be cherished by all who were privileged to know her intimately.TOWN TOPICS.Mrs.Betsey Batchelder is confined at her home with la grippe.Mr.Ray Beerworth was at home over Sunday from Newport.Mrs.Thomas O\u2019Rourke, who has been quite ill, is very much better.Mrs.H.E.Channell is confined to her home with an attack of la grippe.Mr.Fred T.Caswell was a passenger to Montreal Saturday, for a week\u2019s stay.Mrs.Eugene A.Baldwin and daughter have returned from a visit to Co- aticook.Miss Alice O.Hutchinson of Stan- stead College Faculty is entertaining her mother, Mrs.C.B.Hutchinson of Lyndonville.Mr.Charles Burnett has been confined to the house for about a fortnight with rheumatism, but is better and able to be out.Mr.and Mrs.Jerry A.Gilmore are getting well settled in their new home, having been in a little more than a week.~ Mr.Eugene Gagné, who has undergone several operations in the Sherbrooke Hospital, bas returaed home | and is slowly improving.~~ Vermont approach it\u2019s March meeting.Every loyal citizen should see that hie vote is cast for the Road commissioner that has demonstrated that he can build good roads.Messrs.H.F.Moody and B.C.Wol- cott of Westfleld, Mass., arrived in town Wednesday and are at the Derby Line Hotel, They are here to look after their interests in the estate of the late Mrs.L.A.Caswell.Mr.Charles Garceau, while standing in front of Jerry Hunt\u2019s store Saturday evening, slipped on the ice and falling struck his whole weight on bis left temple, cutting a bad gash.Dr.Waldron dressed it and he is getting along well, but it was a severe shaking up.The remains of Mrs.Boivin (Anna Corbin), were brought here on Thursday from her late home at East Fair- field, Vt., the funeral being held Friday morning at the R.C.Church.Deceased was a former Stanstead girl.She leaves a husband and two children besides other near relatives.Miss Odena Daignault, a former student at the Ursuline Convent, died at her home in Cassville Wednesday.The funeral took place at the R.C.Church, Stanstead, Friday a.m.at 9 o'clock.The Requiem Mass was sung by the choir.Rev.Father Gal- vin officiated.Deceased was about 17 years of age.\u201cThe Jollities\u201d is a brilliant company of comedians and comediennes, singers and dancers and for the production of \u201cThe Toy Makers,\u201d they are bringing with them their own scenery and costumes.The scene is laid ip a typical old English toy-shop.Manager Lane never runs a special train unless he has a guaranteed at- traetion.In conversation with our manufacturers the facts were covered by two expressions: \u2018\u2018We have quite a good many orders, but collectiens are very slow,\u201d comment: \u2018and we do not expect much change for a month or six weeks.\u201d Doubtless when January 1909 comes around the sales ledger will show a normal amount of good business.Our merchants are not overworking, but are doing quite a business, considering the general conditions.& quiet but pretty wedding took place, Monday a.m.at the R.C.Church, when Mr.Henri Donais of Cassville, and Miss Eugenie Gagné of of Stanstead were married.They were attended by Messrs.Eugene Gagné and Joseph Donais, fathers of the bride and groom.Rev.Father Gal- vin performed the ceremony.The happy couple left on the early train for Montreal, 8t.Jean, Iberville.Upon their return they will reside at Caseville.Sister Ste.Arsène (née Marie Louise Matthieu) died Friday a.m.at 8 o'clock at the\u2019 Ursuline Oonvent.The deceased was born in Lothbinière, Que., fifty years ago.She came to Stanstead from the Ursuline Convent, Quebec in 1890, and spent twenty-two years in religion.The funeral was held in their new chapel.Revs.Fathers Galvin, Moussier and Jolivet assisted by five students of Stan- stead Theological College, officiated.The Requiem Mass was very well rendered by the powerful choir of the Ursuline students.The bearers were: Messrs.Audet, Roi, Auger and Corbin.She was laid to rest in the Nan\u2019s Cemetery.Bhe leaves an aged mother, two sisters at the Sacred Heart Hospital, Quebec, and one at the Ursulines.TOWN TOPICS.Mrs.J.O.Lampron is again quite ill with pneumonia.Mr.C.R.Nettleton has been quite ill with neuralgia.Mr.John F.Paquette was a visitor to Boston last week.Town Treasurer, Lucien P.Jenne, of Derby, was a visitor in town the first of the week.Mrs.W.H, Stockwell is home from Danville where she has been for a tew days visiting her daughter.Mrs.Charles Carpenter, who has been very ill with gastritis is improving, but is still confined to her bed.Mr.Benjamin Hinman of Newport, who has been ona trip to Texas, we notice by an exchange, has returned.The Tomifobia in the Three Villages was quite clear of ice Monday morning, a very unusual occurrence at this time of the year.The Cottage Prayer meeting of the Centenary Methodist Chuch was held at the home of Mrs.Eugene A.Baldwin on Wednesday evening.Mr.Harold Stone, who is working in the office of the International Correspondence School at Sherbrooke, was in town from Saturday until Monday.The Derby Line Schools are to celebrate Washington\u2019s birthday.They are drilling for the occasion, and the citizens should attend and thereby show appreciation of the most important activity in the community.Friday at 2 o\u2019clock.We asked one of the residents above Caswell Avenue proper what they called the street and he promptly informed us, that by mutual agreement of the residents it was known as \u201cDerby Highlands.\u201d Now then, address your letters properly.Mrs.8.E.Blodgett is very much better, and was able to go to a neighbor\u2019s fo dinner recently.Her many friends will be glad to know this fact.The Spring days will be a blessing to those who have been shut in this winter.Our old people have a good friend in the sun.The Capadian Jubilee Singers and Imperial Orchestra at Odd Fellows Hall, Friday evening, February 28th, | This is really a high class entertainment and includes, solo and quartette work of a high order.They include in their programme many of the sacred songs and ballads of ante-bellum days.The announcement of the Stevens- Garceau wedding made in these col- TOWN TOPICS.Mr.H.8.Hubbard of Sherbrooke, is in town for a few days.Master George Tougas is sick with inflammatory rheumatism.Mr.Aimée Perron of Barton is visiting his parents in town.Mr.I.O.Blake of New York was a caller on friends in the Three Villages, Wednesday.| Miss Maude Terrill of Sherbrooke is at her old home at Stanstead taking a much needed rest.Mr.Darby, of the Caswell & O'Rourke store, is able to be at his post of duty as usual.Mr.Jerome T.Flint who has been on a trip to Cuban and Florida points returned Tuesday evening.Mise Marie Louise Sabourin of Newport, Vt., was a recent guest of her cousins, the Misses Séguin.Mr.E.E.Murphy of the Sovereign Bank has been sick with an attack of measles, but is very much better.The Stanstead South Congregational Church hold their annual meeting and parish supper this evening.All making this their church home are in- | vited.Mr.A.J.Bissounet, who has been typhoid fever is gradually gettiog stronger.He is able to sit up a little each day.| The press, all winter, has teemed | with baseball news.Next season \u2018promises great interest in the nalion- al game.Shall not the Frontiers | come to the front again?Is it not.time to be planning for a strong team?| A call on Mr.Edward Crawford | found him looking very well.He said his food tasted good and he rested well.He is looking for warm spring days that he may gain the uplift of the open air.Mrs.Thomas J.Young returned from the hospital in Montreal to-day.Mrs.Young is getting along splendidly.Is able to get about in her wheelchair, and endured the car journey without any undue discomfort.Mr.Robert Morrell, formerly of Holland, now of Natick, Mass., was in find just what he wanted and returned to the Bay State Saturday, but has not given up the idea of settling down near his old home.The First Universalist Church, Derby Line, Rev.J.Newton Emery, pastor.Public worship at 10.45 a.m.Sunday School at 12 m.The subject ; of the pastor\u2019s sermon at morning serv- umns last week was inaccurate in |ice will be \u201cWashington\u2014Good Citi- some ways.The contracting parties were Mr.A.M.Stevens and Mrs.Jennie Garceau (née Willoughby).The marriage was solemnized at the home of the bride\u2019s sister, Mrs.C.D.Thurston (née Annie Willoughby) at Island Pond, February let, Rev.E.P.Lee officiating.In this issue we publish a letter written to Mr.D.W.Davis, by Col.Charles E.Nelson from camp Stotsenburg, P.I., which Mr.Davis very kindly permitted us to use.The letter is supplemented by ône from Lieut.George Nelson, written to his mother while they were en route, between Hong Kong and Shanghai, on board one of the Canadian Pacific steamers, the \u201cEmpress of India.\u201d They both have the interest of a Magazine article.It will savor of conce§t when we mention the fact that the JOURNAL doesn\u2019t seem to be a stranger in the Orient.Friday evening, Mr.and Mrs.J.J.Parker entertained a few of their friends in a very pleasant fashion.Snow-shoeing was to have been a prominent part of the evening's diversion but rain dampened enthusiasm and only a dozen brave individuals, those having naturally curly bair, essayed the pastime for an hour.their return their numbers were swelled by other individuals, more cautious than they, and all had a jolly time indoors.The rooms were charmingly decorated with 8t.Valentine's symbol, the place cards and centre piece at the supper table being especially dainty and unique.Hon.Mr.Justice Demers presided at a term of the Circuit Court at Stan- stead Tueeday, when a number of cases were beard.The case of Joseph Daniels vs.George Feltus, wherein the former sought to recover for alleged damages sustained by tbe frightening of his horse by defendant\u2019s automobile, was taken en deli- bere.The case of Dr.Gilfillan ve.H.M.Hovey was dismissed with costs against the plaintiff.The cases of Fox vs.Lepetre and and St.Pierre vs.Molouin were also dismissed in like manner.In the case of Dion vs.Hudson judgment was given for $18.85 and zenship.\u201d All are invited.Ke this vicinity last week.He did not the market.7 per cent.more Maxwe of any other car.True & Bla THE FAMOUS MAXWELL 14 Horse Power Tourabout.\u201c 20 « Dootor\u2019s Tourabout.20 \u2018 Touring Oar, 28 ¢ 4Cyl.Touring Car.40 \u2018Touring Oar.You never saw a man who has a Maxwell wish he had some other, but you do see many a8 man running some other car who wishes he had a Maxwell.The Maxwell line is the best Adapted to our conditions of any car yet on registered in Mass.during 1 than The Maxwell factories are the largest Automobile factories in the world.For information, Catalog or prices, see nchard Co., Newport.Mr.Eugene A.Baldwin returned \u2018from Cuba to-day.There were from 50 to 60 present at Mrs.Cosby\u2019s last dancing clases.| I Read Spalding's ad.tor Saturday for | a little money gets big values.| Miss Lottie Foote is spending a few days in Sherbrooke.| Mr.J.Tougas of Rock Island Overall Co.is confined to the house through ; illness.| During Miss Alice Clarke's illnees | TOWN TOPICS.| | | after her school work.Centenary Methodist Church.Rev.eo.8.Clendinnen, pastor, will preach | at 10.30 a.m.And 7 p.m.Do not forget to call at Spalding\u2019s on Saturday for you will find Wonder- | ful Bargains.The New Musical Absurdity, \u2018The Toy Makers'\u2019 at Lane's Opera House, Newport, Monday evening, Feb.24.: Mr.Lazarus and family have moved to Island Pond, where they have se-! cured employment.| Mrs.Lysander H.Hopkins who has been confined to her room for nearly three weeks, seems to be improving: to-day.| Citizenship will be the subject con- | sidered at a mass meeting in the Has- kell Opera House, Thursday evening, Feb.27th, at which an orchestra will\u2019 furnish music and some of our young men will sing.We wish to call the attention of | readers to one of the strongest works of fiction which has appeared in the last thirty years, and that is: Leroy Scott\u2019s, \u2018To him that hath.\u201d It ls.based upon one of our greatest social problems, and thin book depicts the only solution.The Haskell Free Library has it and Munsey\u2019s Magazine printed it as a serial in 1906 and '07.It is a very remarkable piece of work and should be read by everyone.| | I Mrs.J.W.Abbey is in St.Andrews.the meeting of the Reading Club at the College on Monday evening.The On another page of this issue we: print the Express & Standard\u2019s pre- Butterfield as the logical candidate ' for senator from the northern portion\u2019 | TOWN TOPICS.The snow fall to date is 88}; inches.Mrs.W, E.Langton went to Compton yesterday to spend a few days.Mr.E.T.McDougall is shut in at home with tonsilitis.Remember Saturday is Spalding\u2019e Bargain Day.Mr.Karl O.Balch of Boston was in town Monday and Tuesday.Mise Mary Terrill of Sherbrooke spent Sunday at her home in Stan- stead.at his home for several weeks with last week Miss Millicent Laythe luoked j Mr.Kimball of Enon -urg Falls, Vt., is in town the guest of Mr.L.D.Fre- geau.Mr.Hollis Clark was out yesterday, after a two weeks\u2019 illness with la grippe.Mr.Benjamin Wright is home from the hospital at Hanover, N.H., and is gaining well, Miss Marcia Ward, who fractured her wrist several days ago, seems to be doing very well.Owing to the condition ot the roads last Saturday, the Coaticook Stage was obliged to cancel its trip.Mr.and Mrs.Henry Brainard\u2019s little daughter Erdine, is very ill, and much anxiety in felt for her.Mr.L.A.Lanctot has been confined to his home since Saturday with a cold and rheumatism.At a meeting of the creditors of Jus.W.Abbey in Sherbrooke Saturday, Mr.V.E.Paradis of Quebec was appointed curator.Mr.I.8.Ingraham, lately of the Telford & O'Rourke (iarment Co., has accepted a position as foreman for the Peerless Overall Co.Last week Capt.H.E.Chanpell, of the Canadian militia received friendly greetings from Col.C- E.Nelson, U.8.A., now in the Philippines.The Col.was well and enjoying the trip.\u201cThe Toy Makers,\u201d an ideal musical absurdity, ideally played.There will be n special theatre train leave Stan- The ladies are asked to remember | sentation of our townsman, Gen, F.(i.stead at 7 p.m.to accommodate those who wish to attend the play.Miss H.M.Hepworth left yesterday gentlemen are also invited to attend.of Orleans.Our knowledge of the sit- | morning for Hudson Heights, Quebec, A programme of music will be furnished, followed by refreshments.The president requests the Stanstead ladies to bring sandwiches, and the Rock Island and Derby Line ladies to bring cake.facturers, he suggested that if there had been a sufficient barrier between Canada and the States when the wall street flurry started, to have shut off all communication, the States would have had their financial spree all to themselves.Canada was without the first symptom of a panic and present conditions are wholly sympathetic.This is a case of the innocent suffering for the guilty, but the panic microbe is no respector of of persons, and apparently this applies to countries; but the general conditions are sometimes insidious in their côopera- tion with t almost fatal bug that bas \u201c \u201d 8 many in the last year p \u201cButterfield & Co.report a healthy improvement in business.Their Jan- vary and February sales have been good, and notwithstanding the large stock they had accumulated during the year of 1907, they are about to the point where general manufacturing operations throughout their plants will be necessary.Collections have been very satisfactory the last ten days, and it this continues for the next week or ten days they will soon have their full force at work.When asked if they thought the improved conditions were of a permanent character, they seemad to feel there was every reason necessary to insure this, as everyone has been buying from \u2018\u2018hand to mouth\u2019 for the last six or eight months, and stocks are far below nor- mai.The JOURNAL'S man returned from a visit to the office of these people in a very hopeful condition, but it is not our mission to hold out any faise stimalant to the situation, for times are really better and we all During a call on one of our manu- uation leads us to conclude that the! General is practically the unanimous choice of this end of the county, as Mr.Gross of Brownington is the choice of the south end of the county.Both: gentlemen are eminently fitted for\u2019 the position and will keep good the standing of Orleans in the State Senate.One of our leading manufacturers in.speaking of the future of business in Canada said, he thought it depended largely upon the crop prospect in Manitoba next season, which could not be determined until the first of June.A good crop in Manitoba will make the conditions in the Dominion all right.Another manufacturer said orders were coming now, but it was far from satisfactory, but this man said their oollections were in good shape.The class of goods has much to do with the demand in panicky times.A luxury can be denied, while a pecessity must be had more or less, and of course these factors must be considered in an estimate of this character.It may be of interest to some of our young people to know that Mercury is evening star antil Feb.28th and is visible in the evening twilight, just as it grows dark, low down, near the hor- izan in the south-west.If you look in the direction of Newport you\u2019l] dis- coverit.Venus is also evening star and is very brililant, quite twenty times that of any of its neighbors.It cannot fail to discover iteelf to anyone looking toward the southwest in early evening.Itseteat 8.30 p.m.Mars as evening star, is moving esst- ward and is visible until 10 p.m.in the southeastern fleld.Saturn is also an evening star, is near Venus and is just passed conjunction with this planet, at which time some of its satelites were to be seen with an ordinary tele- ecoge.The JOURNAL will be pleased to hear from any of the boys or girls of the Three Villages who sucosed in have reason for encourage for a few days\u2019 visit.Miss Georgiana Banfill of Stanstead Junction is In charge of the store during Miss Hep- worth\u2019s ahsence.It is rumored that Dr.Comins of Derby Center contemplates leaving and locating in a milder climate.Derby's loss will be a great gain to the community, where he decides to locate, and Derby Academy will lose a strong champion and the JOURNAL regrets to hear of this contemplated change.Mr.William M.Pike reached home from Cuba this morning, looking brown and rested.Said they bad a splendid trip both going and coming.When he left their Grape Fruit plantation the temparature would be about 76° to 80° during the day and below 50° ing the night, it was delightful.During the recent thaw the extremes of temperatures were something quite unusual, i.e., but a few days before it the thermometer registered 34° below zero at 7 o'clock, am., and at one time during the thaw it was 52 above, a change of 84°.This expiains ong of the causes for so much png The Choral Union held is usual drill Tuesday evening.There were 43 in attendance and the chorus did ite best work.The bases and tenors are still short in numbers bat it is hoped that when the illness in the several homes is passed that the attendance will be more.At a meeting of the Executive Committee Tuesday it was decided to give a concert at the close of the term, the last of April or first of May.The last rehearsal comes on April 21st and it is not decided when the festival or concert will take place.They are to have a tenor from Boston to assist and Mr.Young is to provide an orchestra.Mrs.Young, who is a fine Cello player will be one of the attractions.It will be a musical entertainment such as the Three Villages ocating these planets.have not heard in a good many years, \u2014 tt mr = VERMONT ITEMS.Dr.Samuel J.Allen of White River4 Junction, found guilty of furnishing an illegal prescription to obtain liquor was fined 8400 tor a first offense, at the just adjourned term of the Windsor county court.Henry R.Cutier, Barton, Vt., has been having a slow fever tor a cuaple of weeks.A council ot dociors was held to-d.y.Ir.Calter hae been a regular visitor a: Derby Live for a good many y Cars.Mrs.Goorge Picket!, widow of the Confederute general who made the famous charge at Gelty.burg nid in whose decisive repuice the Veimont troops played ro large a part, wil visit the Green M.ouatain state tng month, She will be in Ludiow Fetlswiar: 20.It is learued th « Haruid, son of Mr.but the Hyde Park Savings Bank is! The E.L.Chandpr Co., Barton Landing, reports that prospects indicate that it will start some branches of its industry about March 1.The U.8.Senate has passed a biil placing Maj.-Gen.0.O.Howard on the retired list of the army as lieuten- ant-general.Genéral Howard is the only officer now living who commanded au army during the Civil War.The following changes of fourth- class postmasters in Vermont are announced.Forestdale, Rutland county, John C.Berner, vice W.B.Avery, re- | signed; West Derby, Orleans county, i Loomis 8.Miller, vice C.B.Cobleigh, \u2018resigned.| Asa rule, savings bauke deciine to l accept less than $1 from any depositor, VERMONT ITEMS.VERMONT ITEMS.LEADYILLE.NEWSPAPER POSTAGE.ALL-SPICE.B.F.Dewey of Castleton, found two ve snakes at a spring near his home pecently.It your town has a road commis- toner who has \u2018mace good\u201d re-elect him.This i» now the most important town office.Keep tbe best\u2018 man in tbis office\u2014 The Daughters of Vermont will give a reception st the Vendome Feb.20.Inline will be the officers of the club, including the president, Mrs.Arthur W.Blair; the vice-presidents Mrs.George 1.Graves and Mrs.Thomas Little Hazen, Mrs.Eugene C.Wylie, Mrs.Albert C.Aldrich, Miss Adelaide B.Slack, Mra.William HI Conveuase, Mra.Daniel Prescott Grov- | ensor and Mrs, Frederick W.Halsey.The special guests will be the presi- aud Mrs.DD.Bean, formerly oi Luis glad to accept any deposit, however | dents and secretaries of the woman's place, but now ol St.Juuusbu-y, Un- small, belivving that a savings bank | clubs of Greater Boston, derweut au vpératlvoarfor nopoudicitis at that place Thursday.Nr.D.D.Bean is well-kaown in tae Toree Villages.Carriers H.li, Skiunez ani A.A.Webster of West Glover will entertain the Orleans County R.F.D.an-! sociation at the scnovihouss lai in West Glover Saturday.Tae Willing Workess will serve dinner ut 250.per plate.Teamsters ia the cumps of the Fi:z- gerald Land & Lumber Co., at Summit near Island Pond, are vying with each other as to whose team can haul the biggest load.No.1 cup started the contest with 2,775 feet of hardwood timber and No.2 camp comes back almost a thousand better, 3,742 of hard-wood hauled nearly three miles by a pair of horses.A county Suuday school institute will be held at the Methodist church at Newport Monday, Feb.24.Everyone is invited.Dinner und supper Will be served in the vestry of the church for 15 cents.Mrs.Mary Fuster Dryner, Illinois interuativual field worker; Rev.Frank 8.West Ruthland; and Rev.Edward M.Fuller, Burlington; are to be the speakers.Colby Stoddard and family are in town.Mr.Stoddard went to Middle- boro, Mass., last fall, where he has been local! editor of the Middleboro News, and from all reports has made a success of the work.Mr.Stoddard is one of five men leaving the News within a week owing to unpleasant circumstances in the office there.Mr.Stoddard is looking for a similar position elsewhere.