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 SMS? m 's,^",^ "*****; jBlH-Wta â- s? â- ^r. â- ;f- cO! l/^TEST NOSES; ^g on in *»^® l*ralrle Pr«- 1 1» ^^ vince. of WiBcipeg have takec «P"" formation of a trades' union... ""'• c up of tbe ice on the Assini- ^rea^'^S ^^,^|^,-,-|panicd this spring by iiis'^^'i^fr.iuJs floods, and the '"â- "^^m' f new potatoes have been on |F'";„\VinD:pfg- They wero grown Tbitii" larmcrs house a few Wiumpeg. ' ' f Brandon promises to improve. »-*-"' is too good for complaint, bat ^^^" w'th heavy stocks think they '%m^ improvement. I a 1 ttle quiet in Rat Portage ' LuniberiDg camps are all broken ^f' sea=cD, aud navigation on tbe â- 'f ^c'open yet, trade is naturally i;n(T up of the river has done no '"' \\ iDnipe^ so far, with the ex- ii-'°. jjiTving awa\ some 4,00QJog8 "" j„ J. U. Sutberland, of that .eA'bert Times learns on £;ood r'^hat'a weekly line of steamers is -blijhe^ between that place and '" ' Avhieh will connect with LKapids. L- week. Lien every Jrtion of the dam at Morris which was xmtractel for a water power, was '\^y by the recent Hoods, The J. 'of damage will not bo very heavy, l"«rkwill 'Jt- li«pt back consider- L;/i)-coutractors on the Selkirk Branch ^ii'MCcf.l work, and are makicg (jrtjress. If t. ere is anything hkc an jje-'pfi^S thty will have the whole ,;,ivlor track laying before the first i 'jirquette /.Vritif thus sprin;js it on a 'jj public The trees are budding, -iJie flowers are blooming, the erass â- " J, an J nature's every appearance .•fs'iiiat ethereal spring is upon us ;i^;redolent beauties. i Portage, Westbourue, and Xorth- jri are" buildin.s a spur track from Kirneto the head of navigation on ilaiitolis, near the mouth of Perch onnect with the steamer which ^Arthur U building to ply on the IVi^iuiieg Commcrricd says that |c:'ei hava been reported from several L sarrouniliug districts. In four in- aiiay stacks were destroyed, but the o'ithat commodity held in the Tleaves no fears for any scarcity this tjan'j wiio appear to be of the right ti'virriviDt.' ai Manitoba City almost Em proceed from there to various :Soutiiern Manitoba, a large num- IjE'toRcck Lake and Turtle Mountain |e. Some who have tjken up and ived their homesteads are new bringing tiicilies to live with them in this land tacit.ineut about the rising of the ler at Lmerson has all subsided, and tart once inure down to attending to xnaiiiirs. The arrival of the steamer I, Ak'i put an end to all fears about E'ia, which is still standing, although tffsreiker in front of the centre pier is For some days the "river has been /.vly d(jwn, aii't all danger is now ^inni'^eg f\.:iiinerci".l of a recent |iiy;;Ii;e all important question of cfp y :or l;?giaa has been settled. latweil which was put down by Scarth itt'l the Town Commissioners has Ji'S^rand success. Abundance of wa- I'ii itruck at a depth of 97 feet. In a |sni;tes the water rose 07 feet, and on OTiug morning the water was near V'i' On the following day one of the jipegpapers arrived, with the statement p^elUas down 200 feet, that over Ffase.xpenile.'l, and no signs of water. i|tte article was written there might |-«s little or no signs of water; but '^ter must have known that the rest f'fport was incorrect. The daily pa- l- ^^innipeg have gone considerably "•ieirway to malign Regina. They h :alse statements about the quality [â- Md, ami (juantity of water, and ex- potherii.atter.s but they have not wbesa to p.ublibh corrections sent j-tteby citizens who have lived here "MtO'.vn was started. This is the most pTkind of journalism. V*gorge.the *Wdwg K, oae ol Ihe creat 3 .. W I .the great pileg jas » come out S^feT^,^^ to come out dowly *^ ^^^ T^e first two or three, warned ^e Antiquity of Dentistry. r^'ly history of the art and science of J^'sobiciiri' but one thing is certain, l^tia that good dental surgeons flour- T^'f-e palmy Jays of Pompeii and Her- "^; in fact almost everything useful ' =c;tcce and mechanics, have been "'"g the rums of ancient ethics. "^-raments have been found there, ^-^^fat many of the tools used to-day i;/p'^-*d after those discovered in the ^^'ompeii, wliich were made of high- [*ffd bronze, rivalling in perfection 1 ' steel ot modern times. Seta of 'plates were also found, and teeth s a and cement, can be sefn in the ""aples, Paris and London. Nor "?ytian behind the Roman in me- j^fts, and some of the latest discov- Re/' "^^"^^niann show that dentistry, Ir/Tk' '^^^ '®^^ understood. Indeed, ^l^niiimmies found buried in the itj? "li"3h proof that the ser^'ices of "ot'ir l'^-" required at that period of I irn' °'5tory_three thousand years lit,* ^he aacents the barbers were K,* "'â- pon demists, and the sign, l^i^S. bleeding ani tooth drawing." t!v V^*^° in some cities of Europe. Foi'sh were made of ivory, the ' ^«P. ex, liippotamus, and plates '« material were used, metal su- "ater T °^^®°" substances some ,• In the sixteenth century den- ;,l/""V passed out of the hands of iiti^^^"gtons to the dentists of more l^Tf ^?' P^^*®^ ^^ ^o°e at lenfiith '*t)«r ti? ^^ of gold, silver, platina It^j ' ^^^ latter being more generally tt.vie..