\u2014 Barton Monitor.The business men of Barton Vermont, are moving for a summer hotel and it looks like success.The whole State seems to be in the throes of development and to have discovered all at once, that a state that can produce a Collamer or Morrill can succeed in other things, and it\u2019s going to have atry at various pew schemes; but as the host of the rest-seeker it canpot fail of success, for the reason that nature has provided the tools for the purpose.À Burlington despatch says: \u2014A strong effort will be made to secure an appropriation for and the appointment of a state forester at the next meeting of the Vermont Legislature.A.M.Vaughan of Randolph, state forestry commissioner is making addresses along this lize at pearly every meeting of the state board of agriculture held in different parts of the state.\u201cIt is a leading question,\u201d \u2018said Mr.Vaughan, \u2018\u2018and one that in Vermont must be looked after sharply soon, if the state dues not wish to lose her forests entirely.I believe that some action looking to the appointment of a state forester in Vermont will be taken by the coming Legislature.On Monday evening, Feb.10, State Superintendent of Education Mason S.Stone of Montpelier, assisted by Mayor Bigelow of Burlington and Editor McEwen of the Vergennes Enterprise held an educational meeting in the town hall in Jay.The subject discussed was the New Vermont.The attendance was large and the meeting was much enjoyed by the people.On Tueeday afternoon, Feb.11th, the same speakers presented the same subject at a similar meeting held in the Congregational Church in Weet- - field, which meeting was well attend- od.On Tuesday evening, the same speakers presented the same subject at & meeting held in the Woodmen hall in Lowell.The speakers were much appreciated and enjoyed by the Jarge audiences.Dr.Grout, superintendent of the «state asylum at Waterbury, seems to \u2018be tbe right man in the right place.One who has never visited the insti- sue and bas taken no trouble to post .himeelf on the subject will be surprised to learn that the institution tains about 560 patients, 150 at- tondants, and that the buildings num- \u201cthe management of swoh an institution \" \u2018is wo small undertaking.The writer Coleman, : { pass-book in the hands of the youth lof either sex stimulates the saving (habit.| Byron 8.Burt of St.Johnshury, has been granted a six months\u2019 leave of absence as couductor on the St.J.& L.C.R.R.to serve us coachman for Mrs.Mary Baker Eddy at her new home in Brookline Mass.His wife, ilso, has a position in the household of the Christian Science leader.The troutspawn taken at Chittenden dam last fall by government experts is giving excellent satisfaction at the hatchery in Arlington, where it is now being cared for.Of the 456,0u0 eggs taken about 412,000 have already \u2018\u2018eyed\u201d and hatched and at present the tiny fry have absorbed about half the yolk sacks so that there is prospect of an excellent lot of trout for distribution next season.\"Burlington, for analysis.The samples sent from the North Troy public water \u2018supply and the agueduct company at Troy, showed normal! and healthful - conditions, while the sample from the | Vermont goes so goes the Union,\u201d and [tax, and distribution of pow:r from well of J.8.Andrews, Troy village, | furthermore her leading men have | Niagara Falls.Some of these are rel- réhowed contaminated water contain- | ganerally come out of a National Con- | atively new issues, born of the rapid ing colon bacilli, the germ that pro- vention for the nomination of Presid- \u2018evolution of trade and industry, and duces typhoid.This fact undoubtedly \u2018ent with the same cheer that they , the larger proportions of emigration 'explalns the cause of typhoid from which members of Mr.Andrews\u2019 household have recently suffered.- ; The Vermont library commission, consisting of H.M.Wilson of Ran- | dolph, E.M.Goddard of Montpelier, Mrs.W.P.Smith of St.Johnsbury, | Mrs.H.M.Buckham of Burlington, | Mrs.C.M.Winslow of Brandon, and \u2018Frances Hobart of Cambridge, is , making an effort to establish free li- .braries in this state.The secretary is _sending out notices to every town | where there is no such institution cali ling attention, prior to the town meeting in March, of the assistance offered \u2018by the state to any town which will co-operate on its own behalf.The ,commissign urges town officers to make an effort to get their communi- | ties to appropriate sums varyiug from 815 to 850 annually, according to their \u2018grand list, and so get $100 worth of books free from the state as a starter.\u2018The state also requires that a town \"elect a board of five trustees for its \\ proposed library.In The Washington Post Thursday { MOrning was a five-column article on | the presidency, in which it is predicted that Gov.Charles E.Hughes of New York will be nominated on the fourth ballot in the Republican national convention.The staft of the Post has for weeks interviewed vot only the senators and representatives in Washington, but bas obtained information direct from reliable men in many states; and while the newspaper is not at all devoten to the cause of New York\u2019s governor, it is said to be eatisfled from information at band that the race is between Hughes and Taft, and that New York\u2019s choice wlll win.The stories sent by its own correspondents, after investigation by them in the several states, were submitted to other men for investigation, and after the apparent net result, had been obtained, the figures were looked over by men of political celebrity in the several states.There are now 13 patients at the Vermont Sanatorium, Pittsford, seven men and six women.They are divided by counties as follows: Rut- land county, 4; Addison, 3; Benning- toh, 2; Ohittenden, 2; Windham, 1; Washington, 1.The average length of stay of the patients \u2018already at the sanatorium bas been three and one- half weeks, and the average gain in weight of all thirteen patients has been six pounds, the'greatest gain fifteen pounds and the lowest two pounds.At the annual meeting of the Board of Directors at the sanatoriom at Pitteford week before last, officers forthe ensuing year were elected as follows: President, F.C.Patridge of Proctor; vice-president, F.G.Butter- fleld of Derby Line; secretary, Dr.W, N.Bryant of Ludlow; treasurer, Benjamin Williams of Proctor; auditor, Rev.P.J.Barrett of Burlington: executive committee, president ex-oflic- io, Redfield Proctor, Jr., of Proctor; Dr.0.8, Oaverly of Rutland; D.D.Burdits of Pittsford; Miss Emily Proctor of Proctor; financial committee, Carroll 8.Page of Hyde Park; Olin Merrill of Bacsbusgh Falls; Frank H.Brooks of 88.Johnsbery.$0 Boathera Pacific terminal.a BE Intended for last week.Miss Myrtle Rolline of North Newport hag been visiting her friend, Mrs.Floyd Niles of this place.Mr.Chas.Brown has gone to Montreal and expects to secare a position as fireman on the G.T.R.Mrs.Wilkie and Mrs.Archilles, of Barton were here recently calling on friends.! Mr.C.OC.Litchfield recently visited his Mother at Newport, Norman Melvor of Newport Centre, has been visiting friends in this vicinity.MAGNANIMITY.It is said that Mr.Bryce, on his first visit to Canada after he came to this country as ambassador, was taught, in very courteous but emphatic ways, that the Dominion expected him, as \u2018\u2019As Vermont Goes, So Goes the Urion \u201d \u2018 General F.G.Butterfield was in AI- | | bany, N.Y., last week to attend the : \"annual meeting of the National Fish ! and Game League, and the League | were the guests of Governor Hughes.| The General has always been an ad- | mirer of the Governor, but his contact \u2018 :with his personality has served to j emphatically confirm the favorable | | opinion be had formed of him through the press and the testimony of friends | who have known Gov.Hughes well.i He spoke of him as n man of fine: presence with a voice of strength and ! pleasing quality and that the whole! i personality of the man could but im- | press one with its power and sincerity | |and that he would be fully equal to! i the needs of the coming ofur years as | Ithe Jeader of the nation south of us.| {It was very evident that Gov.Hughes : Health officer, Dr.Butterfield, of |i the General's preference as Roose- | transit of goods, free of duty, across North Troy, recently sent samples of velt\u2019s successor.Evidently the con- |POrtions of American and Canadian (drinking water to the state labratory, gressional delegation from Vermont territory, the territory, the applica- (stands in a rather unique position in | [the presidential elections, having her | election of state officers in September, | |inaugurated the Shibboleth: \u201cAs! | went in with.Senator Proctor led the | | Vermont delegation for McKinley, {and it led the convention, and unless i there is a marked change in the trend ; fof public sentiment throughout the state, it will send a Hughes delegation - Ito Chicago.! \u2014\u2014\u2014 | Orleans County Politics.G.J.Gross, of Brownington, announces hia candidacy for senator from the south end of the county.Wa understand Brownington has not had \u2018a senator since 1852 and but two {county offices since that date.Mr.Gross is an able and highly esteemed man, has the support of the leading men of the county, and undoubtedly will be elected.No other announce- | ments have been made and we under- ;stand there are no other candidates from this end, though several eandi- dates are in the race from the north end itis understood.\u2014{ Barton Monitor.] G.J.Gross of Browniugton is a good man to fill the office of state senator, and in all probability will meet with no opposition.While the south end has many good men, it would almost seem, as the Monitor has stated, that the honor belongs to Brownington to furnish a senator, and we have faith to believe that G.J.Gross will be the | man elected.In this connection we gladly announce Gen.F.G.Butterfield of Derby | Line as a candidate for the office of state senator from the north end.It will be remembered at the last election that Mr.Butterfield was a' candidate for the office and gracefully withdrew | frora the field, thereby removing all opposition from C.E.Coruth of Charleston, who was elected.It is now to be hoped that the people of the county will favor Mr.Butterfield\u2019s election.He is a man of ability, stands bigh in public esteem and is worthy and well qualified for the office.Then again, as honors are bestowed, it al- moet belongs to Derby Line to furnish the next senator and we hope Gen.F.G.Butterfield will be the people\u2019s choice.\u2014 Express & Standard.State Convention Date, Representative Charles B.Landis of Indiana accepts the invitation of the Vermont delegation to address the state convention provided it is held on April8.The chairman of the republican state committee has been noti- fled.' Record discloses list of 108 firms, corporations and individuals who enjoy what are known as \u2018\u2018special inside rates.\u201d Road\u2019s auditing department was ordered to let such special rates on interstate shipments through by the traffic department.Refunds to shippers daring 1906 and 1807 amounted sometimes to from $30,- 000 to $50,000 a month.The general freight agent of the roadin one instance provided by voucher for payment to interstate shipper of one-half of Joos! ratepaid bythat skipper to another raiiroad for moving goods froth point of shipment ing dealt with in a new spirit.This is \u2018acres, \u2018els, $334,568,000; - acres, 688,126,000 pounds, £76,234,000.the.imperial representative, to be more concerned with Uanada\u2019s interests than some of his predecessors at Washington had been.Apparently he has justified himself to the altered Canadian mood without departing essentially from his iniention to further fraterual relations between Great Brituin and the United States, and he has found in Secretary Root a moulder of the national policy who is desirous of making relations, between the Dominion and the Republic as amicable as possible.Some months ago Mr.Root visited Ottawa, and at first hand, begnu a process of negotiations which Mr.Bryce, it is hoped, will further by his trip to Ottawa this week.It already is settled that the Newfoundland fisheries question is to go to The Hague tribunal.Therefore, negotiations now centre around issues that arige from reciprocal trade, the tion of alien labor laws to citizens, reciprocal mining, salvage and wrecking rights, exemption of Canadians the United States from paying a head to and fro.The day when all points of difference between Great Britain and her colonies and the United States are removed may never come; but they are being reduced in number, and are be- well for the rising power of the north would not tolerate such treatment from us in the future, as we sometimes have given her, nor will she hereafter meekly permit officials in London to treat Canadian interest as pawns in the game of strategy.with Washington.INTERESTING FACTS.According to the last report of the Department of Agriculture of the U.8.for 1907, the value of the farm products is estimated at 87,412,000,000, 10 per cent greater than in 1906, with corn in the lead as usual: \u2014 Corn 99,900,000 acres, 2,592,320,000 bushels, $1,340,446,000; hay 44,028,000 63,677,000 tons, $743,507,000; cotton 30,000,000, acres, 13,510,000 bales, $716,352,265; wheat 45,211,000 acres, 634,087,000 bushels, $554,437,000; oats 31,837,000 acres, 754,443,000 bush- potatoes 3,124,000 acres, 297,942,000 bushels, $183,880,000; barley 6,448,000 acres 153,317,000 bushels, 8102,058,000; wool 300,000,000 pounds, $80,000,000; tobacco 821,000 The animals sold from, and slaughtered on the farms are vaiued at approximately $1,300,000,000.The value of the dairy products alone amounted to $800,000,000, that of poultry and eggs, to £600,000,0 and the exports of farm products eŸ- ceeded imports by 8458,000,000.The total value of farm products op 1899 to 1907, inclusive, is estimated at the enormous total of 853,000,- , One of the hardest, and yet one of the most useful lessona we can ever learn, is to smile and wait after we have done our level best.It is a finely trained mind that can with energy and cheerfulness toward the goal which he cannot see.But he is not a great philisopher who has not learned the secret of smiling and waiting.\u2019 A great many people can smile at difficulties who cannot wait, who lack patience; but the man who can both smile and wait, if he has that tenacity of purpose which never turns back will surely win.The fact is, large things can only be done by optimists.Little successes are left to pessimistic people who cannot set their teeth, clench their fists, and smile at hardships or misfortunes and patiently wait.Smile and wait\u2014there are whole volumes in this sentence.It is so much easier for most people to work than to wait.If & Man's Religion is of the Right Sort It will sharpen his faculties.It will quicken bis energies.It will heighten bis self-respect.It will give solidity to his charno- ter.It will enhbance both bis usefainess | straight from the oven or stove.ie i at dite BIRT a IRE \"ERE RT UE VAR y \u201d TT The following was given out by the post office department at Ottawa, Feb.th; \u201cAs smendment bas been made to the convention negotiated between Canada the United States as regards the postage paid on daily papers.Daily newspapers now charged 4 cents a pound will in futore be 1 cent a pound, Weekly newspapers and periodicals remain the same 4cents a pound.Under the treaty negotiated in May last, and which has now been in existence for some months, it has been found that all the objectionable class of matter, which owing to the different classifications of the two countries was being sent into Canada from the United States has entirely disappeared from the mails.It hasalsobeen ascertained that this class of matter is entirely consigned to the so-called monthly or weekly periodicals and newspapers and that these objections do not exist 80 far as the daily newspaper is concerned.\u201d ~ Suggestions to Housekeepers of the Three Villages.I always take boiled potatoes to an open door and shake them, after throwing away the water.The air coming in contact with the potatoes makes them nice and mealy.Do you know the boon it is to have a small washboard Ranging beside the sink?Try it, you will find a rub onŸt keeps your dishclothe and towels sweet and clean.Butter that has been kept \"in pickle is apt to have an old taste.This flavor can be removed by slicing raw potatoes fine and dropping the slices in the pickle with the butter.A six-inch rule will be found a most useful article to bave in your workbasket.For measuring hems too wide for the hemmer, or for other measurements of six inches or less, it will prove more convenient than a tape measure.Le When your machine runs hard, oil ic generously with kerosene; run it rapidly for & few minutes, then oil again with machine oil.Kerosene cuts the old gummed oil and makes the machine act like new.I bave a shelf near my stove covered with zinc, it is the handiest place possible for setting hot kettles, fresh baked pies, or anything else A Delicate Potato Dish\u2014Add the well-beaten white of an egg to mashed potato, whipping the potato hard before dishing it.This makes it look well and taste better.For Tired Feet\u2014Try a teaspoonful of powdered alum in a hot foot bath, for tired, aching feet.GRANDMOTHER AFTERMATH.One of the prettiest stories going about King Edwarc! of England is told by a French writer, whosays that one day as the King was driving along a country road he came upon an old market woman struggling along under a heavy load.She called out to the gentlemen in the carriage: \u201cYou might take a part of this into your carriage.\u201d \u201cAlas, my good woman,\u201d said the monarch, \u201cI'm very sorry, but I'm not going the same way.However, let me give you a portrait of my mother.\u201d *\u2018A lot of good that\u2019ll do me,\u201d said the old woman.\u201cTake it all the same.\u201d And the smiling King put a sovereign, stamped with the effigy of Queen Victoria, into the hand of the astonished old peasant.Every extension of human knowledge extends the bounds of our conscious ignorance.All that we find shows us how much more we have been missing than we had any idea we were missing.All increase of knowledge and experience, accordingly, makes true men more simple and open-minded.Greater knowledge breeds greater faith.It prepares us to welcome even more than we have yet received.Photographs of wireless telegraph stations show the receiving wires luminous, and a glow of light around the station.This light is unseen by the naked eye, but the photograpbic plate, long exposed, reveals it It was there all the time, though no eye perceived it.The knowledge that it is there convinces us that there is more there that we do not yet know, and confirms the faith that beyond all our present knowledge vaster knowledge waits for us.Knowledge and faith are not conflicting.Knowlege is only the confirmation, by one faculty, of truth already felt after by another.Let each have ite place.Flood in Belleville is causing a great deal of distress.All the furnace fires on the west side of Front street have been put out, and several families in the lower part of the city were compelled to move with the temperature 16 below zero.The water is eight inches higher than ever before at this time of the year.Unless mild weather comes soon great damage will be asd his prospects of anooses.a ad \u2018\u2018Say youy prayers gow,\u201d instructed Walter's mother, when the little chap was ready for bed.\u201cMother,\u201d announced the lad seriously, \u201cI ain\u2019t goin\u2019 to say\u2019 my pray- ors\u2019 to-night, por to-morrow night, nor the next night; an\u2019 then, if nothing don\u2019t happen, I aln\u2019t never goin\u2019 to say them again.\u201d Fred and Mabel had each been given an apple, but Fred had eaten his and coveted Mabel\u2019s.Beized with a brilliant idea, \"he suggested, \u2018\u2018Let\u2019s play Adam and Eve.\u201d , \u201cAll right,\u201d sald Mabel; \u2018but how do you play it?\u201d \u201cWhy, you must try to make me eat the apple, and I\u2019li\u2014I\u2019ll sucoumb-R \u201cSammy,\u201d said a Germantown mother recently to her youngest-born, \u2018\u2018when you divided those seven pieces of candy with your brother did you give him four?\u201d .\u201cNo ma\u2019am,\u201d replied Sammy, \u201cI knew they wouldn\u2019t come out even, 80 I ate one befor I began to divide.\u201d \u201cDoes the razor hurt, sir?\u201d\u2019 inquired the barber, anxiously.\u201cCan\u2019t say,\u201d replied the victim, testily, \u2018\u2018but my face does.\u201d Two very cadaverous-looking tramps looked in at the window of a railway station where a telegraph-op- erator sat at his key.\u201cSay, pardner,\u201d one of them said in a very husky voice, \u201creport a couple of empties goin\u2019 east.\u201d A New England statesman was re- fering to the dry humor of.the late Senator Hoar, when he was reminded of the following: One day Hoar learned that a friend in Worcester who had been thought to have appendicitis was in reality suffering from acute indigestion.Whereupon the Senator smiled ge- pially.