â„¢i,^^i;ra-.' a clerki' ss^-ssrtLi^='«'S'S I M WWi s^unke..;g^y-^S P^--i ^ea^^broke^ with a weight of bad veara -.j "lunen 2i^t% ^--^eoTL^IS S.^a ""'S to and fro before the \L entrance of the building. His gtaywEk* b ooded horses. The Secretary W^fgnkia h.s name a great many tiWk on a S many diflerent documents in his lof^y.^^vel- He might -not be out for an hour. J ust m the ghostly widow came slowly down the big steps the fine old coachman tumei his prancing pair toward the entrance. The poor old gentlewoman came down to the IZ^^ T^^ ' ®^^*^^°' difaculty, which spoke of rheumatism. She was perplexed and pulled by the unexpected r«Sn storm, felie had no umbrera, and 1 don't believe sne had car fare. The black angel on the Secretary s carriage spied her as she stood in the pouring rain, and recognized under all time 8 disguises the features her fashionable triends had not seen for years. It's woeder- tul what shaip eyes these good old colored uncles ' and "mommies" have. He drove up to the curb at once and leaning over on his perch invited the poor puzzled woman to get in the Secretary's cirriageand ride home. Without a thought of the conse- quences to the faithful old fool on the box she murmured her address, fortunately near at hand, and sank back luxuriously on the soft cushions of the handsome carriage. Taking all the risks, the fine old fellow drove carefully yet quickly to the shabby boarding house, and was back long before the Secre- tary was ready for him. l would never have known, had the loyal old servant not told me, that the widow's husband was a general who was famous when the Secretary was unknown, although I could have been quite sure that oW Thomas drove her carriage when she haff one. ^inij • isri fr A S»d^t Testifies In Court. Jacob Ef^JJ was arrested in New York at the ins'adyimf E-obert Strauss, for stealing a parrot vdM8d at §250. The case ^ame be- fore Justice Kiehl. It was agreed that the bird should be placed on the witness-stand and testify as to which party it belonged to, the court holding that there were no rules of evidence preventing it. There was a lar^e crowd in the room, and the novel pro- ceedings caused much amusement. The par- rot, which ia of the great macaw species, is a beautiful bird, with green, blue and or- ange plumage, its wings being almost b'ack. it was taken out of its cage and placed on the iron railing in f out of the .Judge. 'Wie gehts " asked Judge Kiehl of the witness in German. Toe bird made no reply, but looked solemn. The Judge then tried Eng- lish, and asked " What is your name " "Cheese it, you gray-headed old spal- peen " shouted the parrot in reply. The Judge grew red in the face and the specta- tors laughed. " You impudent thing. If you address me in that mam.er I will fine you for con- tempt," said the court. "Oh, give us a rest, will you?" piped the bird. One of the attorneys gave the par- rot a pretzel, whicljiit aie with great relish, and when it was ag,in asked for its name it replied "Polly Strauss, Polly Bracb, fin- ishing the sentence with a tremendous oath, which greatly shocked the court and lawyers. Some one in the rear end of the room shouted ' ' Does Polly want a drink ' Thereupon Polly flapped her wings and lie (V out of the court room. The case was concluded owing to the absence of the wit- ness. FOINTSD PABAGR.'V.PHS. The first passenger train passed over the Pemigewasset Railroad a short time since. If that word should ever get upon the track there will be a fearful smaah-up. Botanists report the discovery among the flora of the far West, of a plant whose stalk resembles the human le?. Of course this must belong to the leg-human-ous order. Cmcinnati takes a fiendish satisfaction in acknowledging that she is the worst paved citv in the United States. Railroad pass- engers being transferred are willing to walk and pay for the privilege. Sime of the big. dry reviews naner editors not to copy their ure. It looks like satire, but of course can- not be, because the big reviews know nothing about fun. The Khedive of Egypt has his f^raiy doc- tor and his horse doctor, and while the first has a salary of §3.000 per yea" the se- cond is paid about §9.000. The ^he^ is not the man to take any chances of losing a horse. Russia averaged ten murders V^^/^y^^l vear and there is every reason to believe Lat'she will raise the record tor the.twe ve months to come. ChicaKO made a miss of it in not being located in Russia. beef in Brandon is from ask news- articles en- The pric3 of twenty to twenty-five cents. temperance reformer Jp^^S^^rl^Tr^SeV^^ce.