\u201cReally,\u201d said he, \u2018that\u2019s good news.I rejoice for my friend that the trouble lies in the table of contents rather than in the appendix.\u2019 A lawyer in Washington was telling some colleagues of neat retorts he had heard in court, when he was reminded of the interchange of compliments between a Western judge and a sharp- tongued attorney from Chicago.The judge, a quick-tempered man, had had several \u2018run-ins\u2019 with counsel, when suddenly he observed, \u201cI can teach you law, Mr.Perkins, but I cannot teach you manners.\u201d \u201cThat is true, your honor,\u201d retorted the Chicago lawyer.In Toledo, Ohio, recently, an Irishman was hard at work painting the top of a telephone-pole a bright green, when suddenly the pot of paint slipped and splashed on the sidewalk.Not more than a few seconds later another Irishman, also an employee of the telepone company, came along.He looked at the paint, then at his countryman on the ladder coming down the pole.Then, with affected anxiety, he called: \u201cMulcahy, Mulcahy! himmorrhage?\u201d Hov ye hada A prominent lady in San Francisco engaged a Chinaman as cook.When the Celestial came, among other thinge she asked him his name.\u201cMy name,\u201d said the Chinaman, smiling, \u201cis Hang Shoo Wang Ho.\u201d \u201cOb, I can\u2019t remember all that,\u201d said the lady.\u201cI will just call you John.\u201d John smiled all over and asked: \u201cWhat your namee?\"\u2019 \u201c\u2018My name is Mrs.Franklin Preston Benton.\u201d \u201cMe no \u2019member all that,\u201d said John.\u2018Chinaman he no sabey Mrs.Franklin Preston Benton.I call you Tommy.\u201d Warm at Vancouver.Mr.J.H.Merrill writes from Vancouver, B.C.: \u2018Only three frosts so far this winter; coldest 18° above.No snow, and rain only two days fora month.Straw bats are the style; children go bare-foot, and English Bay is full of bathers.Quite a contrast from 45° below.When you see the corners of your child\u2019s mouth go down, you know the remedy.You try to make him laugh, to forget the thing that caused his mouth to droop.Why not apply the antidote in your own case?If the corners of your mouth sag, you know the antidote that will turn them up\u2014a smile, a good, hearty laugh, or an uplifting thought.1f you catch a glimpse of your face in the glass and eee that there is a thundercloud in your expression, if it does not seem possible to look pleasant, just get by yourself a few minutes and persistently crowd into your mind as many pleasant, hopeful, joyous, optimistic, encouraging thoughts as possible and you will be surprised to see how quickly your expression will change.The thundercloud is in your face because there is one in your mind.It is a mental reflection.Ernest W.Gerbracht, chief sugar expert of the American Sugar Refining Company of New York, has been, with seven other employees, charged with defrauding government out of thousands of dollars.REG No hc ye?PE UE Cmte ARE ae any ed ATI SA Rn LE.ew .pr $ Î i 4 1 i i COWAN'S \"COCOA (Maple Leaf Label) Pure, nutritious and easily digested.THE COWAN CO.Limited, TORONTG es | = pd EASTERN TOWNSHIPS BANK CAPITAL, 83,000,000 RESERVE FUND, 81,860,000 HEAD OFFICE - SHERBROOKE, QUE.WITH OVER SIXTY BRANCH OFFICES IN THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC WE OFFER FACILITIES POSSESSED BY NO OTHER BANK IN CANADA FOR COLLECTIONS AND BANKING BUSINESS GENERALLY IN THAT IMPORTANT TERRITORY ' SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT AT ALL OFFICES BRANCHES IN MANITOBA, ALBERTA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA CORRESPONDENTS ALL OVER THE WORLD Ge + as seess 15 DAYS 19 Discount Sale on Men\u2019s Ready-made Clothing 10 to 40 per cent.off on Overcoats and Suits as | have bought heavily for Spring must move some of the Stock on hand to make room.250 A few Heavy Rubbers, Overshoes and Felt Shoes left, 20 per cent.off these.Remember that | carry the largest stock of Boots and Shoes in Town.Prices from 25c.to $4.50.Stub proof Rubber Boots are in for the Spring Trade.Coffees 17c.25c.and 35c.per Ib.Teas 12!;c.25c.35c.and 40c.per Ib.W.M.PIKE.February 6, 1908.GO DDOADACAANNEAAL BLMOAALBOAASLALNOHEH S200 ] CLASSIC ! - RANGES These ranges will heat the oven and bake potatoes in 60 minutes from the time you kindle a fire in a cold stove.Try one; \u2014 Ah TR or no sale.77 A good assortment of wood and coal heaters from $2.50 up.0CK ISLAND HARDWARE C0.Waterman & Hunt.BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD In effect October 7, 1907.NORTHBOUND.SOUTHBOUND.P.M.|P.xP.no M.{A M.A.M.iAR.STATIONS, LV./A.M.AN AN ru | MPN.= slash 715; Sherbrooke .T5 ww 77\" 813 1248 707 Lennoxville .\u2026 50 [11 di | am 808|288 (885.Capleton.512 1117) 983: 7 82 in] | 648 |.North Hatley .523 [1] 2 y 45 7 \u20ac 218 .628 |.Massawippi.588 (11 42° 16 01 783(208 82 |.Ayer's Cliff.543 111 47 10 08 7281158 f13! Jaton a oo.553 1158 10 15: T4140] | 804 |.Smith's Mills.604 12 07.10 28 10 82/7 17 1 49 Ba sm 554 |.Stanstead FD 160 12w T17 64d Tv 10 48j 7 is 1 45 12 27 6 26 5 50 |Rock Island & Db'y L| 5 24 6 04 |12 04° 1 24 | 6 48 10 24 1040) 705 187 [12191 18 | 42 |Lv.Stanstead Jet.AR.| 5 8 612 |12 12120686 low TO 18 i 5 88 AR.Btansteadyet.LV.816 12 In as, 65 1% | 52 LV.Newport | AR: ad ad 10 88 CY AEE AAC Ar Ar A TAM AM.PN PA FNP RN Traine run daily except En: Detailed iaformation and time-tables may be obtained at ticket offices.D.J.FLANDERS: C.M.BURT, .Pass.Traf.Mgr.?# .To per pures we guarantee to do it | May 1-8 Gen.Pass.Agent._ Ld JE » WEALTHY, SUT STARVED, Old Woman Miser With $22.000 Hes Terrible End.falling, but their knowl of the eccentric habits of their r led them to attach little im- to it.The postman received no answer to his repeated knocks, and when the rent collector called he was told by the neighbors that the old woman had not been seen for a week.The police were then informed and two constablss burst open the door and found the old woman lying dead on the kitchen floor.She was fully dressed and the body bore no signs of violence, though it was in a neglected and emaciated condition.There was little food in the house, and the place generally was in a deplorable state.There was strong evidence that the deceased, who was about 70 years of age, had died of starvation.A more careful search of the house by the police showed that the late tenant fiad balances in Manchester banks amounting to over $23,500.She had had transactions with the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank and the Manchester and Salford Savings\u2019 Bank, but most of the money was deposited in the district.In drawers and unlikely places the police found $200 in gold, while stitched tJ \u2018the clothing she was wearing were three sovereigns and some silver amounting to $25.Efforts to find any of her relatives have failed, and what the neighbors say about her is most contradictory.They agree, however, that she has a son on board ship, and that she buried a son at Lancaster four or five years ago.There is every indication that at one time of her life she lived in more comfortable circumstances and better surroundings, for the police found some old jewelry and a quaint miniature portrait of a young man, which is believed to be that of one y of her sons.| SEIZED BY THE BRITISH.| German Warehouse Confiscated By Warship\u2014Alieged Contraband.It is stated that a warchouse belonging to the Hamburg firm of Wonckhaus, and situated on the is land of Abumusa, in the Persian gulf, has been confiscated by the commander of the British warship Lapwing on the ground that it contained contraband goods.The Hamburg firm has called upon the German Foreign Office to take energetic steps for the recovery of damages.The firm issues a lengthy statement, jin which it brands as ridiculous the assertion that the confiscated building held contraband, and alleges that the action of the British commander had no other object than to checkmate 3 successful German commercial en- | terprise, his real object being to transfer the oxide business which the Hamburg firm was conducting to British hands and to rob the Ham burg-American line of a profitable freight traffic.The statement further declases that the Lapwing brought an Arabian sheikh to the island of Abumusa, and that after the German firm's coolies had been driven back to the Persian mainland the sheikh prohibited the Germans from further working the oxide mines, although they had a contract for that purpose.The sheikh then fired upon the German firm's representative.Commenting upon the affair, the leading Hamburg journal says: \u201cThe British procedure is an act of violence of the worst kind and an outrageous breach of the law, which constitutes the sharpest contrast to the assiduous assurances of friendship of the British press.\u201cWe must insist that the German Foreign Office shall take strong measures.\u201d The Nautch Girl.The position of the nautch girl is no longer what it was in the Indian social system.Not merely Europeans, | but some of the best among the na- | tives, feel that in view of the gradual raising of the tone of society, the evils associated with her profession should cease to enjoy the toleration accorded to them in the t.This view, however, is by no means universal, and the conflict of opinion ! is strikingly illustrated by the experience of G r Jan, a well-known nautch girl of Calcutta, and one of the finest native singers in India.A rich Marwari family of Bombay recently engazed her to perform at a marriage ceremony, paying her a fee of Rs 15,000 ($5,000).Later she visited , |the Lady Northcote Hindu Orphan- ! age, and consented to sing in its aid gratis in the town hall.citisens of Bombay, male and female, flocked in large numbers to listen to her, as the gramophone has made her name a | household word in India.The hand.|'some sum of $2,000 was collected on | the spot for the orphanage.At the close of the assembly Hon.Sir M.| Perozeshah Mehta pinned s medal on i her breast.! Hearing this, Mr.Justice Chandra of Bombay, a well-known so- | cial reformer and Brahmin leader, | coased his connection with the managing committee.A hot ' discussion has followed.Mr.la and others have written in defence of ' Bir M.Mehta, while other correspon- .dents are against him.On another as on Papas ol 0 but Nawab fan College or Spat; to receive profit from that source.\u2014London T .Hard Work.| a nor | FOR LIBERTY.Tragie Incident of Life In the Uneasy Land of the Czor.bolsk government has sent to the central autborities at St.Petersburg a fall report of the desperate attempt at escape made early in October by a ' convoy of prisoners who bad been PA balted in the village of Kutarbitka.The convoy numbered thirty-three prisoners, of whom four were \u201cpoliti- cals.\u201d They were being marched from Tuman to Tobolsk, the escort consisting of eighteen soldiers of the Ninth Siberian reserve regiment, commanded \u2018 by a noncommissioned officer.Kutar- bitka consists of one long street, at the | end of which is a large isolated build- \u2018and a trap was set.ing, where passing convoys of prisoners are lodged for the night.The con- .victs had bebaved exemplarily during the march to Kutarbitka, and their guards had no suspicion that an outbreak had been planned and ali the details arranged.The prisoners were put into two rooms, the escort occupying two other-apartments, with one sentinel in the corridor and another outside the building, which is surrounded by a high wooden wall.was qulet in the prison.Some of the soldiers were drinking tea, while the others had already settled down for the night.A few remarks were exchanged between the prisoners in the two rooms, but, being In Yiddish, they were not understood by the sentinel in the corridor.Then \u201cOue, two, three!\u201d rang out sharply and distinctly, and the prisoners in both rooms burst open the doors and rushed pellmell into the corridor.The sentinel shouted the alarm, and within a few seconds the soldiers of the escort were massed in the passage, where a furious fight ensued for the carbines stacked at the farther end.The prisoners managed to secure nine of these weapons and strove to come to close quarters with the soldiers, who were soon pouring a devastating fire into their ranks, The greater part of the fight took place in complete darkness, a8 the lamps were shattered by carbine bullets.About twenty of the prisoners were killed or wounded in the corridor.The remainder succeeded in escaping from the building.Three were shot by the sentinel outside.The handful who survived, hampered though they were by the chains on their feet, clambered up the wooden wall and made for the neighboring forests.One of these men, who carried a carbine, was struggling to get over the wall when a soldier ran toward him and addressing him as \u2018\u2019comrade\u201d offered to hold the garbine for a moment.The prisoner, believing him to be a fellow refugee, dropped the carbine to him, and the soldier thereupon bayoneted him to death.Another soldier armed himself with a bar of iron and killed one of the convicts, whom he struck with such force that the latter had a hand completely severed from the arm.In all eleven prisoners escaped, with nine carbines and sixty cartridges.Three were recaptured the following morning, and five carbines were recovered.The noncommissioned officer In charge of the escort seems to have acted with great presence of mind and courage in the face of the unexpected attack.The six casualties among the soldiers were all bayonet wounds.Five were of a slight character, but the sixth ended fatally.Twenty-two of tho convicts were killed.\u2014Baltimore Sun.How He Made It Up.Clark Willlams, New York's super- ifntendent of banks, said the other day of a bankrupt: \u201cIt is no wonder the poor fellow went under.When it became necessary for him to borrow, the securities that he offered were quite worthless.This fact was pointed out to him, and he produced other bundles of securities less valuable If pessible than the first lot.\u201d Mr.Williams laughed.\u201cHe reminded me,\u201d he said, \u201cof a waiter whom I heard about the other day.His waiter was summoned angrily by a guest \u201c \u2018Look here, walter,\u2019 the guest grumbled, \u2018these oysters that you bave brought me are bad.\u201c, = + : v UF The Stanstead Journal.Letter Frem Col.Charles B.Nelson to over.1 bave made ap my mind, how- Letter Frem Lisus.George B.Nelsen to BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.u PUBLISHED BYERY THURSDAY BY THE JOURNAL PRINTING 00.Rock Island, Que.One year (advance payment) $1.00 If paid in six months, 1.25 AS the end of the year.1.50 When sent by mail to subscribers in she United States the price wili be 51.50 a year in advance.ADVERTISING RATES.Traasiont advertising lv cents a line for the firat insertion and 3 cents a line for each subsequent insertion.12 lines to theinch.Noad- vertisment received for less than SUcerts.CITIZENS\u2019 MASS MEETING.A Mass Meeting in the interest of Citizenship is to be held a week from to-night, i.e., on Thursday, 27th instant, in the Haskell Opera House.This is the first public undertaking of the Citizens\u2019 League of the Three Villages, which was organized over a year ago and has been at work in a quiet way ever since.Considerable curiosity has existed amongst those not in the secrets of the League, as to the exact scope and purpose of the organization, and this public meeting will doubtless reveal at least some of its ideals, and the methods by which they are to be realized.Some of our best musical talent, both vocal and instrumental, is to be utilized, and the speakers to be heard include, besides Rev.A.H.Moore, M.A., the president of the League, Mr.P.A.Bisson- net, M.P.P., Rev.George 9.Clendin- nen, and Rev.G.Ellery Read of Sherbrooke.The many warm friends of the last-named gentlemen will be delighted to see and hear him again.The subjects to be treated are such as to appeal to all our citizens, being questions of practical every-day interest, and it is understood that the ladies will not need to resort to the tactics of the English \u2018suffragettes\u2019 in order to gain admission.Indeed as the ladies are recognized as our best citizens, the League is confident of their support and presence on this occasion.As this is the first public gathering in the Opera House since the Villages have formally comeinto possession of it, it is expected to be a large and thoroughly representative meeting.There is no admission fee and no collection, as the League counts it more blessed to give than to receive.A Revival in the Swine Industry.While the swine raising industry has been in some quarters resting on its oars and in others showing positive retrogression, the Live Stock Branch at Ottawa has been getting out a revision of bulletin No.10.\u201cThe Production of Bacon for the British Market.\u201d This booklet, in its first edition, received such a call that a very large edition became exhausted before the demand was satisfied.The call for copies during the late summer and autumn mouths fell away to some extent, but the renewal of interest and hope in the bacon industy is showing itself very strongly in a request from many quarters of the Dominion for more information upon the question of swine raising.Fortunately the new edition is off the press and ready for distribution.\" The bulletin in its revised form will scarcely be recognized.In addition to an almost complete new set of illustrations, which are much better arranged than in the former issue, much new matter has been added.Careful treatment has been given the vital question of housing and in this confection a number of plans of modern approved piggeries are illustrated and described.The economical utilization of dairy by-products\u2014that margin apon which profit in the industry so much depends\u2014is treated as new matter.The very strong revival of the swine raising industry which must of necessity follow the sacrifice of breeding stock that took place during the past autumn has already commenced to show itself.It is safe to predict that with the return of spring with its pasturage and renewal of supply of dairy by-products, together with the shortage of market stock, a demand for swine greater than bas been for many years, will be experienced.To furnish information that will be desired at such a time Bulletin No.10, revised edition, has been prepared.Ooples may be secured free by making application to the Live Stock Commissioner, Ottawa.All the details in connection with the evangelistic work to be done in \u2018Philadelphia by Rev.Dr.C.W.Gor- .don (Ralph Connor) St.Stephen's -eburch, have now been arranged.\u201cThe campaign of Dr.Chapman in that \".«ity begias March 18, but Mr.Gordon il} not arrive until the meetings have Desa for two or three days in progress.\u201c- À âme district bad been assigned to De.Gordon.To supply the pulpit of #5, Stephen\u2019s, Winnipeg, during the aisance of the minister, Rev.Charles Mr.D, W.Camp Btoteenbarg, Philippine Islands, Dec.81et., 1907.I have not written letters to any one except the family, but this is a rainy day and so thought I wonld drop you a few lines to let you know that Tam O.K., and having a fine time.I never Was so well in my life and enjoying every moment of my time.Had a most enjoyable trip over, the Manchuria is a large fine boat and we had a nice lot of people on board.The boat was crowded, three in a stateroom as far as Honolulu, after that we had plenty of room and I had a room all by myself.Honolulu is most interesting and we had a full day there 80 saw all there was to see of interest.One could put in a week or ten days there very nicely, but you can see the principal places of interest in a day.We had a fine voyage over, the sea being calm and the weather fine, except that it was very warm.We left Honolulu about six in the evening and our next port was Yokohama, where we arrived about four a.m., and had a full day and night there.I did what I could of Yokohama in the forenoon and in the afternoon went over to Tokyo and saw something of that city.I was fortunate in seeing both places in company with Dr.H.M.Smith, of Washington, who bad been there before, and is Deputy Commissioner of Fisheries and is out here to study the fisheries of the Islande.The cruiser, Albertross, has been placed by the Government at bis disposal for this purpose, but he came over on the Manchuria and joined the Albertross here.With his assistance as guide, we went into several temples and visited other places of interest.I bave a book with the places marked, so can tell you more when I get bome.We left Yokohama at noon and started for the next port, Kobe, and on our way down {he coast that afternoon we passed a sqéadron of Japanese war ships, consisting of four battle ships, three cruisers and eighteen torpedo boats.We arrived in Kobe in the morning and stayed there all day so was able to get a good idea of that city.We left there in the evening about ten o'clock and our next stop was Nagaski, where we arrived in the early morning.This is the place where the coaling is done by hand and it is a wonderful eight to see the natives pass the coal up by hand in small baskets into the bunker; there must have been at least à thousand of them and a good many women among them.We spent the day here and went about and saw the city.1 do not like Nagaski as well as the other cities I saw iu Japan, itis dirty and filthy in every way.We left this port in the evening and our next stop was Foo Chow, China, where we arrived in the early morning.We had breakfast and then the Pacific Mail Co.\u2019s launch came up to the ship and as many as wisbed took the trip up the river, eighteen miles, to Shanghai, where we had the day, returning to the ship in the evening and sailing that night for Hong Kong.Shanghai is a fine city, that is, that part of it which is occupied by foreigners, the old walled city is like all Chinese cities, flithy and dirty, but interesting.There are many fine residences in the foreign settlement, out on what is known as the \u201cbubbling spring\u2019 road.We took carriages and rode nearly all day.Carriages are cheap and very good here.In Japan one is carried about by natives in the Rickshaw, one person only in a rickshaw.It is won- derfulto me how the little Japs get around as they do in their vebicles.One man took me and started ona dog trot, pulling me all over the city and never slacking speed unless I wished to stop and look at something.They seem to have any amount of en- duranoe and never tire.We arrived in Hong Kong in the early morning and there I left the Manchuria regretfully, for I did enjoy my trip over in ber very much.I went to the Hong Kong hotel, where I stayed three days waiting for my ship to sail for Maniia, and in this time bad a chance to see a good deal of the town.Hong Kong has one of the finest harbors I ever saw, completely land locked and it being an English possession, of course itis heavily fortified.It is much like other English cities, except in the Chinese quarters, which, of course, is typical Chinese, but it is a fine place and I enjoyed my stay there.The place is built on the side of the mountain and many fine resi- denoes are built into the sides of the mountain and it all looked very strange to me when I first saw it.I left here on the steamer Rubi for Manila on Saturday noon and on Sunday afternoon we ran into what is called a Moneoon in the China sea, and here your uncle gave in for the first time and was a bit sea sick for à few hours, but I only gave ap what I bad on my stomach once, and after that 1 wae fine all the way over.I want to tell you, however, thas a Monsoou ie nô joke, being a twia sle- ter to a Typhoon, and as the boat was email, she foit the roll all the more.I hed no sloop that Sunday nighs, neith- or 6d amy of the passengers, and all Wore more or lees ciel all the way ever, I am a pretty good sailur and I never enjoyed myself more than Idid on my trip across the Pacific, and I never realised the magnitude of this gaeat body of water before.We arrived in Manila Bay in the early morning and I was shown the now famous battle ground, or battle water, where Dewey had his fight on that long to be remembered May morning.All this was very interesting to me, you may be sure.As scon as I could I went ashore and went at onge to the Army & Navy club, where 1 found that George was in camp out on what is known as Wallace Field, | just outside the Walled City, he being in command of the Machine Gun detachment of the 3rd Cavalry at the Department meet, which is held every year and consists of fancy drille, horse training stunts and all kinds of sports.Detachments of every regiment in the departments are ordered into camp from their different stations to contest in these sports and, of course, they draw large crowds to witness them.At the club, I met a young officer of the 26th Infantry, who used to live in St.Johnsbury, and he volunteered to take me out to camp and after lunch we got a Carametta, a two wheeled vehicle and a small Philip- pino pony about the size of \u201cDewey\u201d, and we drove out to camp, where 1 found George, who was not expecting me quite so soon.He seemed very glad to see me and I assure you I was glad to see him.He asked me if I would like to etay in camp with him, or go to the club, and I at once decided that I would much rather stay in camp, so he had a tent put up for me and I immediately began to make myself at home.We were in camp for ten days and we had a \u201cbully\u201d time.Of course there were a lot of troops, the ground being the one that all volunteer Regiments were camped on during the war, until ordered to other stations.I had a chance to see a great deal of Manila, and it is bound to be the finest city in the Orient within the next ten years.1 had a letter from Senator Proctor to Gen.Weston, commanding the Department and he was very nice to me, invited me several times to ride with him at night on the Lunetta and also invited me to his home to a \u201cswell\u201d dinner and to take a trip to the Southern Islands with him on a Cruiser.The latter trip I was obliged to decline, much to my regret, for lack of time.After the meet was over I came up here and have been having a fine time.I get up at six o\u2019clock and take a long horse back ride with different troops of the Regiment every morning.They are scouting the conntry all the time and make from twenty to twenty-five miles every day in different directions from the Post so I have had a chance to see a good deal of the country.There are no roads of any consequence here, simply trails leading through the Cogan grass, which is taller than my head on horseback and in many places on the trails only one horse can get through at once.The woods are thick and trailing vines all over the place so that you have to force your way through.Rivers have to be forded and some times we have to swim which is interesting.A troop of Cavalry will stretch out a hundred and fifty yards or more and it isa pretty sight.It must have been an awful country to campaign over and it was only forty miles from here where Aguinaldo was captured and this country wae all fought over time and again.Segovia, who was the guide that went with Funston on that expedition, lives just outeide this post and I have met him several times.He was really the man who deserves all the credit for the capture.He is a Spaniard and was formerly in the Spanish army and a most interesting character.The weather in Manila was very warm, but up here it is just fine.The days are hot but the nights are cool, and it is an ideal place for a Cavalry post.Band plays every night while we are at dinner and after dinner we usually go to some place calling or to Hops, etc., which are on once and some times twice every week.All work except Guard Mounting is done by mid-day and then every one goes in for enjoyment the rest of the day and night.We leave here on the 3rd for Manila and sail on the North German Lloyd Steamer, Prince Wildermere, on the 6th., for Hong Kong and Japanese ports and after doing Japan we sail for Bingapore and Columbo and the Suez, European ports and home.I cannot realize that you are in the midst of winter and I note by the Stanstead JOURNAL that you have been sick in the house with a bad cold.Hope you are all right by this time, also that Mre.Davis is well, I hear from the family often and ey seem to be having a good time io Boston and are wel), which is the main thing.Give my kind regards to all inquiring triende.A letter will reach me, care Thomas Cook & Sou., Paris or London.Very truly youss, ©.x.Faso, his Mother, Mrs.A.Nelson, Well, here we are on the \u2018\u2018Empress of India,\u201d between Hong Kong and Shanghai.Have had a delightful trip so far and enjoyed every minute of it.We stayed over in Hong Kong for three days waiting for our boat, and spent one day in Canton, 80 miles up the river.This is a wonderful city, baving about 4,000,000 inhabitants and it\u2019s the dirtiest, filthiest city I ever saw.The streets are only about six feet wide in some places, no horses or street cars, only \u2018\u2018Sedan chairs,\u201d which are sort of basket affairs, suspended on two long bamboo poles and carried by two Chinamen.We went all over the town and succeeded in buying some very pretty things.We go direct to Yokohama, via Shanghai Nagasaki, Kobi,stay in Yokohama fof a few days, then take the Pring Heindrich steamer for Gawoa.Italy, via.Hong Kong, Singapore, Colombo, up through the Red Sea to Suez, Port 8aid, Cairo.Here we leave the boat and go South to the Pyramids, then up to Rome and overland to Florence, Genoa, Venice, Vienna, Paris and London.It you write as soon as this reaches you, addressing your letters care Thos.Cook & Son, Genoa, Italy, I ought to get them all right.Later on address, care Thomas Cook & Son, London, England.It is quite cold to-day on deck.I have on my heavy underclothes, also an overcoat, so you see its quite a change from the Philippines.By looking up on the map you can trace our trip, stops, etc., and guess pretty near where we are all the time.Weare both well.Am enclosing a \u2018Bill of Fare,\u201d so you can see that we are getting plenty to eat.Love to all.GEORGE.At Sea, January 18, 1908.THE JOURNAL'S FRIENDS.Mr.Nelson Bartlett of Manchester, N.H., writes: \u2018Enclosed find post order for $1.75 for this year and back postage.\u201d Mr.K.E.Clifford of West Charleston, who has been a reader of the JOURNAL for many years, was a caller at our \u2018sanctum\u2019 Tuesday, and cheerfully paid 81.50 for a year\u2019s subscription in advance besides 50 cents which more than covers the postage since the new \u2018\u2018conventin\u2019\u2019 went into effect.Our old Orleans county subscribers are all standing by us with unflagging loyalty.Our thanks to Mr.Clifford.Apother; Derby subscriber, Mr.C.F.Holmes, called at the JOURNAL office, Tuesday, leaving the price of a year\u2019s subscription in advance and an amount sufficient to cover the postage since the new postal rate came into effect.Mr.Holmes is a well-known Derby farmer.Farmers can generally be depended upon to do the right thing.Mr.L.P.Blake of Winter Hill, Mass., sends $1.50, advance payment for a year\u2019s subscription.This reminds that Mr.Blake, although paid in advance was one of the few to remit an amount sufficent to cover the extra postal charges when the new law went into effect last year.BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.The floods about Pittsburg last week caused intense suffering and great damage to property.The water rose thirty and seven-tenthe feet.Western New York and Massachusetts alsc suffered severely.Baron Takahira, the Japanese ambassador to Washington, declares that war between the United States and Japan would be the most inhuman event in the history of the world, and is too \u201chellish\u201d to pe thought of.A Stockholm despatch says relations between Sweden and Russia are decidedly strained.Russia wants to put up forts on the line between Finland and Sweden, which was forbidden by treaty fifty years ago, when Finland wae ceded to Russia by Sweden.The interstate commerce commission announced Saturday that a carrier in arranging personally conducted tours must keep separate charges for transportations and for meals and hotel accommodations, leaving to the patron the right to accept the trane- portation without the other accomo- dations.It is said that Quebec longshoremen demand an increase of five cents an hour at the opening of navigation, making the largest \u2019longshoresmen wage paid at any Atlantic-American port.The O.P.R.is chiefly concerned and it is intimated that the company may abandon Quebec in favor of Three Rivers as the terminus of their Empress vessels.- The rallway companies in New York State must observe the injunction, \u201cThis side up,\u201d when it is placed on a freight package has been decided by the Court of Appeals.The decision comes in a suit brought by Stephen M.Hoye against the Pennsylvania Railroad for $350.When he went to the Railroad Company for a settlement, Mr.Hoye said, he was told that the railroad men had long ceased to pay any atiention to such an injunction, and that is wae considered a joke to them.The suit has been ia the courte fee four peau.* United States Sunday papers entering Canada are being charged mags- sine rates.The Ontario Liberals are now sald to be thinking of making prohibition a plank in their platform.The Queen and the Dowager Er.- press of Russia are said to purpose visiting Mr.J.Pierpont Morgan\u2019s collection of pictures next month.Florence Nightingale, the heroine of the Crimea, in honor of her eighty- eight years, is to be presented with the freedom of the city of London.Jiu jitsu, the noted Japanese way of wrestling, is to be introduced, by command of the Kaiser, into all the naval and military gymnasiums of Germany.A rumor is going the ronnds that the Grand Trunk is after the Boston & Maine system and that the New York, New Haven and Hartford people are ready to negotiate.Buica, the murderer of King Carlos of Portugal, is said to have competed with the King in a shooting match a few days before the murder, and to have beaten him by several points.President Roosevelt told the Religious Education Association Thursday that material prosperity will avail little unless it is built upon the foundation of the higher moral and spiritual lite.! The treaty guaranteeing the integrity of Norway, recently signed by Norway, Russia, Germany and Britain, is valid for the next ten years, and may be continued another ten, if not nullified within eight years from now.A resolution was brought up in the House of Commons by the Hon.Frank Oliver yesterday providing for a grant of 320 acres of land in the North-West to every South African veteran who at that time was resident in Manitoba or the Territories.Secretary Root was 68 years old Feb.15th.He spent most of the day in his office, where he was engaged upon a number of important matters in connection with treaty negotiations for the settlement of questions pending between the United States and Canada.From a mixture of skimmed milk and formaline a substance is made, called \u2018\u2018Galalith,\u2019\u201d\u201d which has sufficient strength to allow of its being used in place of stone or marble.In Austria, it is said, they use 100,000 quarts of skimmed milk a day in making this material.For Over Sixty Years.Mrs.Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for over sixty years by millions of mothers for their children while teething, with per- Tect success.It soothes the child, softens the mas, allays all pain, cures wind colics, and is he best remedy for diarrhea.It will relieve the poor hittle sufferer immediately.Sold by druggists in every part of the world, swenty flve cents a bottle.Be sure and ask for \u201cMra.Winslow's Suothing Syrup,\u2019 and take no other nd.Guaranteed under the Food and Drugs Act, June 30th, 1006 Erial.Number 1908.BORN.DUNGATE\u2014At Boynton, Feb.16, 1908, à son to Mr.and Mrs.Harry Dungate.DIED.STEEL\u2014At her residence, Fitchburg, Mass, Feb.15, 1908, Mrs.Hattie K., wife of the late James E.Steele, aged 42 years.Catarrh Cannot be Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease.Catarrh is a blood or constitational disease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies.Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on theblood and mucous surfaces.Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine.It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years and is a regular prescription.It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood puriflers, actin directly on the mucous sur- aces.The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing Catarrh.8end for testimonials free.F.J.CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O.Sold by Druggiats, 75c.Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.STITCHERS WANTED.Experienced stitchers wanted to work on coats, pants and overalls.Inexperienced help need not apply.86 PEERLESS OVERALL CO.LOST.On Monday afternoon, Feb.17, a Lady's Silver Chatelaine Watch, Mig il the mono.ram M.G.H.) between M.F.Hackett'a ouse and the Convent, or on the ice back of the Masonic Hall.A suitable reward will be paid upon returning same to M.F.Hackett tanstead.a8 BLACKSMITHING.After March 156th, I will do general blacksmithing at the old \u2018Hatch Bhop,\u2019 opposite the station, Smith\u2019s Mills, Que.I take this opportunity of thanking my patrons and friends for their support during the past year, and of so- fciting a continuance of the same, as well as the patronage of as many new customers as may be pleased to favor me.W.F.RENEY.COMING! I will soon publish in this paper the exact dates when you can consult me at the Derby Line Hotel, Derby Line, Vt.DR.H.D.MARTIN, Eye Specialist.FOR SERVICE.Tut, Que.This is the pail that takes the place of a bakery of your own.When you open the pail, the biscuits are as fresh and crisp as at the door of the ovens.There is dainty cating for every meal, in one of these popular lunch pails.Get one.Lane\u2019s Opera House NEWPORT Monday, Feb.24 The great fun makers THE JOLLITIES IN THEIR GREAT MUSICAL ABSURDITY THE TOY MAKERS By Chas.F.Pidgin, author of Quincy Adams Sawyer.Original Music by Chas, D.Blake and others.Great Cast of Singers and Mirth Creators.Our Own Production REPRESENTING AN OLD ENGLISH TOY.SHOP Two hours and a half of Uproarious laughter and 25 numbers of pretty Music.SPECIAL THEATRE TRAIN Leaves Stanstead, Rock Island, Derby Line and Beebe Plain at 7 p.m., returning after the show.PRICES 75, 50, 25.Tickets may be ordered by mail or \u2019\u2019Phone and called for at the box office.FOR SALE.38\u2014Don\u2019t wait till spring to bay this 190 acre farm 134 miles from railroad and stores.450,000 feet timber, 1000 cords wood.If you can figure see what this would bring delivered on down grade road where you can make à trips a day.est of land, fine sugar orchard 1000 trees, nice apple orchard of 45 trees.Barns are all double boarded, cattle barn 44x58 with basement and silo; shed 16x70, horse barn 22x60.Henhouse 12x24.These buildings form the fence of a large barn yard making a snug place to turn out cattle in winter time.House is large but needs some repairing.This farm is on high ground and commands a fine view of the surrounding country.It is a good farm to make money on, will keep 20 cows and team, might be made to keep more.We will sell this farm with mowing machine, horse-rake, lumber wag on, sleds, largo land roller, wheel harrow, weeder, smoothing harrow, iron axle cart ete., and all the sugar tools for $4200.Must be sold as owner is unable to carry it on.You can pay for this place with the wood and lumber and then have a good farm left.Write us for free list of money making farms, KING & NELSON, Barton, Vt.No Fading OF COLORED 600DS IN OUR LAUNDRY.You can safely trust us to return your goods with the colors as bright and * distinot as when we receive them.There is a way of doing this whieh not all laundry men know\u2014but we do.(Let our Agent have your bundle.) Summer Street Laundry, A.W.ADAMS & SON, A.A.LAMOREY, «- Agent. Business ad Profissions] Ouzde.PSS EE 8.8.FRASER, M.D, C.M.Faysicien and Suspess, Fitoh Bay, Qué.Ottse as 0.M.Clifford's.People\u2019s Telephone.T.E.MONTGOMERY, B.A., M.D.Besbe Plain, Que.Both Telephones.J.C.COLBY, B.A, M.D.ns Carrollcroft, Btaustaad.to \u2026 TtoSp.m.Consul i 08.m p.m., and by DR.C.L.BROWN, B.A, Physician and Surgeon, Ayer's Cliff, Que.People\u2019s Phone.DR.H.P.STOCKWELL, Stanstead Plain, Que.Office and residence: First door South of Christ Church.Bell and People\u2019s Telephones.DR.GEO.F.WALDRON.Office and residence opposite the Haskell Place.Office Hours: Until 9 A.M.,1 to 3 and 7 to 8 P.M.People's and Bell Telephones.T.D.WHITCHER, M.D.Physician and Surgeon.Beebe Plain, P.Q.Office at Residence.Bell and People's 'Phones.C.|.MOULTON, L.D.S., Dentist, Stanstead Plain, Que.WILBUR A.REYNOLDS, D.D.S., 286 Newbury 8t., Boston, Mass.R.0.ROSS,B.A,,M.D.,.C.M,, Office, at residence of the late Dr.McDuffee.Bell and People\u2019s Telephones.EDWARD AUDINWOOD, Undertaker & Embalmer, Derby Line, Vt., and Rock Island, P.Q.ERASTUS P.BALL, Veterinary Surgeon.Graduate of Montreal Veterinary College.Office at Lee Farm, Rock Island, Que.U.B.P.O.Address: Derby Line, Vermont.M.F.HACKETT, Advocate, Solicitor, &o., Btanstead Plain, Que: Will attend all courts in the trict.Collections a specialty.H.M.HOVEY, Advocate, Rock Island.Que.U.8.P.O.Address: Derby Line, Vt.W.K.FOSS, Undertaker and Embalmer.* Plates Engraved when wanted.Fitch Bay, Que.EDWIN A.BEAN, Constable and Bailiff for the District of St.Fancis.Stanstead Junction, Que.Prompt Attention given to all work.GRANITEVILLE.Mr.James Probert left last Thursday for England, to visit his relatives whom he has not seen for 25 years.He sailed Saturday from Halifax on the Tunisian.We hope for him a safe passage.He expects to be away until the last of March.Mr.Wm.Hyland, wbo has recently moved on the James Brodie farm, is very sick at present writing.Mrs.Melvin Tilton leaves this week for Hardwick, Vt., to visit friends for a few days.Miss Capitola Morse returned home Monday from a few days visit to relatives in Newport.Mr.and Mrs.Wm.Davis of Stan- stead visited at the home of Mr.and Mrs.James Bacon recently.Mr.and Mrs.Geo.L.Reynolds left last week for Holyoke, Mass., and other places to visit their children for a few weeks.; Word was received on Wednesday morning, Feb.19th., of the death of Mra.Ira Fadden of Illinois, mother of Mrs.John 8.Reed of this place.She bad been sick for some time.Much sympathy is expressed for Mrs.Reed.The social and farmer\u2019s supper held Tuesday evening at the pleasant home of Mr.and Mrs.C.D.Haselton, was very well attended, considering the number of people sick and the intense cold weather.There were about 75 present and a very pleasant time was enjoyed by all.Thanks are due Mr.and Mrs.Haselton for their kind hospitality.Proceeds satisfactory.MACK'S MILLS.Mr.James Longeway of Leadville spent Thursday and Friday in the > Mr.Carl Lane spent Sunday at his home in Caswell\u2019s Mills.Mr.D.B.Keet of St.Johnsbury bas been visiting relatives in the place and Fitch Bay.Herbert Soutiere son of Mrs.Geo.Soutiere, bad the misfortune to break his right arm just above the elbow on last Wednesday.Mrs.Moses Raymond is visiting her parent at East Hatley.Miss Winnie Longeway entertained about thirty-five of her friends at a Valentine party on Feb.14th.Refreshments were served and all left at a late hour feeling that they had spent a very pleasant evening.Miss Mamie Davis bas gone to Groveton, N.H., to spend a few weeks with her brother, Mr.James Davis.From an occasional Correspondent.The \u201cY.\u2019s\u201d society of Beebe Plain met at the home of Mrs.George Lon- goway, Wednesday evening, Feb.19th.Although the weather was unfavorable, à large number of visitors were present.The evening was very pleasantly spent in music and games.Light refreshments were served, after which a vote of thanks was tendered Mrs.ILongeway for her kind hospitality PITOH BAY.Rev.J.J.Hutehineon bas received an invitation from à town in Ontario to viels them with a view of accepting a call to a larger field of usefulness.He refuses to discuss the subject as yes.We hope be will not feel it his study to accept the call as the work here seems to need his continued labors.Dr.Fraser was called to Richmond on Tuesday by the sudden death of his father.Mr.and Mrs.Stevens (née May Rediker) are caring for Mrs.Rediker.Mr.A.A.Gustin spent a few days in Montreal last week.Mrs.D.J.Carr and Mrs.Lydia Smith have returned from Montreal both much improved in health.Rev.J.McLucus of East Richford, Vt., Rev.G.Chapman of McConnell and Chas.Peck of Massawippi were in town attending the I.A.C.Conference.Mr.D.Keet was home from St.Johnsbury a few days last week.Mr.Stoliker is to have the last social dance of the season at Hovey Hall on Feb.28th.The annual meeting of the patrons of the Fitch Bay creamery and also the same branch of the E.T.Dairy produce, Co., was held in Clifford\u2019s hall Thursday evening, Feb.5th, accounts from March 2nd to Dec.25th 1907 inclusive presented showing 96508 lbs.butter manufactured value 21,562.07.Paid patrons $19,179.66; B.H.Rider for manufacturing 2,291.80; other expenses §90.61.After presentation of above statement the objects of E.T.Dairy Assaciation were explained by J.P.Bowen, J.L.Converse and W.E.Hunt endorsing the company\u2019s project and asking the patrons to give it a fair trial.All present seemed assured of the future success of the association and the prospects seem bright for the coming year.WAY'S MILLS.Miss Vivian Richardson of Ayer\u2019s Cliff is spending a week at \u2018Riverside Farm.\u201d Mrs.A.E.Chadsey spent a week at Ayer\u2019s Cliff visiting relatives.Mr.and Mre.Norman Wheeler, Sr., are visiting their daughter, Mrs.Ned Oramer of West Derby, who is sick with the mumps.Miss Norma Holmes, Bernard and Clayton Holmes are sick with German measles.We are glad to say that little Kenneth Oliver, who sprained his ankle, is out again.Mr.F.H.Morrill and his sister, Mrs.W.Irish, of Lawrence, Mass., attended the funeral of her father, Mr.G.Standish, at Coaticook, Saturday.He was a former resident of Fairfax.Misses Aubine Morrill and Mildred Chadsey visited friends in Baldwin's Mills, recently.Mr.Walter Sargent was called to Fitchburg, Mass., to see his sister, Mrs.Hattie Steele, who was seriously ill.He left on Thursday, accompanied by his mother, Mrs.8.W.Sargent, ot Ayer\u2019s Cliff.News was received that she passed away Saturday night.Her Way\u2019s Mills friends wish to extend their deepest sympathy to the bereaved ones.From another correspondent.News has been received of the death, at her residence, 11 Williams 8t., Fitchburg, Maes., of Mrs.Hattie L.Steele, widow of the late James E.Steele.Mrs.Steele\u2019s girlhood days were spent here, she being the youngest daughter of Mr.and Mrs.Sylvester Sargent, now of Ayer\u2019s Cliff.Deceased had many warm friends here who mourn her untimely death; she was but forty-two years of age.Five years ago she was left a widow and she bravely took up the battle of life, kept her home, brought up and educated her daughter, who is now left desolate indeed.She has bravely and patiently endured a long and painful illness during which all possible was done to save her, but it was not to be and on the 15th inet., she too passed to the great beyond.She leaves one child, Miss Grace Steele, father, mother, two brothers, one sister and hosts of friends to mourn her loss.The sympathy of all goes out to the sorely stricken young daughter.Mrs.8.W.Sargent was called to Fitchburg last week by the iliness and death of her tor, Mrs.Steele, Mr.Walter Sargent of Way's Mille ao- companied his mother.The funeral took place from her late residence Monday, at $ p.m.The \u201cY'a\u201d met with Mre.E.W.Hurd Tuesday 11th.A number of young ladies were present.The important question of books for the library was discussed.Quite a little sum is to be invested in this profitable way soon.Miss Halliday was appointed librarian for a month and will be at her post every Thursday evening.Mrs.Chadsey returned home to Way's Mills Thursday after a number of days at the Cottage House assisting Mrs.Norton.The first dividend paid to the patrons of the Eastern Townships Dairy Produce Company was a good one, average milk paying 81.35 per hundred pounds and as all the butter is being gold in prints for 30c.per pound the farmers may look for something better next time.The Ladies Aid was pleasantly entertained by Mrs.C.H.Libby Tuesday afternoon.21 members out of the 25 being present aud the oldest member, Mrs.John Robinson, over eighty- years of age was present and did her \u2018part of the work.Miss Bowen of Barnston guest of Mrs.8.Hill.Mr.Brock Astle attended a euchre and dance at Magog Monday evening.Mr.and Mrs.Harry Norton of Boston were in town recently.They intend to take possession of their new home the first of March, providing Mr.Morse can take possession of his farm by that time.Mr.and Mrs.Geo.Davis were at Derby visiting friends recently.Mrs.A.E.and Mrs.W.E.Hurd spend Wednesday in Newport.From Another Correspondent.Mr.and Mrs.Harry Norton were in town Saturday.Mr.Norton took a trip to his farm while here.The recent thaw has made traveling very difficult.The ice in the Tomi- fobia is also broken up.The W.C.T.U.was entertained on Monday afternoon by Mrs.Hurd, on Massawippi street.Interesting papers were read by Mrs.Fish, Mrs.Moore and Mrs.Vaughan.The Ladies Aid met with Mrs.C.Libby Tuesday afternoon.Mrs.Drew of Newport is at present staying with her father, Mr.S.Sargent.Mrs.Albert Chadsey of Way\u2019s Mills, has been in town a few days, the guest of Mrs.T.Norton.Miss Halliday, principal of the Model school, was appointed librarian for one month at a recent meeting of the society.Each Thursday evening the Library will be open for the distribution and return of books.Mrs.S.Sargeant was summoned to Fitchburg, Mass., where her danghter, Mrs.Steele was very ill.She left last Tuesday, accompanied by her son, Mr.Walter Sargeant.Since their arrival Mrs.Steele passed away.She leaves one daughter, Miss Grace Steele.Much sympathy is felt for all the sorrowing friends.Dr.Brown attended the Medical banquet at Sherbrooke Wednesday night.Mr.and Mrs.George Davis have returned from a pleasant visit with friends at Derby Center.The Swiss Bell Ringers will give a high class entertainment in the Coun- by ball, Tuesday evening, February ie the Special\u2014Last night about eighty friends and neighbors met with Mr.and Mrs.G.W.Woodard, the occasion being the fortieth anniversary of their marriage.The evening was much enjoyed by all present, and all joined in wishing the bride and groom of forty years ago many pleasant years to come.East Hatley, Feb.17th, 1908.Dear Editor: A faithful reader of your paper asks \u201cWhat ie the matter with Heatbton?Have they lost their hearing, as well as eyesight?000000000000 O0 \u20ac Is your baby thin, weak, fretful ?Make him a Scorr's Emulsion baby.Scott's Emulsion is Cod Liver Oil and Hypophosphites prepared so that it is easily digested by little folks.Consequently the baby that is fed on Scott's Emulsion is a sturdy, rosy- cheeked little fellow full of health and vigor.ALL DRUGGISTS ; 80c.AND $1.00.(mon was ordinary contribute a nickel; TOWN TOMGS.Mr.and Mre.D.W.Davis loft Bat- urday noon for s trip Seuth.Washington, D.O., is to be their visiting point.The people in the Derby Line hotel were all remembered by the late Mrs.L.A.Caswell, by some slight token.80 do our little courtesies of the past remain our steadfast friends.Several Sundays ago two of our young men started-oui to hear a certain pastor preach.En route they discovered that only one was provided with currency, and this coneisted of two nickels, two dimes and two quarters.The banker proposed that they divide the capital and if the serif fair, the dime; if good, the quarter, but this planning uncovered the fact that their visite to places of this kind were not sufficiently frequent to enable them to remember the program | pursued, and the plate came around | before the goods were delivered, and: they limited their speculation to ten cents, and thereby lost the blessing | from liberal and cheerful giving, and the church by its cash in advance scheme did two unfortunate things, made enemies of the mammon of unrighteousness and failed in its mission.If a church is confident enough to do its work, the client that pays C.O.D.should be sufficiently credulous.The JOURNAL has been contemplating a change in its means for motive power for runing its presses.There is not a profession to which dame nature is kinder than to the occupant of the newspaper sanctum, and Monday this was proven to our heart\u2019s content.While in the throes of this new problem, we chanced to look out of the window, which has for ita prospect the (just now) raging, rampant Tomi- fobia (while when we commenced to worry it was teme as a kitten and typified as the lost river) and we noticed an elm tree projecting quite two-thirds the width of the stream, probably forty to fifty feet, and pendant from it was a branch which reached the water, and a body of ice had formed on it that would weigh 200 pounds at least and the motion of the water caused this branch and the tree to move up and down four or five feet, and by connecting with this we could have run our whole plant.It was quite novel and unusual.It wasa bow of power and perhaps of promise.Discussing trade conditions, Mr.James F.Telford of the Telford & Chapman Manufacturing Co., said: \u201cThere never was a time since we have been in business when it was so hard for travelers to obtain orders as at the present.We have excellent salesmen in Ontario and the Maritime Provinces and the same reports come from both.The section right around home seems to be least affected by the present scarcity of money.\u201d In accounting for this Mr.Telford said that farmers of the Eastern Townships were able to \u2018turn off\u201d a little of sumething from the farm throughout the year, owing to the mixed product.Just now many were getting a little money out of pulp-wood and other products of the forest.In the West, after the grain was marketed, there was nothing to bring money to the farmers until the next year\u2019s crop was ready.In the fruit sections it was the same.At the time Mr.Tel- ford was seen the firm was busy loading a car for shipment West, and their factory seemed busy.BOYNTON.The Womans Mission Circle will meet at the home of Mrs.C.C.Mc- Clary on Thursday afternoon, Feb.27th.All young people and gentlemen are invited to tea at 6 p.m., sharp.Admission 10 cents.Mr.L.T.Welch, who has been vis- | iting his mother at Glover, Vt., has returned home.We are pleased to report Mrs.Susan Morse so far recovered as to be able to visit her niece, Mrs.Heath, in Cassville.Mr.and Mre.W.E.Davis and son of Newport, visited at W.E.Hunt's Thursday and Friday.Mr.and Mrs.Robert Stockwell of Boston visited at H.Boynton\u2019s recently.Mrs.David Davidson and Miss Doris of Libbytown visited at C.C.Mc- Clary\u2019s recently.Miss Gertrude Gage of Milestone, Sask., and Miss Eva Rudd of Cassville, were calling on friends Tuesday.There was no service in the Church bere last Sunday, on account of the bad condition of the roads.APPLE GROVE.Mr.and Mrs.Avery Bryantare quite ill with la grippe.Dr.Whitcher is attending them.Mr.Ezra Ball of Bolton and Mr.F.Wilkinson of Way\u2019s Mills, were guests at Lake View farm recently.Mrs.Raymond Bissell is spending a couple of weeks with her sister, Mrs.R.Brodie, in Iberville.Mr.Harry Taylor, Misses Bertha and Lena Taylor visited at Mr.G.A.Harvey's Sunday.Mrs.J.Radway, who has been quite ill, is some better.Mr.W.L.Rowell, who travels for place on Thursday.the Stanstead JounnaL, was in the » BARGAIN Children\u2019s Sweaters reduced to.20 pieces of Chambray Ginghams at.10 cents a yd.Flannelette Wrappers reduced to.ccvuves .980.and-91.13 2 doz.Ladies\u2019 White Shirt Waists at.480.Ciera sans suss sacs s 000000001900, Ladles' Gingham 8hir¢ Waist Suits reduced to.$3.00, $2.25 and $3.50 8 pieces of pretty Plaid Drees Goods reducee to.ts 39¢.Ladies\u2019 all Wool Underwear reduced to.ovvneenrens 750.each.Ladies\u2019 Sweaters all colors reduced to.750.$1.00 and 81.50 Fancy Sofa Pillow Topa reduced to.0.0+0 00000000 eu se ccer 220.All of my Furs reduced to cost.WILLIAM SPALDING, Derby Line, Vt.We combine clearness pleasing.Derby Line.sree.HOTOGRAPHY in its truest sense is an Art and not merely the making of a picture.are satisfied with any kind of a picture so long as it is clear, and is a good likeness.Some people and a good likeness with artistic lighting and posing and get results that are Don\u2019t procrastinate.J.J.PARKER, Photographer.; SAV right.S100 ! | By 1e | SCHLOSS É:308.& CO.Fine Clothes Makers Baltimore and New York The Time, the Place, the Style and the Goods.For the next I5 days will give you a reduction of 10 percent.on all made- to-measure Clothing.Black and Blue Suits carried in stock.Prices $10, $12.50 and $15.Call and see the New Samples for spring in the new brown and silk mixtures.Get the latest; it costs no more, and you might as wlel be up-to-date.Now for a new Hat.New AA.LANORE Derby Line, Vt.Hats, Lumbermen\u2019s Rubbers.a Summary Procedure.CANADA, \\ PROVINCE OF QUEBEC, { Diatrict of Saint Francis.In the Circuit Court in and for the County of Stanstead at the Village of Stanstead Plain.No.625.In Vacation.Before A.N.Thompson, C.C.C.Edward M.Campbell, of the Village of Beebe Plain, in the Stanstead Circuit Court, Insurance Agent, PLAINTIFF.vs William Rexford.of the same piace.EFENDANT, The Defendant is hereby ordered to appear within one month.Stanstead Plain, P.Q.February 5th, 1008, A.N.THOMPSON, Clerk of said Court.3sw?2 M.F.HACRETT, Att'y for P) 1 WILL BE AT CAMP.Sheriff Bean and James Mansur have purchased the Hight Camp at George- ville; also their Gasolene Boat, and will remain there during the coming season.Connected by People\u2019s \u2018Phone.35w6 E.A.BEAN, Sheriff.LOST.een sue To Bent gin A.P.DAVIS, Grifis, Qua Prices Marked Down To close out balance of winter goods, we have made a big cut in prices on Men\u2019s and Children's Clothing, Caps.and Furnishing goods, Overshoes and Lumbermen\u2019s Rubbers that were $1.75 now $1,25, Gloves and Mittens that were 50 cents now 35 cents.Suits that were $5.00 now $3.50.Spring Hats in this week.GILMORFE\u2019S, Derby Line, Vt.FINE RESIDENCE FOR SALE.The Fine House, Lot, and Out Bulidings.known as the \u2018\u2019Hteplhen Foster property.\u2019 situate at the West end of Maple Avenue, Rock Island.House in the very bent condition, and finished throughout with all the latest improvements within the last few years.Hard wood flooring, fine stair case; good cellar with cement bottom, bath with hot and cold water.Electric light, with latest pattern of electro: leers, etc.Good barn, carrisge house and other out buildings.About three acres of land: fine lawn, with summer house and a splendid view Westward.This in a rar: chance to secure a very desirable property in Rock Island.For perticulars apply to B.W.Hay, Agent, Btanatead.285w PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby Jim to the Rate-payers of the Township Stanstead, that all taxes due snd unpaid on March Ist, 1908, will be placed with an attorney for collection.Per order of the School Board and Municipe! Council of the Township of Stanstead.C.A, JENEL 8, 'y : Smith\u2019 Mills, Peb.8th, 1008, RCN SIVA a SURY CIVIL EN LAR ST Ai OR NEER a ; DAT SALES \u2014 AT \u2014 SPALDING\u2019S SATURDAY, FEB.22, 1908. St.George\u2019s Baking Powder M only for the reason that it is wholesome and healthful,\u201d \u201cThe knowledge that you are NOT ¥ eating alum, lime, ammonia and acid in your food\u2014should eount for a great deal.\u201d \u201cST.GEORGE'S is made of y5.90% pure Cream of Tartar.\u201d Try it.Write for free copy of wur new Cook-Book, National Druz & Chemical Co.of Cauada Limited, Montreal.TIME TABLE.In Effect Oct.7th, 1907.LEAVING SHERBROOKE.FostuN & NEW YORK EXPRESS\u2014Leav- Brooke 1.50 not (dicilx exveuit St ; rive Levis lp m, arrive Quebec Puilman car Springfieid to Quebec and ju ,- mau ear Boston to Sherbreike connecting pub Pullman car from springfi-Id for Que- net.Nete\u2014Pullman car leaving Sprinzfi-1d on \u201cat Stem.atrday doe< not ran heyoud Newport oa Sune day morning.PASSENGER\u2014iweave Sherbrooke 400 p.m.(daily except Sunday), arrive Levis V3) p.ni.ti rive quebre 13 pm.ACCOMMODATION\u2014Leave Sherbrooke 9,8) 5.mn.(daily exceut Sunday}, arrive Levis 7.15 à 11.arrive Quebec 7.50 à.mm.trains on the Division.ARRIVING SHERBROOKE.BosTox & NEW YORK EXPrEss\u2014Leave Quels \u20ac > p.m.\u2018daily except Sanday Levis 3W p.m., arrive Sberbrou Pullman car Queb-e to Springtierd « ing st Sherbrooke with Puilimmau car for B.< ton.Note\u2014Pullman ecarleaving Quebec on Satur \u201cay connects at Springfield with parlor enr À so connecting Megantie - urriving New York 2.15 pom.instead of ar 1133 8.mo.ad ou other days.PASSENGER\u2014L+ave Quebec 7.30 a im.ldaÿz «xcept sunday i, leave Levis 8.00 a.mi, arr.ve Sherbrooke 1.10 p.mn.ACCOMMODATION\u2014Leave Quebec 6.50 p.m.\u2018daily except satardav), leave Levis Up.mn.arrive Sherbrooke 9.10 à.in.#130 connecting trains on the Megantic Division.For time tables, tickets and all informa 1 apply to any of the Company's Agents.J.H, WALSH.E.O.GRUNDY.General Manager.Gen.Pass'r Agt WHEN YOUR EYES GIVE YOU TROUBLE You should give them the Best Attention possible, have them examined® only by those who thoroughly understand the.different methods of examination.The adjusting of Spectacles and eyeglasses is no child\u2019s play, and unless properly executed wili often lead to bad results.We make a specialty of high-class priscription work, and show al} the latest improvments in Spectacle and Eyeglasses.E.L.NORTON Jeweler and Optician Rock Island, Que.NEW STORE NEW GOODS, NEW PRICES.We have opened up business with the following lines in ali of which we have a good assortment at the lowest possible prices: Choice family Groceries, Boots, Shoes and Rubbers, Men\u2019s aud Boys\u2019 Clothing.LOOK AT SOME OF OUR PRICES: 20 lbs.Redpath\u2019s Sugar for Cream Tarter per Ib.Best Astrai Oil per gal.20 Belected Valencia Raisins 3 Ibs.for .25 Saltpetre per lb.Dairy Salt, per sack Qos er Baking Powder, per lb.ative Onions, per lb.Salt Salmon, per Ib.10 Bars Soap for An all-wool Suit, latest cut and retty pattern for 7.A fine Black rge Suit for 10.See our Table Mats, per set Also burnt work Calendars at .Glad to give samples of this as it is sure to please.We, respectfully solicit a share of your pateo! and feel sure our good and prices 1 plesse.good Reapecttally, L.H.RAND & SON, Fitch Bay, Que.7 4 50 20 bèsg 388 FARM FOR SALE.7% cleared, fon under cuitivation.lond lays a earry productive soil.Oniy !4 mile from Stan Junction.Charches, schoois and _storen -10 man in the parlor | .far end of the sofa, \u201cwhy don't you ur oa THE PEAZEL TREE.° its History as Told by the Rev.Jasper Napoleon Pinckney.The Rev.Jasper Napoleon Pinckney of Punxsutawney parish used to boast that he could expound at sight any text in the Bible.Deacon Epaminon- das Johnson, who hated him, often tried to trip him, but without ever feazing him for a moment.A few Sundays ago he arose in meeting, displayed a malicious grin and said: \u201cBr'er Pinckney, will yo' be so kin\u2019 an\u2019 condescen\u2019in\u2019, please, sub, as tub expoun\u2019 untuh us de items an\u2019 de sta- teestics ob de items tuh be foun\u2019 in de Fifty-seventh Psalm, las\u2019 part o\u2019 de eighth verse?\u201d Brer Pinckney glanced at the text : without apprehension, for he had never read it before.Silently he conned these words: \u201cAwake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.\u201d For a moment he seemed puzzled.Then he pompously read the text aloud as follows: \u201cAwake, peazle tree an\u2019 harp: 1 myse\u2019t will awake right early.\u201d Having paused long enough to let the words sink into the minds of his congregation, Brler Pinckney repeated them and added this explanation: \u201cMy deah brudderm apn\u2019 sistuhs: King David wuz a smaht man an\u2019 a pow'ful man, but he wuz also a ter\u2019ble busy man, an\u2019 he batter git up mighty early in de mawnin\u2019 foh tuh do his day's wuk, des like all de rest un us .po\u2019 sinnuhs.Dem times he wuz of'n ' 80 ter\u2019ble busy he couldn\u2019 play de harp \u2018ceppin\u2019 fus\u2019 t\u2019ing in de mawnin,\u2019 w'ile de corn pone a-cookin\u2019 fo\u2019 breakfus\u2019, an\u2019 las\u2019 ting at night jus\u2019 befo\u2019 he wint tah bed.An\u2019 on dem lattub occasions, w'en at las\u2019 he hang de harp on de branch ob a mos\u2019 magnificent peazel tree whut grew jus\u2019 beside his bedroom winduh \u2014 dem wuz extry fine trees, dem peazel trees\u2014he\u2019d up \u2019n\u2019 say: \u2018Awake, peazel tree an\u2019 harp: I mysef will hatter 'wake right early, 'cos I'm ; such a busy man.\u2019 \u201d\"\u2014Harper's Weekly.Dramatic.s Just as he clasped the beautiful girl in his great strong arms a strange man | came out and stood beside them, looking exceptionally foolish and idiotic, due possibly to his embarrassment.\u201cPardon me,\u201d he said.\u201cThe playwright had more epigrams than he could put in the mouths of his logical characters, and I've dropped in just here to get off a few of them.I'll be as quick as I can.You understand my position, of course.\u201d \u201cOh, dear, yes,\u201d they replied as with one voice.\u201cDon\u2019t mind us.Go right ahead.Take the center of the stage and talk as long as you like.We've been in society drama before, you know.\u201d\u2014Puck.Proionged Duties.\u201cI would like to see the sheriff,\u201d announced the visitor in the county courthouse.\u201cHe's out,\u201d replied one of the clerks.\u201cWhen do you expect him back?\u201d asked the visitor.\u201cI don\u2019t think he will be back for a week at least,\u201d answered the clerk.\u201cA watch factory failed, and he's winding up its affairs.\u201d \u2014 Harper's Weekly.The Seats Wers Safe.\u201cIt would please me mightily, Miss Stout,\u201d said Mr.Mugley, \u201cto have you go to the theater with me this evening.\u201d \u201cHave you secured the seats?\u201d asked Miss Vera Stôut.\u201cOh, come now\u201d he protested, \u201cyou're not so heavy as all that!\"\u2014 Catholic Standard and Times, Business and Sentiment.\u201cI think,\u201d said the rising young broker to the wise young business woman, \u201cthat you really owe something to a love like mine.\u201d \u201cUnder the circumstances,\u201d replied the wise young business woman, \u201cI won't attempt to deny that you are a preferred creditor.\u201d\u2014Baltimore American.In the Language.\u201cSome one has said that e kiss Is the language of love,\u201d remarked the young scene.\u201cWell,\u201d rejoined the fair maid on the get busy and say something ?\"\u2014Chica- go News, Under Difficulties.DANGEROUS FREIGHT.Cargess That Are a Source of Danger to Vessels.Exhaustive experiments by the New South Wales government have now proved\u2014what has all along been sus .pected\u2014that wool will under certain | conditions ignite spontaneously and \u2018that consequently it is a dangerous cargo to carry.| Probably, therefore, it will be added to the lst of commodities which the .board of trade decrees must be stowed | with extra care, commodities which include such diverse articles as matches, | acids, gunpowder, coal, wheat and timber.This, bowever, will be but poor consolation to the harassed sea captain, \"since all these things have to be car- .riled anyhow, somehow.Besides, the danger frequently lies not so much in cargoes known to be dangerous as in \u2018 those supposed to be safe.Thus a cargo of glass bottles came within an ace of wrecking the sailing ship Camel off the Isle of Wight a short , time ago, and a patent paint drying \u201c preparation sufficed to send to the bottom of the strait of Magellan the Do- | terel and the 143 souls aboard her.| Potatoes that decayed Into a putrid \u2018pulp engendered a pestilence that a couple of years ago killed eleven out \u2018of twenty-seven of the crew of one of the finest vessels in the American mercantile marine and nearly caused her total loss off Tenerife.This year in one of the Liverpool docks the emanations from a cargo of soap blew a ship well nigh to bits and killed a number of men whe were working in her hold.The other day a bark put out from Cadiz with a huge block of granite poised near her after hatch.This through some mismanagement fell into the hold, broke through her bottom and sank her there and then.Tyree huge .vans filled with furniture caused the Marie Roze to capsize and founder in Marseilles harbor.Finally there is the extraordinary case of the Southern Belle, lost last spring between Tahiti and the New Hebrides, the cause of the wreck being officially described as due to \u201cmonkeys gnawing cordage.\u201d \u2014 Bermuda Royal Gazette.Excitement on the Sun.There is now visible upon the sun's disk a remarkable array of spots in - which rapid changes are taking place.The activity to which they are due is no doubt connected with the great sun flame, shooting up to an elevation of 325,000 miles, which was recently observed at the Radcliffe observatory, Oxford.The entire length of the disturbed area, which lies practically parallel with the sun's equator, is not less than 350,000 miles.Recent spectroscopie studies of great sun spots have stimulated interest in these wonderful phenomena by show- fog that in the nature of the light given forth from them they bear a resemblance to certain red stars which appear to be in a more or less advanced stage of decadence.Thus they serve as indications of the existence of a tendency in our sun toward a change of state which will probably end in its ultimate extinction.\u2014Gar- rett P.Serviss in New York American.Pacific Coast Halibyt.That a large part of the eastern fresh halibut comes from the Pacific \u2018coast will probably surprise many of the lovers of that huge fish.The business of western halibut is growing constantly, and the supply going to Boston comprises about all of the 23.- ; 000,000 pounds a year taken by the fishermen in Seattle and Alaska.The fish Is carefully boxed and iced down and then rushed to Boston by express freight and sold back again to New i York, Chicago and other large centers ; for distribution.Comparatively little | halibut is taken to Boston in vessels.| \u2014San Francisco Argonaut New Drowning Theory.{ An Illjnois physician has revived the idea of uscitating drowned people by first immersing them in a hot bath \"for twenty minutes or longer and then .resorting to the old and ordinary meth- | ods of restoration.He says the lungs of a drowned person do not contain ; ring which prevents the entrance of ; water for a period of nine days.Drowning, so called, is merely suspended animation and not death.\u201d By this process life may be saved if the body | has not been submerged more than six hours.A Year's Crops.According to the eleventh annual report of the secretary of agriculture made public recently, the main crops of the country are valued as follows: Corn, $860,000,000; hay, $675,000,000; corton, $675,000,000; wheat, $500,000, 000; oats, $300,000,000; potatoes, $190.000,000; bariey, $115,000,000; tobacco.and eggs, $600,000,000; dairy products, 8800,000,000.The Blue and the Gray.Missouri boasts a new society, the United Veterans of the Civil War, made up of Union and Confederate soldiers.Missour! was on the border: laud between north and socth, and water, a spasm of the larynx occur- $67,000,000; rice, $19,500,000; poultry | J rs | A JAPANESE TOILET.The Demure Brown Maiden in Her ! Holiday Attire.» Tbe Japa college girl entertained the fudge y with oriental reminiscences.\u201cOn every holiday.\u201d she said, \u201cthe Japanese maiden must rise and have ° ber toilet finished before the sub looks | over Fujlyama, our sacred mountain.\u201cAnd what a toilet! The long, coarse black tresses are washed, combed and greased till the head shines like a knob of polished black marble.The cheeks are rouged a fine pink.The throat, neck and bosom are powdered, but at the nape of the neck there are Jeft three lines of the original brown skin, in accordance with the rules of Japanese cosmetic art.\u201cWith charcoal she rounds and lengthens her eyebrows.She reddens her lips with cherry paste, adding a gilt diamond to the center of the pout- Ing lower lip.She puts on eight fresh garments, and she ties her obi, or great sash, In a symbolical knot.Her socks \u2014she doesn\u2019t wear stockings\u2014are very white and pure, and her clogs are lacquered till they shine like a silk hat.\u201cNow she is ready to set out.She fills her silk tobacco pouch, thrusts her pipe in her girdle, puts six paper handkerchiefs up her wide sleeve and sai- lies forth, turning her toes in and waving her fan with a demure grace.\u201d A ROYAL DENTIST.The Story of a Tooth Pulling by Peter the Great.Peter the Great particularly delight ed in drawing teeth, and he strictly enjoined his servants to send for him when anything of that sort was to be done.One day his favorite valet de chambre seemed very melancholy.The czar asked him what was the matter.\u201cOh, your majesty,\u201d said the man.\u201cmy wife is suffering the greatest ag- ony from toothache, and she obstinate- - ly refuses to have the tooth taken out.\" \u201cIf tbat is all,\u201d said Peter, \u201cwe will soon cure it.Take me to her at once.\u201d When they arrived the woman declared that she was not suffering at all; there was nothing the matter with her.\u201cThat is the way she talks, your majesty,\u201d said the valet.\u201cShe is suf fering tortures.\u201d \u201cHold ber head and hands,\u201d said the czar.\u201cI will have it out in a minute.\u201d And he instantly pulled out the indicated tooth with great dexterity, amid profuse thanks from the husband.What was Peter's indignation to discover a little later that his valet had used him as an executioner to punish his wife, who had never had ap unsound tooth in her head.\u2014Argonaut, Bridge Whist.At least GO per cent of the game of bridge lies In the make.A poor player loses tricks and often the game and rubber by bis play, but so many hands occur in which there is really no play that such losses are comparatively un «important compared with the havoc wrought by an injudicious maker.for constantly his decision is invoked when the safety of the game or its success lies in his judgment of the value of his hand.To choose between hearts or diamonds and no trumps, to select clubs rather than spades, to know when a five card suit is safe and when one of four cards should be chosen, above all to keep an unrelax- ing attention upon the state of the score, with its shifting demands\u2014a!l these are the sterling qualities of a good maker.Once sensible that yon are lacking in any such respect you will find your game appreciably strengthened by attention and study.\u2014 \u201cGood Bridge.\u201d The Victorian English.The England which spoke the language which was already dying in the eighteen-sixties was before all things a world of the country.The sights and sounds of nature played a far greater \u201cpart in the lives of the mass of the people than they do today.This is reflected, for instance, In the way in which birds and animals were spoken of and the names given them.1 have myself once or twice beard old people in the country speak of the ben ns \u201cDame Partlet.\u201d One is familiar with the phrase from books, of course\u2014it Is Chaucer's \u201cPertolette\u201d\u2014but once or .twice as a child I actually heard it.) suppose it would be impossible to hear ; Ît anywhere now.\u2014London Outlook.; Fluency of Speech.The common fluency of speech in many men and most women is owing to a acareîty of matter and a scarcity of words, for whoever is a master of i language and hath a mind full of ideas will be apt in speaking to hesitate upon the choice of both, whereas common speakers have only one set of ideas and one set of words to clothe them in, and these are always ready at the mouth, so people come faster out of church when it is almost empty than when a crowd is at the door.\u2014 Dean Swift.Exemplified.mean?Auntle\u2014It means to say oue ing a rainy day a fine day.Goorgie\u2014 I think 1 vaderstand you, auntie.! i i | 1 i Ce SY A NEST HARD TO FIND.Humming Bird.The bome of the humming bird is i one of the most remarkable and artistie | eveations of all bird Its \u201c à tiny, delicate cup, m of the soft est plant down, saddled upon some rather slender branch so deftly that it | seems a part thereof.The saliva of the birds is used to compact and secure the material and likewise to coat the exterior with the gray green lichens 80 generally found upon trees.This makes it so assimilate with the sur roundings that it is a very difficult ob- | Ject to discover.And thereby hangs a tale A gentleman had told me that.ff I would call upon him he would show me an occupied nest of a humming bird in his orchard.When I came, he was out of town, but I thought I would see if I could not find the nest myself.So I made Inspection from tree to tree, and presently the female hummer began to fly about me anxiously.We played a game of hot and cold until it became evident that the nest must be in a certain low apple tree which had many dead, lichen covered branches.Some of these came down nearly to the ground, and for quite awhile I stood by the tree, running my eyes along each branch in or der, trying to make out the nest, while | the female kept darting frantically at my head.It mast have been nearly a quarter of an hour before I discovered | that I was standing almost touching the nest with my hands, having been looking right over it all the time.It contained two fresh eggs, this being in the early part of June.The branch upon which It was built was complete.| ly overgrown with lichens, and the nest, being covgred with them, too, was wonderfully ised, though there were DO leaves to hide it\u2014From \u201cExperiences With Humming Birds,\u201d by H.K.Job, in Outing Magazine.THE SMALLEST SCREWS.To the Naked Eye They Look Like Specks of Dust.The smallest screws in the world are those made in watch factories.They | are cut from steel wire by a machine, but as the chips fall from the knife it looks as if the operator was simply cutting up the wire for his own diversion.One thing is certain\u2014no screws can be seen, and yet a screw is made by every third operation.The fourth jewel wheel screw is next to invisible, to the naked eye resembling a speck of dust.With a glass, however, it can be made out quite distinctly.It has 260 threads to an inch.These little screws are four one-thousandth of an inch in diameter, and the heads are double in size.It has been estimated that an ordinary thimble would hold 100,000 of them.About 1,000,000 of them are manu factured In the course of a month, but no attempt is ever made to count them.In determining the number 100 of them are placed on a very delicate balance and the number of the whole quantity calculated from the weight of these.All the small parts of the watch are counted in this way, prob ably 50 out of the 120.When they have been cut the screws are hardened and put into frames, about 100 to the frame, heads up.This 18 done very rapidly, but entirely by the sense of touch instead of by sight, 80 that a blind man with a littie experience could perform the task.The next step in the process is to polish the heads in an automatic machine, 10,000 at a time.The plate on which this is done is covered with ofl and a grinding compound, and on this the machine moves them very rapidly by a reversing motion until they are in perfect condition.The Drama of London's Fog.There is a whole world of drama bound up in the chronicles of London's fog.This misty and mysterious vis- tant, far older than Gog or Magog, which used to visit the watches of the night when the metropolis barely lifted itself out of the surrounding marshes, has a fund of comedy as well as tragedy.Countless murders have been committed under its sheltering cloak, men and women have been waylaid, children have been torn from their mothers and wives from their husbands, but on the otber hand there are a few incidents of a less harrowing character.\u2014Strand Magazine, Curved Spokes.There is no doubt that an iron wheel with curved spokes is much more attractive to the eye than the ordinary variety, but it is not on account of its appearance that it is constructed in this manner.Wheels that are cast invariably contract a little in the process of cooling, and those made with straight spokes are always liable to crack.The curved variety, by allowing a certain give and take in the metal, avoid this danger.But It Went.\u201cPrisoner at the bar,\u201d said the magistrate, \u201cfor the crime of overspeeding you will pay a fine of $10 or be took Georgle\u2014 Auntie, what does {irony ! {0 jail for ten days.\u201d \u201cThat's not a correct sentence,\u201d mur.thing and mean the opposite, like call.+ ured the prisoner.\u2014 Philadelphia Ramarkaible and Artois Home of the This woman says that Lydia F.Pinkham\u2019s Vegetable Conipuund cured her after everyting else had failed.Mrs.W.Barrett, 6C2 Moreau St, Montreal, writes to dirs.5 'i:khain: \u2018For years 1 was ù greui suiterer from female weakness, ard despite every remedy given me by doctors for this trouble, I grew worse instead of better.I was fast failing in health, and I was completely discouraged.*\u2018 One day a friend advised me to try .Lydia E.Pinkham's Vegetable Com- .pound.I did so, and am thankful to \\ say that it cured the female weakness, making me strong and well.\u2018 Every woman who suiters from female troubles should try Lydia E.Pink- ham\u2019s Vegetable Compound.\u201d FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.For thirty years Lydia E.Pink- ham\u2019s Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, has becn the standard remedy for female ills and has positively cured thousands of women who have been troubled with displacements, inflammation, ulceration, fibroid tumors, irregularities, _ periodic pains, backache, that bear- ing-down feeling, flatulency, indigestion, dizzinessor nervous prostration.Why don°t you try it ?Mrs.Pinkham invites all sick women to write her for advice, She has ided thousands to health, Address, Lynn, Mass.WANTED.Poplar Pulp Wood, delivered on main stream of the Tomifobia River; also Fir and Spruce, -dclivered on the Holland branch of said river.For particulars inquire of TILTON & RAYMOND, Smith's Mills, Que.or HOLLIS WHEELER, Holland, Vt.97 SCIENTIFIC WATCH REPAIRING.I desire to call the attention of the people of the Hatleys to the fact that I am prepared to give prompt and careful attention to all work in this \u2018line and to everything in the way of jewelry work.All work guaranteed; .prices reasonable.B.F.STEWART, Graduate Boston Horological School, North Hatley, Que.THOUSANDS CURED.Wonderful Success of Hyomei in Curing Catarrh, even in Chronic Stages.Hyomei is the most unusual remedy ever known for the cure of Catarrh.It follows Nature in her methods of treating diseases of the respiratory or- gaus, as its healing balsams are taken in with the air you breathe, thus reaching the most remote air cells in the nose, throat and lungs, killing all catarrhal germs that may be present.Relief comes with almost the first breath of Hyomei, while lasting and complete cure follows its faithful use.There is hardly a town or village in the whole country where there are not many who have been cured of catarrh by this natural treatment.Be wise in time and use Hyomei at the first symptoms of catarrh.Do not « allow the disease to extend along the delicate mucous membrane, gradually going from the nose to the throat, thence into the bronichial tubes, and then onward and downward until the lunge are reached.Hyomei will.cure all corable forms and stages of catarrh.We positively guarantee Hyomei, for should you buy a complete outfit, price 81.00, and be dissatisfied with resuits your money will be refunded.Hyomei is sold by druggists every- where.Write for literature.R.T.Booth Co., Fort Erie, Ont.\u2014_\u2014 60 YEARS\u2019 EXPERIENCE vice enr aiki .Considerable insulting letter!\u201d \u201cbrothe t brother\u201d was more Wouldn't this be Irony: \u201cAuntie, | The Way to Draw an Elephant.[aad mouldboeoid of ior balding iotamithout \u201cOb, that's easlly éakd, old woman! than a Pee of specch.The Missouri out wants nice big piece of caker\u201d Little Gladys\u2014Granny, go down on 5.fopuiring > e arm harkain on And I don't bow to Il your bands and « minute, p Ç À market at $200.Baildings alone could even know Opell goclety may lead to a united grand Fond 4 ad Knees mo 7 pour % ac.\"et be built for twice theaaney.Por farther speoundrelr\u2019 \"\u2014Fliegende Blatter.army of blue and gray.\u2014 Youth's Com- Odd Change.ran am Anyone sending & sket Sov oser pin sep Raia Ottaw, On 7 Mines | that for, my pet?Giadys\u2014'Cause I auiokiy escectails que opinion whether ap » OF John G.Foster, Ottawn, Ont.panion, \u201cGrabbit has given up bank clerking wiry quickly ascertain our her aD Laoconle.to take a position as a conductor on | want to draw an elephan Sons priori Sonfdentil, TARDY Fans WARNING Bicker\u2014Have a cigar?English Not Wanted.the electric cars.\u201d _ | % through Munn receive ° .Enocise\u2014Thanks.It is an exceedingly significant and a \u201cBut that\u2019s an odd change.\u201d is the disease which notice, without oh in Yi pgreamy wily Raith Watson Whitthouss: Richer (patine! 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That's What 13: recurs ve Dour Eee | in 2 on, all persons are warned gar, don\u2019t you?read advætisements in Canadian pa- weed bim.\"\u2014Bohemian.Lenginus.| Abundsomely Niwstrated weehis.Jarrest gr.ve for no dote Knocker (puflng\u2014That's Just What pers that enû up, \u201cNo Engtish need ap- \u2014_\u2014 | Si oaiy quentin Lime Verne 5 wind Uk bee 1 wes thinking.Have Jou 220 PU.\u201d \u2014 Sidney Brooks in Harper's Lat every bid sing its own note\u2014 Tree Messetod consistrth tn 8 good 26 1Brondoer.RO * Pisa et a, ~ | Ve Rene, Weekly.: ph Proverh.Co Uis.and à baser con lens \u201cA j ¥ Bt.Washington, 1 Thea.ul ' e | .; \u2019 Hl PRT CS 2 US - FOR THE LADY there is nothing like Moore\u2019s Non- leakable Fountain Pen.May be dropped into a valise or hand bag and carried in any position without fear of leaking.Different styles to select from.SOLD BY JOURNAL PRINTING CoO., Rock Island, Que.A CHANCE TO SAVE MONEY! Keep your Rags, Rubbers, old Irov and Metals, old Backs, old Bags, old Rope and News: papers.Rubbers 5c.1b.Rags lc.1b.intend covering Stanstead County, and would advise the residents to have asy of the above articles ready to exchange for mow goods at their homes.I shall have Dishes, Tinware, Agatewenar, Brooms and household requisites of all kinds at right prices.Drop me a card if I don't call and I will refund the cost.Address: OSCAR SHCLARMAN, 3 Rock Island, Que.WANTED\u20141,000 CORDS Good Quality White Ash in log, 29 in.long.; Higbest cash price.Call, write, or telephone.Chas.Z.Gilmore, Rock Island SITUATION WANTED.Woman age 40 with one ehfld five years, requires situation as nurse attendant to invalid lady or do house pry MRS, MIDDLETON PPly .N.34 Way\u2019s Mill, Que.FOR SALE.My home place on East side of Main Street, in the Village of Derby Line; house, barns and about 50 acresland.Buildings in perfect condition.Price, $5,500.00.Also, House and about 22 acres land onthe Wes®side of Street.Price $2,500.00.For particulars apply to B.F.Butterfield.F.D.BUTTERFIELD.BLAIR\u2019S LIVERY You will find good rigs and teams of of all kinds, prompt service and courteous treatment at our stables.We are prepared to do HORSE CLIPPING AND BREAK COLTS Any obstinate animal handled.Kickers and Balkes treated.\u201d JOHN BLAIR, Prop., Rock Island, Que.Poison Factories You will be Surprised to Learn How Many There Are.Did you ever feel stupid and dull after eating a hearty dinner ?When food is retained too long in the stomach, because of stomach weakness, the poison factory works overtime and there is giddiness, confusion of thougt, despondency, heartburn, sleeplessness, nervous trouble and other forms of indigestion.It is high time to look about for quick health when you have dizzy spells after eating.The general use of Mi-o-na stomach tablets puts within the reach of everyone a reliable and positive cure for all stomach weakness.Mi-o-na quickly such is the wonderful curative power of this little tablet.Mi-o-na acts upon entirely differeht principles from any of the other remedies that have been used in stomach trouble.It is taken before meals, and has a specific strengthening action upon the muscles of the stomach, increasing the flow of digestive juices and making the stomach get to work and digest easily and naturally the food which is eaten.\\ Mi.o-na is sold by druggists everywhere for 50 cents, and we positively - guarantee to refund your mdhey should you purchase a box and be dis- eatisfied with results.Write for free sample, addressing R.T.Booth Qo., Fort Brie, Ont.cures the worst case of indigestion, and the pain and distress which is often felt after meals will soon disappear, ' y\u2014\u2014\" JOHN LEE RELEASED FROM PRISON AFTER 22 VEARS.Terrible Gallows Scones Recalled\u2014Was Charged With the Murder of Aged Lady\u2014Found Guilty and Sentenced te Death \u2014 But Scaffold Waeuldn't Work \u2014 Hangman Tried Three Times to Carry Out Execution.\u2018The man the whose name has \u2018fore the public for over twenty years in connection with efforts to secure release from prison, has at last \u2018been given his liberty.The individual ; Meferred to is, of course, John Lee, the Babbacombe murderer, who was \"convicted at Devon Assizes in 1885 of the wi murder of his employer, \u2018Miss Keyse.The proceedings that : followed his conviction are probably \u2018Without parallel in the history of criminology, and might have been | taken from a novel of the most im- \u2018possible type.Three times the noose i was placed around John Lee\u2019s neck, and three times did the trap of the {scaffold refuse to do its gruesome work.\u201cIt was a mysterious intervention of Providence,\u201d said thousands of people at the time, and the Home |, of that day, the late Sir | William Harceurt, for reasons that \u2018seemed sufficient to him commuted i the sentence into one of penal servi- \u2018tude for life.E ing in connection with the Babbacombe tragedy \u2018was invested with mystery and sen- | sationalism.The murder itself was lof the most brutal and sensational character, and ite main features will bear recapitulation at the present moment.John Lee, at the time of the tragedy, was a youth of but 20 years \u2018of age, while his unfortunate vietim was an old maiden lady who had been \u2018his benefactress.Miss Keyse, the victim, who lived at a cottage called \u2018The Glen at Babbacombe, as so age, of quiet and re Tastes, and of benevolent disposition, with independent means.Three ser- \u2018vants shared the peaceful life of The \u2018Glen, two being sisters, Eliza and Jane Neck.The third was Elizabeth Harris, half-sister to Lee.In January, 1884, Harris told her mistress a pitiable story of her half-brother\u2019s Ï ing plight, and he also was taken i into the household and given the nom- nal wages of 23.6d.a week, in addition to board and lodging.He worked in the garden, but after a time Developed a Moody Discontent, and to foree him to mend his surly and slovenly cogduct his wages were i reduced.From that date to the date i of the terrible death of Miss Keyse | was a brief time.The anger of young : Lea seemed impossible of control, and ; many were the threats mentioned at \u201cthe trial he was alleged to have used | against the old lady.In the early | hours of Nov.15, 1884, Elizabeth Har- .Tis was awakened by smoke in her | room, and, rousing the other servants.went to Miss Keyse\u2019s room, and found their mistress in a heap of | smoldering debris, dead, and with her { head almost severed from her body by a ghastly gash across the throat.Previous to making the awful discov- i ery Lee had pass-d them in the cor- \u2018ridor.The case against him was that | after cutting the throat of Miss i Keyse, he had attempted to burn the house down, the principal points tn the prosecution being that the murder was committed within 5 feet 9 inches of where he slept: a fire lighted to destroy the house a considerable time before the other servants were roused; blood found on Lee's trousers.and a blood-stained knife in a drawer; oil found poured over the body and about the house, and the oil can, which was kept close to where prisoner slept, and which it was impos- gible for anyone to get at without disturbing him.was empty.although full on the previous day.Before the trial took place the country was fairly alive with the case.Mr.Justice Manisty was the judge, and the Assize was held at Exeter in February.1885.Lee behaved with extraordinary coolness throughout his ordeal in the court.He pleaded \u2018Not guilty\u201d in a clear and steady voice.The prosecuting counsel presented a most deadly case against prisoner.the maids of the murdered woman supplied many serious facts, and, al- | together, the police case against Lee {had been put together with great | eleverness and precision.On behalf | of Lee, the defence put forward was that the murderer was a lover of his | half-aister, Elizabeth Harris, but no evidence was forthcoming in support of this theory.When sentence of death had been passed, Lee, looking calmly in the face of the judge, said: ! \u201cThe reason, my lord, why I am so | calm.and collected is because I trust am innocent.\u201d\u201d Three weeks after the taken out for execution in Exeter gaol.He walked to the scaffold with a slow.deliberate step, and, at the bidding of Berry, the executioner, placed himself on the fatal planks.The white cap was placed over his head, and The Rope Round His Neck.The closing words of the burial service fell from the lips of the chaplain (Rev.J.Pitkin), and Berry pulled the lever.All that happened was a grating sound; the trapdoor failed to move.and although the lever was pulled a sccond and a third time, it had no effect.Berry and his assistant made a hasty examination of the scaffold, and at its conclusion the rope was taken from Lee\u2019s neck, the cap was removed, and he was told to step off the plank.Several of the officials present showed signs of breaking down under the strain of the terrible scene.But not so Lee.He stood erect as before.and never flinched.Efforts were made to put the scaffold right, and when at last it was believed to be workable, Lee was again placed on the trap with the rope round his neck.Again the lever was pulled, but again the seaf- fold refused to work.Berry and his assistant made desperate efforts to make the trap fall, but all te no pur- , and Lee was again taken off.Fie time he was removed to the back | af the building end the services of s } ) could not hang,\u201d n periodically Le- \u2018 in my Lord, and He knows that Ii sentence had been passed Lee was\u2019 BEEN & j [ R F 8 il ge | i Ë F e 3 g Ë piting Lee, on the hu- mani \u2018shock the feelings of everyone if a .man had four times to bear the To Imagine the Agonies.which must have been suffered by Les as time and again he stood on the scaffold with the cap over his face and the rope around his neck.The whole ordeal lasted quite an hour.\u201cI did not fear to walk into death, the Lord was with me,\u201d he ously during the two days previous, had caused the woodwork of the scal- fold to swell considerably, ven proper working drop.But the real reason for the drop ing to act was the weakness of the bolts, which buckled when any weight was put on the trap, be drawn.From time attempts were made to cure À release, but in vain, and it is said that he was not granted his liberty at the expiry of the because prosecution.Lee, upon his release, t mother\u2019s house at Abbots Kerswell, near Newton Abbot.TRAINING SLUM BOYS.Experiment by a London Barrister.An interesting, experiment in phil- anthrophy is being made by Mr.C.E.B.Young, a barrister, of Dalesford, in Oxfordshire.So great are his patience and his faith in human nature that he is spending his life and £10,000 a year in training boys to be good citizens.While working in London on committees who were inquiring intô the condition of the poor, he e convinced that no public effort could deal quite adequately with the question, and he decided to launch out on lines of his own.On the top of Kingdom Hill, near his home, he has built what is practically a luxurious college, and he takes there every year about 200 boys from the poor districts of London.He clothes them, educates them, and teaches them a trade entirely at his own expense.The feature of his system is that no punishment is allowed.He relies on the theory that the way to make a boy a gentleman is to expect him to be one.Mr.Young is himself a man of culture, and he thinks that by surrounding boys from London slums with refinements, some luxuries, and the open air he can get rid of the influence of their early life.He ignores all systems of discipline, but there is a little doubt that he manufactures, from what is often unpromising material, men who can earn a good living.If a boy decides that he would like to go to Canada, his fare is paid, and he is given work on farms which Mr.Young owns there.If a lad prefers to stop in England, he is taught how to be a farmer, bricklayer, blacksmith, carpenter, clerk, tailor, agricultural laborer, or a photographer, and in due time work is found for him.Girls\u2019 Drinking Clubs.Canon Denton Thompson, rector of Birmingham, speaking at a meeting of a committee of Birmingham employers held to consider the evils of factory drinking, said that girls and women were invited, encouraged, and even coerced into joining drinking clubs, for which the weekly subscription was from 1d.to 3d.Sometimes the drink was put surreptitiously in the tea served in the factories.and in one case under his notice it was even introduced into some toffee made in the factory and handed round to the girls.All the girls employed were expected to join these clubs, and were porsecuted if they refused.In some factories\u2014he was glad to say that they were few\u2014permission was even granted for what could only be termed carousals in the factory itself.\u201cI know it is a very serious statement to make,\u201d he continued, \u201cbut I say that we have very good reason to believe that persons in authority have been commissioned by certain licensed houses to organize these drinking bouts with a view to encouraging these drinking clubs among girls.\u201d The committee, while recognizing that it was impossible for employers to interfere in the conduct of the girls and women outside their factories, stated that if they knew of the exist Unique ence of drinking clubs on their pre- mines they would insist upon their suppression.little village of Gommer, near Magde- burg, built a clock in a bottle.The maker, H.Rosin, secured a strong movement with a cylinder escapement measuring forty-five millimeters and began by sawing the plate into halves.The opening in the neck of the bottle measures fifteen millimeters, and in order to get these halves luto the bottle he cut another segment off each of the halves of the plate.He bullt a sort of tripod as a resting place for the movement.This tripod was assembled after he had Introduced its parts into the bottle separately.The tripod is so constructed that it cannot turn when the movement is being wound.The four pieces of the plate were fastened side by side by means of screws to the platform attached to the tripod, a long screwdriver and other tools espe clally constructed for the purpose having been used for this operation.When the plate was put together, the clock- maker proceeded to put all the parts of the movement in their original places with the motion wheels for the hands.A ring of white metal was placed around the neck of the bottle, and upon this ring was soldered a round plate, thus closing the opening.On this cover were fastened in an inclined position the arms which serve as a support for the dial.The dial {8 made of a ground glass plate, which has a diameter of twenty centimeters.The black numbers on the dial are cut skeleton fashion and cemented to the glass.At night one can tell the time by placing a light behind the dial.\u2014Technical World.THE HUMAN TONGUE.Eloquent Even When it Does Not Ar- ticulats a Word.It is never necessary for the tongue to talk in order to tell that you are {ll or the nature of your illness.The tongue of the dumb is quite as eloquent when viewed by an experienced physician as the tongue of the most talkative person.It is a wonderful organ and should be studied by all parents, not only on their own account, but on account of their offspring.It aids in mastication of food, in drinking, in sucking, in articulation, and contains in its mucous membrane the peripheral organs of taste.There are doctors who will spend half an hour feeling of your pulse and listening to your heart beats, There are others who command, \u201cStick out your tongue.\u201d One glance at your tongue will to them tell the tale.Tremulousness of the tongue when it is protruded is a positive sign of various nervous diseases.But by far the commonest cause of this tremulousness is an excessive Indulgence In alcohol.There is an old rule about looking inte a man's eye to tell if he be a habitual lusher.Tt often fails.Drink in some men excites the lachrymal glands, causing the eye to appear watery.But all of us know men who have watery eyes, yet never touch liquor, But the best and final test is the tongue.It is the only sign that cannot be concealed.If a man seeking employment swears on a stack of Bibles that he docs not drink, make him stick out his tongue.If It trembles he is a liar.Combs Made of Old Shoes.A mountain of old boots and shoes, indescribably ugly, indescribably filthy, lay In the factory yard.\u201cWe'll make combs out of them,\u201d said the chemist, \u201ccombs that will pass through the perfumed and lustrous locks of the most beautiful girls.Seems strange, doesn\u2019t it?\u201d \u201cVery.\u201d \u201cYet it's a fact.That is what be comes of all the world\u2019s old shoes.They are turned into combs.The leather is first cut Into small pieces and immersed two days in a chloride of sulphur bath; then it is washed, dried and ground to powder; then it is mixed with glue or gum and pressed into comb molds.\\ \u201cIt makes good enough combs, but I prefer tbe rubber ones inyself.\u201d\u2014Ex- change.The Overcoat.Probably in no other department sartorial Is there exhibited so much indifference to hygienic considerations as In the overcoat.The greatest fallacy of all perhaps in regard to the choice of an overcoat is that the terms \u201cweight\u201d and \u201cwarmth are synonymous.As a matter of fact, they are nearly always diametrically opposed.Moreover, the heavy overcoat is a tax on the resources of the organism and destroys the economy which a good fmualating cloth is intended to secure.\u2014London Lancet.What a Womarf Says.Singleton\u2014I want to ask you a question, old man.Wedderly\u2014Come on with it.Singleton-Does a woman always mean what she says?Wedder- ly\u2014During courtship she doesn\u2019t, but after marriage you bet she does.Sounds Possible, but Not Likely.\u201cI've thought of a novel effect for my new melodrama.\u201d \u201cWhat is it?\u201d ; \u201cThe villain lights a cigar during the snowstorm, thus setting the snowstorm afire.\u201d Heavy Work.Mr.Younghub-Did you bake this bread, darling?Mrs.Younghub\u2014Yes, dear.Mr.Younghub\u2014Well, please don\u2019t do anything like that again.You are not strong enough for such heavy work.One pint of cold water, to which bas been added the beaten white of one egg, will be found useful in cleaning gold picture frames.Apply the mixture with a sponge, then wipe with a soft flanvel.Take a second cloth per fectiy dry and rub the frames lightly.The Ears.Cold water should never be used in cleaning the ears; firstly, it is mot wuch of a cleanser, and, secondly, it tends to harden the wax and temporary deafness is apt to ensue.The Ancient Races.The Cro-Magnon type, which forms a large proportion of the people of Aquitaine, is sald to be the modern representative of the old stone age people of Gaul.Neither this type nor the broadheads of Auvergne and Brittany, the true \u201cCelts\u201d of Caesar, have been discovered in the British isles at all, Vegetarians.Vegetarians have, as a rule, clearer complexions than people who eat animal food.Bicycles In War.The French used the bicycle tn 1871 during the siege of Belfort for carrying dispatches.The wheel adopted at that time was of course the \u201cordinary,\u201d or high wheel.This was the earliest introduction of the cycle in the army.A Cossack Superstition.Among the numerous superstitions of the Cossacks there Is none stronger than the belief that they will enter heaven in a better state if they are personally clean at the time they are killed.Cuba.Cuba is known in history under several names.The first was Antilla; then Juana, after a Spanish prince.Fernandina came third, followed by Santiago and the isle of Ave Maria.The original Indian name, Cubanacan, signifying \u201cwhere gold is found,\u201d was finally adopted, and usage shortened it to the first two syllables.Hindoos and Beards.Some Hindoos wear mustaches and beards, but all wear whiskers, which are shaved off at once when an adult relation dies.The shaving off of whiskers is thus a sign of mourning.; Babies and Water.One of the things for which a baby will ery longest and most loudly without being understond is a drink of water, says a trained nurse.Some people scem to think that a baby never is thirsty and even that water 18 positively dangerous to it.But It is always worth while when a child cries without obvious reason to sce that it doesn\u2019t want water.The Largest Flower.The largest flower in the world grows In Sumatra.It Is called the Rafllesia arnold, and some of the specimens are thirty-nine inches In diameter.The central cup will hold six quarts of water.Afghanistan, Afghanistan may some day be one of the world\u2019s great mining districts.It ts known to have mines of rubles, topaz, lapis lazull, marble and other stones; fron, lead, copper, antimony and other metalltc ores; sulphur and several of the earthly alkaline and metallic salts.Coal is also found and is belleved to he extensive near the iron mines.Writers\u2019 Cramp.Holding the pen between the first and second fingers cures writers\u2019 cramp invariably.Old Hairbrushes.Old hairbrushes which bave become soft may be made quite firm and stiff again by dipping the bristles into strong alum water.Dissolve the alum in hot water, but do not use It till it is cold.Peanut Brittle.For peanut brittle shell and skin peanuts and put a thick layer in a buttered pan.For two cups of peanuts allow two cups of granulated sugar.Put the sugar in a saucepan and stir until it is melted, taking care that it does not burn.As moon as it is a clear sirup pour it dver the nuts.Blenheim Palace.Blenheim palace, \u2018the Duke of Mar)- borough's seat near Oxford, cost $1.- 500,000.The Domestic Cat.The domestic cat is quite a distinct species, probably descended from the Egyptian cat, which was certainly domesticated more than 3,000 years ago and worshiped in some cities and embalmed after death.The cat was domesticated in Europe more than 2,000 years ago.Harpooning Sharks.St Kitts, like all the Leeward and Windward islands, is a victim of foreign landlordism.Its sugar plantations are practically played out.The harbor of Basse-Terre resembles the bay of Napies, but is very shallow, It istics of the animal at present.It is nevertheless recognized that it is rare.M.Gustave Lolsel had difficulty in procuring a Manx cat, the seller asking from 375 to francs each.There is much discussion about the coats of these cats.Some people say they are black, others sandy, others again variegated.As for the tail, some say they have talls without having them; others say that, though there is no tail, yet there is some.M.Loisel says the tall is lacking, is reduced to a sinewy, knotted, twisted fillet under the skin.The posterior part of the animal is well developed, as if that part had been nourfshed by the tail and had absorbed it.This gives the animal a distinctive form.Did the species originate locally?This is possible.On the other hand, in a Dorsetshire village there is a number of tallleas cats, progeny of a fe- nfale cat which lost her tall through accident.Did the species come from a distant quarter?This agnin is possible.The common cat is mentioned in a text dating from the nintb century (\u201cLaws of the Welsh Prince Hoelda\u201d) as a rare animal of recent date.The tailless cat is only mentioned at the beginning of the nineteenth century.Or did this species come from a wrecked veswel coming from Prussia, where cats of this kind do not seem to have been abundant, or Japan, Malaysia or the Crimea, where the existence of cats without tails is on record?As a matter of fact, nothing is known for certaln.M.G.Loisel re- copds that cats without talls have a profound antipathy toward the ordl- nary cat.He has, moreover, come across another interesting variety In the Isle of Man, a species of chickens without rumps.[Possibly the climate is unfavorable for the development of posterior appendices.\u2014From L\u2019Eteu- dard Egyptien.An Elective Monarch.A million of men have died to preserve the constitution as it is, but Providenee has passed no Inw exempt- Ing Americans from the pressure of events or the operation of necessliles.They will have to accept them, willingly or unwillingly, and will gradually find that the only effect of the changes Is to make thelr cholee of n president, and iherefore of his eabinet, for cabinet ministers in America are legally only clerks\u2014imore and more a matter of vita! Importance.Tbe presl- dent of the United States wlll in no long perfod of time be the greatest elective monarch history has ever known.\u2014 London Spectator, Lime to Protect Oysters.One of the greatest foes to the oyster industry is the starfish, which frequently covers large areas of the sea bottom to a depth of eighteen to twenty Inches, sometimes blanketing entire beds of oysters.The stars are very hard to destroy, snys Popular Mechan- fes, but it has heen discovered that their steady advance can be checked with lime.The lime fs placed in paper bags and dropped along the boundary of the oyster bed.A paper bag causes it to descend through the water, and beyond the lime barrier thus formed not a starfish will pass.A better means for getting the lime to the bottom 13 being devised.Life Saving Clothes.A Norwegian inventor has patented a suit of clothes which will protect its wearer against drowning.The clothes are lined with a nonabsorbent material made of specially prepared vegetable fiber which without being too heavy will effectually bold up the weight of & man in the water.Twelve ounces of the new material will, it is claimed, save a person from sinking.The invention has been tested with favorable results at Christiania.Sus- cessful trials were also made with rugs made of the mame material capai ble of supporting two persons in the water, | Three Raisers.i It may be interesting to fecall the .names given in Germany to the pres- lent kaiser and bis two predecessors.The first was \u201cJer grelse kaiser,\u201d the second \u201cder weise kaiser\u201d and the present \u201cder reise kalser.\u201d It is per- baps basdiy necessary to say that this means \u201cthe gray emperor, the wise emperor and the traveling emperor,\u201d but, at any rate, the names are a happy inspiration \u2014London Globe.Having Fun With Eagle.| All kinds of fun is being poked at the eagle on the new ten dollar gold pieces.It is declared that the bird wears pajamas.Some people call them pantalets.Orntthologically speaking, .the abused bird, however, 1s pretty is, however, infested with men eating nearly perfect.The adult eagle in life sharks up to twenty feet in and the tourist can have the bis life barpooning these the pantaletted appearance.The ean t help it, and why should tigers of the rest tfarn mature fakir?\u2014 Chicago pty Piet see Pa net, or sa x rome ne GEORGEVILLE.Miss Susie MoGowan te at home from Montreal.Mr.and Mrs.Anson Davis and Miss Lois Davis of Province Island were visiting relatives here and in Potton à few days ago.Mrs.D.Ward of Marlington visited her daughter, Mrs.Warren Achilles, oun Tuasday.Mr.Walter Lenny has moved to his Russell Rexford farm in Magog township, the sale to Mr.Aaron Bryant having fallen through, Mr.Bryant is moving to his place, a part of the Judd farm.Mr.Lenny\u2019s Hiram Brevoort farm, yhich he has recently occupied, , is 1 to Mr.George Pelkey.The ice houses here were filled with 4 inch ice, previous to the recent thaw.The extensive thaw of last week has made good traveling upon the lake and teams have been from Magog to Newport on the ice, Mrs.Jobn Bly is very sick from la grippe and complications.Miss Annie Beebe of Stanstead Junction is the nurse in attendance upon her.Mrs.W.G.Talbot is in a very weak state, which is giving her people much anxiety.ar Warren Achilles is again very Mrs.(Dr.) Keyes and Mrs.J.C.Willard are suffering from la grippe.Mr.John Richardson, who was so seriously ill with pneumonia last week, is improving, as is also the young eon of Mr.Harry Probyn.It is Dr.Bowen of Magog, not Brown, who is prostrated with la grippe.Mr.Ed.Martel is laid up with a severe cut on one leg.Mr.Joel Ives of Stanstead and Mr.Nelson Ives of Rock Island were here on Saturday to receive a fine driving horse, purchased of Mr.John Bryant.EAST HALEY.Mrs.Oliver Emerson of Boisevain, Manitoba, was a welcome guest of Mrs.R.Wells at Willow Farm, for a couple of days recently.She also visited her cousin, Mr.James Boye and family.Mrs.Emmerson has been absent about 25 years from the home of her youth, near Minton.She has a brother in Manitoba, another in California, Joseph McCulloch formerly of Ayer\u2019s Clift, and a sister in Lowell, Miss Saul- try and Miss Harden of Compton have been visiting relatives in the place for the past week.Mrs.Sampson of North Hatley has lately spent some weeks with her sister, Mrs.R.Wells.Mr.J.B.LeBaron and his son, M.W.LeBaron, were called to Sherbrooke last week to attend the funeral of Mrs.Mary Morkill only daughter and sister, who passed away after a lingering and distressing illness.Mr.and Mrs.A.Neil, who have been staying at Mr.Wood\u2019s for some weeks, have gone to Stearnsville to reside.Mr.Neil and Mr.W.Wood are at that place The Rev.Mr.Stevens of Coaticook, with some other clergymen from out of town, are expected here this evening at a service in St.James Church.The second of the series of card parties in the hall for the benefit of the street lamp fund, is to take place this evening.From another Correspondent.Mr.Clarence Keir and Miss Gertrude Gould attended the progressive euchre party at Hatley last Tuesday evening.Miss Gould instead of Mrs.Bowen won second prize.About twenty-five guests assembled at Maple Rise Farm on Thursday evening, the 13th inst., and spent the evening in playing progressive euchre.The party was gotten up by Mr.Clarence Keir and Miss Gould.A delicious supper was served by the host and hostess.No prizes were given, but those who won the moet points were Mr.Duncan Keir, first; Mr.Carl Moulton, second; Mrs.John Webster, first; Mise Mabel Leavitt second.Those who attended were: Mr.Charles Thwaite and Mise Lens Olman of Waterville, Miss Mabel Leavitt of Rock Island, Mr.and Mrs.Jobn Webster and little Mildred, Mr.and Mrs.James Boyce, Mr.Thomas Thwaite, Mr.Carl Moulton, Helen Moulton and Henry Moulton, Mr.Levi Leavitt, Mr.and Mrs.Vers Emery, Curtis Emery and sister, Mr.Carl Leavitt.BUNKER MILL.Mr.Joe Hibbard had the misfortune $0 break his hip bone by falling last Saturday - Mr.and Mrs.James Webster visited at the home of his mother, Mrs.Felch, Sunday.\u201cx, Skies Ba Gousling of Whyleg wih ter guandmothes, Mrs.Ae &» Weide, - 25 3.P.Bait 8 Ager CUE s0- oy (Jouday) on bunismss.MASSAWIPPI.The skating rink presents a ead sight.The bigh water raging by carrying cakes of ice, tore it up, and pearly, it not guite, swept it out of existence, but the club house remains intact.About twenty of the young people went to the lake on Monday bo enjoy the larger sheet of ice but in the midst of their fun a blizzard came along and sent them home.They sald it looked grand as it bore down the lake and like a heavy smoke or thick wall of snow until within a few feet of them.Mrs.F.Pierce had as guests last Wednesday Mrs.Fish Mrs.C.Libby of the Cliff.The W.C.T.U.will meet at the home of Mrs.Nelson Whitcomb on the regular day, Wednesday, Feb.26th, and may the attendance be such as to show they appreciate the attention of their hostess in providing a tea, Mrs.W.Abbey has been quite poorly of late, she is now eighty-five, and willing to pase on.Mr.C.White drove from Sherbrooke on Saturday over frightful roads on his way to Fitch Bay.He remained over Saturday night at Mr.T.8.Dizier\u2019s.He has only recently recovered from the typhoid fever and came out of the 8.P.Hospital two weeks ago.Mrs.Lois Hovey has returned from a two month\u2019s visit to her son, Roy Hovey in Boston, and is staying at Rock Island for a few days.Mrs.B.H.Kezar returned bome Tuesday from Compton having been there since Saturday.Mr.George Kezar had the misfortune to get his foot injured by gettivg it caught in a sled, which laid him up a few days.Mrs.Frank Wheeler has visited her parents lately.Dr.and Mrs.O.Rublee left here last week for Barton Landing to visit a week at Mr.F.Wheeler\u2019s.Mr.William Stevenson has been confined to the house of late with the grip, but is now recovering.Mr.L.Chilson passed his 83rd birthday, Tuesday the 11th.While not as spry as formerly, he can yet do a pretty good job at his trade.Master Sidney Harvey, who got his leg hurt while playing hockey, is unable to do much and is staying for a while with his sister, Mrs.Shurtleff at Coaticook.DUFFERIN AVENUE.Miss Maud Forbes of Caswell\u2019s Mills is staying at the home of her uncle, Mr.Geo.Forbes, The recent departures from this place are Misses Gertrude Abbott and Lena Clark to Boston, Mass.Feb.13th, the \u2018Helping Hand\u201d met with Mrs.W.Schoolcraft.Eight members and several young ladies were present.Ope comforter and sheets and pillow cases comprised the afternoon\u2019s sewing.The delicious refreshments consisted of baked beans, sandwiches, cake and ice cream.The social hour was taken up with expression of sympathy for our member, Mrs.Derusha, who is ill in the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, and how we could best cheer her family.The next meeting to be held at the home of Mrs.John and Mrs.Arthur Curtis March 14th, at 2 p.m.This being the annual meeting of this society all the members are requested to be present.Mr.Harold Smith arrived home after an absence of about two months much improved in health.About twenty young people of this vicinity were intited to a party on Friday evening at the home of Mr.Henry Smith.Games and plays were indulged in and delicious refreshmente served helped to make up a very en- enjoyable evening.HEATHTON.Mr.and Mrs.John Corliss drove to Caswellboro last Wednesday to visit Mr.and Mrs.A.Morrill.They then drove to Mr.and Mrs.E.Demick\u2019s to visit her niece.Thureday noon she fell to the floor unconscious.A doctor was at once summoned.She is very dangerously ill Her husband remains there with ber.' Mr.Dearborn Oilley went to Mr.Demick\u2019s home Sunday to visit Mrs.Corliss.Mr.A.Carbonneau\u2019s sister, Miss Carbonneau, has been spending a fow days with him at his home bere.His mother hleo visited bim a day re- centiy.Friday evening, February 14th, there was a Valentine party at Mr.O.M.Bean\u2019s.About 45 were present and a very enjoyable evening was spent.\u2018Mr.and Mrs.Ozro Bean and two sons, Morton and Norman, also Miss Pearl Walker of Stanstead, attended she party at Mr.Bean's father's, the 4th.Mr.and Mre.Melvin Martin were guests of Mr.and Mrs.Geo.Pooock à day recently.The la grippe people are all conva- t Me.George Feltus of Beebe Plain wes visiting friends here Monday.The Missouri Senate Tuesday passed the ste probibition bill by a vote of 98 té 4, bill fe effestive on Deo.OOATIGOOK.Mr.8.B.Humphrey, who has been ill with la grippe, is convalescent.Mrs.Humphrey is still suffering from the same malady.Mrs.Chagnon, the wife of Notary Chagnon of this town, is suffering from an acute attack of appendicitis.0.M.Moulton, post master of Co- aticook, who sustained a severe fracture of the knee on Feb.3nd., is still confined to his home and bed, but is resting comfortably.It will, however, be several weeks before he will be out again.The thaw of last Friday and Saturday played havoc with the Skating Rink and probably ended that sport for this season.Several of the Main street cellars were flooded by the overflow from the adjacent brook.At the final session of the Mock Parliament it was voted to donate the surplus funds to the Free Library.The gift will be very much appreciated by that society.\u2019 The town is again blessed with light after a week of partial drrkness, caused by the burning out of one of the dynamos.Rev.D.W.Terry attended the Provincial Sunday School Convention at Montreal, last week.Mrs.E.Tracy, who has been visiting her daughters in Boston for the last four weeks, is expected to return home this week.She will be welcomed by her many friends.Mr.A.G.Standish passed away at his home in Coaticook, Wednesday, February 12th, after a brief illness.Funeral services were held at his late residence on Saturday, February 16th, at 1.30 p.m., Rev.Albert Stevens, of the Episcopal church, officiating.Mr.Sylvanus Humpbrey had charge of the funeral and Messrs.Gustavus Andrews, David Bishop, Joseph Adams and Henry Andrews acted as bearers.Mr.Standish was 77 years of age and is survived by a widow and three daughters, Mrs.W.R.Rennie of Som- erville, Mass.; Mrs.W.E.Irish, Lawrence, Mass.; and Miss Lillian Stan- disb of Boston, Mass.The remains were placed in the receiving tomb at the Coaticook Cemetery and will be interred in the family lot at East Hatley at a later date.NORTH HATLEY* Rev.E.E.Marggraf left Tuesday to attend the fourth annual meeting of the Ministerial Association of Univer- salist and Unitarian churches of Province of Quebec and Vermont held at Burlington, Vt., Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.He gives the occasional sermon Monday evening at First Congregational Church.Next Sunday evening at 7 the pastor of the Universalist Church will give the last of the course of five lectures on \u201cSome Heretics of Yesterday.\u201d The subject of the lecture will be John Murray, the founder of Uni- versalism in America.This course of lectures has been interesting and highly instructive and ali who heard them are unanimous in their praise.Mr.and Mrs.Frank Jackeon of Plainfleld, Vt., are spending a few days with relatives here.Miss Melissa Abbott of Newtonville, Mass., is staying with her brother, Dan at the Mountain.Mr.and Mrs.G.A.LeBaron and son, Reginald returned from their southern trip where they spent the winter.They will remain at the Valley House a few weeks before going to Glen Villa.Mies Kerwin one of our school teachers, bas the mumps and left for her home in Bury, recently.The rain and heavy thaw of Saturday demolished the roads and raised the water in the lake turning colder Monday.Mr.Wm.Cunningham, and Neil Corey are busy with their saw rig cutting wood.Mrs.Holsie Colt and child of Coati- cook spent Sunday with his parents Mr.and Mrs.Peter Gagnon the first of the week.GRIFFIN.Recent arrivals: Mr.and Mrs.T.Howard spent a day with Mr.Willard Miller, Mr.and Mrs.H.N.Holbrooke of Beebe Plain, Sunday with her mother, Mr.M.A.Cass visited his sister, A.P.Davis and other friends, Mr.and Mre.Albert Bullis to visit bis brother.Mr.and Mrs.E.R.Embory spent the week-end with his parents Mr.and Mre.W.H.Embury, Oliver.Mr.M, W.Bullis and family spent a very pleasant day at his son-in-law\u2019s Beebe Plain on the 13th, it being the 13th anniversary of Mr.and Mrs.Hol- brooke\u2019s marriage.Muriel, the little daughter of Mr.and Mrs.Fletcher Gibson has been suffering for some time with whoop- ingoough it now has taken a tarn and at present writing she is gaining slowly.We are sorry to report Mrs.George Soutiere\u2019s son, Herbert, while playing with his brother, Walter, in their play-room, Tuesday the 11th had the misfortune to fall and broke his right arm above the elbow.Doctor Ross of Stanstead was in attendance at present be is doing as well as can be expected.Church of England service ne uenal Sunday, 38rd, 8 p.m.Rev.A.H.Moore, M.A., Reotor.FAIRFAX, Mr.V.McFadgen is sawing the wood for the new creamery.The Eastern Township, Deiry Pro- duoe Company for the first 38 days of January, 1908, milk averaged to pay 91.35 per hundred pounds and at present butter is selling at 80c.per pound, this price being an advanced price over former sales in January.Mr.Arthur Brown of Kansas is the guest of Mrs.E.and Miss L.Brown.Mrs.W.Sargent spent a day with her mother, Mrs.Paul.Mr.OC.B.Crook was in Magog on Wednesday.Mr.and Mrs.©.Harteon ot Magog were the guests of their parents, Mr.and Mrs.C.Hartson recently.Mr.Flood has returned home to Barton, Miss Clarenda Currier of Worcester has gone to Magog.BEEBE PLAIN.The Dorcas Society of the Baptist Church are to meet with Mrs.M.Deacon, Saturday afternoon, Feb.22nd, to which everyone is cordially invited.The Young Men of Beebe Plain will give a supper in the Methodist Church on Tuesday evening, February 25th., to which all are cordially invited.A good program is being prepared.ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORS.Mary Louise LeBaron, wife of James F.Morkill of Sherbrooke, died on the 10th iust., after a prolonged illness.James Sangster, Sherbrooke, has sold the Imperial Laundry to John Dempster, formerly head dyer at the Paton Mills, Sherbrooke.The JOURNAL notices with pleasure the arrival of the new books for the Free Library at Windsor Mills, which is now to be open Wednesdays and Saturdays.A delegation of about fifteen members of the Sherbrooke Agricultural Society visited the Macdonald Agricultural College at St.Anne de Bellevue yesterday.A young child of Napoleon Tanguay of Thetford Mines fell into a tub of boiling water Friday evening and died Saturday morning from the effects of injuries thus received.James À Pennoyer, district agent of the Canada Life Insurance Co., died of consumption at his home in Sherbrooke Friday night.He had been in poor health two or three years.The Lake Megantic council has turned down the Lake Megantic Furniture Co.\u2019s request for a further bonus and a guarantee of its bonds to cover a loan of $25,000.It is understood that a new proposition will be submitted.Mr.H.M.LeBaron, formerly of North Hatley, now cashier of the Dairymen\u2019s Bank, Valley Ford, Cal., writes under the date of Feb.6th: \u2018We are having a mild winter; grass and grain growing nicely.Acacia trees now in full bloom, and we are getting fresh vegetables from our garden.\u201d The Richmond Guardian says: \u201cIn Sutton good slab wood is being sold at the saw mills at 80 cente per cord; here it is bard to obtain it at $2.25.Citizens of the Three Villages have to \u2018whack up\u201d #3, at least, for a cord of slabs.The Guardian also quotes coal at 87.50 per ton, cord wood 84.50 per core, and suggests a possible fuel famine.Here cord-wood is worth 95.00 to 85.20.Two prisoners escaped from Sweets- burg jail last week.On Tuesday Thomas Nolin awaiting trial on a charge of shop breaking and theft, made a successful break for liberty while doing some work outside the jail.On Wednesday at 8.30p.m.Alfred Curran, charged with theft and forgery, got away while the turnkey was looking up other prisoners.The Richmond Guardian says: \u2018\u2018Palp-wood is still coming iuto the Grand Trunk wood-yard in enormous quantities.We are getting just 87 a cord for it from the Americans while it we manufactured it ourselves into paper every cord of it would yield us 845.\u201d Yes, but the farmer would likely get a couple dollars less per cord for the wood, and a much smaller quantity would be marketed.In advancing Richmond's claims to fame in matters of literature, the Guardian mentions a new aspirant for literary honors, a member of the fair sex who comes from the vicinity of Melbourne Ridge, and asserts that \u2018she writes because it is quite impossible to curb her passion for the pen.\u201d The Guardian says, in part: \u201cWe trust that she will have her work accepted in some of the large publishing centres; but we might add that under the conditions that exist to-day withan enormous and unwieldy mass of writers plying the pen to supply the comparatively small demand, success in literature is almost impossible and it is as easy for the rich man to get through the eye of the needle as for the literary enthusiast to have his or ber work accepted on a professional basis.\u201d If we were to make any oriti- clam, it would be to the effect that too müch of the work of the \u201cunwieldy mam\u201d is already accepted.This le not saying that the Melbourne Ridge authoress belong in that clase.ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORS.Cyrus Thomas, one of the grand old man of the Eastern Townships, died Friday at the home of his son, Homer Thomas, Richford, Vt., aged 72 years.Deceased was born in Troy, N.Y., June 15th, 1838.Two years later his parents removed to this province, which bad formerly been the home of the senior Thomas.After receiving bis education Cyrus Thomas had charge of the best known academies and schools of the Eastern Townships and Northern Vermont.He was also principal at one time of a large public school in Staten Island, New York.But it was as a historian and author that he became better known in after years.His last work was \u2018The .Jobn and a Few Philanthropiste,\u201d published in 1908.Mr.Thomas held office as Becretary-Treasurer of Sutton, and as member of the Protestant Board of Examiners for teachers of the District of Bedford.He married, Dec.1861, Miss Mary A.Spencer, of 8t.Armand East, Missisquoi.He was a member of the Congregational Church.Simeon Fraser, joint pothonotary at the district court house in Sherbrooke, died very suddenly of heart failure at his home on Monday evening.Deceased was born at St.Croix, Lotbi- nière county, April 18th, 1845.He studied for the notarial profession, being admitted to practice in 1869, and established himself at L\u2019Avenir, Drummond county.Shortly afterwards he was appointed official as- signee under the Insolvent Act of 1869 by the Quebec Board of Trade and by the Dominion Government and acte as such until he repeal of the joe In 1884 Mr.Fraser removed to Richmond.He took an active interest in politics and was the Liberal candidate in the counties of Drummond and Athabasca against W.J.Watts at theelec- tion of 1874, causedby Sir Wilfred Laurier\u2019s resignation of the seat in the Quebec Legislative Assembly to accept the candidature for the Dominion Parliament.His influence was subsequently felt in a number of elections in Richmond county.Deceased was the father of Dr.8.B.Fraser of Fitch Bay.Plant and it\u2019s to be bulls by Mr.8.H.C.Minor.The Canadian Pacifid Railway station at South Stukely was broken into Saturday night, §¢ being stolen trom the till.The freight shed was also broken open and a case of brandy stolen.High Constabile Bolsvert of Sweetsburg was called to investigate the case and arrested Frank Gaft of North Troy, who finally admitted his guilt, after a preliminary hearing, and was taken to Sweetsburg to await trial._\u2014 © last number of the Sherbrooke Gazette contains the following item: Messrs.Fletcher & Farwell, who have published the Sherbrooke Gazette for the past four years, have disposed of a portion of their plant to G.H.Bradford, C.Dobell and M.H.Bradford, who intend to commence within the next few weeks the publication of a new daily newspaper to be known as The Daily News.The new firm have purchased a perfecting press and other requisites, and have secured for premises the building at 120 Wellington street, now occupied by the J.L.Mathieu Co.gp» CARD OF THANKS.Mr.Steven Greenleaf, Mr.and Mrs.J.E.Greenleaf and family desire to extend their sincere thanks to all who assisted them during their recent bereavement; they wish especially to thank the choir for thier services at the funeral, and the Ladies Aid of the Congregational Church for the flowers.The mother of Costa, the man who was killed by the police on Feb.1, they supposing he was one of the assassins of King Carlos and the Crown Prince, was summoned to the Palace in Lisbon Monday.She was received by King Manuel, the Queen Amelie and the Dowager Queen Maria Pia, who informed her that henceforth they would take her under their protection.The woman fell to her knees and, weeping gratefully, kissed the hands of her benefactors.| POLLIWOG and EDUCATOR SHOES Misses and Children like them.The most sensisle and serviceable yet produced.In Black and Tan.$1.00 to $2.50.Mishawaka Rubber Boots Men and Boys.The very best made.No higher in price.Sole Agents.CASWELL & O'ROURKE Derby Line, Vt.H.G.Wilson & Sons ESTABLISHED 1863 PIANOS AND ORGANS FOR 1908 We are better than ever prepared to meet your every need in the way ot Pianos, Organ and Musical Goods of 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