^^^^^^^ ^ffsSd to a Philadelphia reporter: "people ?o to .circus to see, not Johear -d -°ne of our clowns attempt to talk. "^^^^^^^ ^i^Z, +n talk for a day or two, but the tent him in XT u ♦v^lnther nieht and sent bun in ^^"""Sut%e^^:« didn't have a word to mime tooi^ .â€" __.i_ made the bit of the week. mime to?k' the audience by storm «.d he rop; 33i9jpl))cken's. lu. Sf^^i^^' *f j r]|r4tMniijg^i4il^l!ratctian8.' f^ A traitt-4ii8{nicht.r^abrok^ trestle- iS An infuriated skipper is the hoppins mad «il«r. AfFaHlityis^ a prerequisite to taffy abili- ty. " ' â- _â- ; Many wealthy Celestials live on tea grounds. ' A dream of fair women" â€" Rich men. We are told that the fool and his money were soon parted; but the fool iBust have •uouey to be p Hted from: Score one for the fool. It is wrong to poach chickens, but per- fectly proper to poach eggs. So you see there is a difference 'twix tweedledum and tweedledee. When a man arrives home at 2 o'clock in the morning, and his wife slams her foot down without saying a word, it may be re- garded as a storm signal. Pugilists are generally considered plucky fellows, but none of them get through with a sparring match without. feinting. "You can't move Brown, he ia so wedded to his own opinions." " Opinion, not opin- ions. You can't convict Brown of bigamy on that lay." Diatinguiahel 'Amateur â€" " I â€" a â€" rub cut a great deal. Most of my effects are got by that." Old Snarley â€" " Ah, capital process Only you don't carry it quite far enough " â€" London Punch. A scientist says that a discord struck vio- lently on a piano will kill a liz ird. It may be, but one can't always get at a piano so easily as he can grab a stick, which is just as good. "Why are ^.oliticians always talking about the party platform, my dear? ' queried Mrs. Rattler of her husband. " Looking for the 'deals,' my love," rejoined Rattler. " That 8 the right-full heir to a large es tite," quoth Rattler to Smithers at Parker's this morninc "Yes, Iseehe'spretty drunk," returned S. It is a breach of etiquette never to be for- given to sneeze in the presence ot royalty, but royalty has never bothered itsclt to tell a man what to do w ith his nose when he feels a sneeze working along up his sus- penders. A New York milliner has set the country in a flutter by discovering that only one wo- man in ten wears the plume on the fashion- able side of the hat. When you see a woman with two plumes just admire her sharpness. The newest and finest bridge in Pittsburg is receiving a coat of sky-blue paint. A bridge, to bo solid, of course ought to be azure thing. Joaquin Miller says the daily newspaper is "the six-shooter of civilization." Then a man who carries a newspaper in tiis pocket is liable to be arrested forcarrying concealed weapons. "It does beat all what rascality there is in this world, "exclaimed Farmer John, angrily. "The last ton of soapstone that I bought is so much adulterated that it is not tit to adulterate my butter with." ".=io Jack has strained himself traning for the double scull race? ' said a Harvard boy to his chum on the float. " Yes, Jack was never very strong." "And now," chimed in the first speaker, "now he's row-bust." It has been asserted that ayoung lady who had been "lorsaken by her lover was like a deadly weapon because she was a cut-lass." Evidently the lover wanted to sabre from au unhappy marriage. The unfortunate women who toil at the sewing machine are confronted with this additional danger. When they get mad at the machine it's certain to bring on a hem- merage. Conversation " You £ay that Snagga won't pay you that note Is he embar- rassed " " Well, he won't pay the note say she can't, but he didn't seem to he a bit emban-assed Never saw such cheek." Mr. Abraham W. Marks, of Austin, got a divorce from Rachel Wells one week after he married her, and led to the altar Kate Wells, her sister. â€" FJT-flrJnia Citi/ Chronicle. He loved not wisely, but too Wells, as it were. Yeast was invented in the year 'leaven â€" Xew York News. And gaming in the year won. â€" Henderson (N. C.) Gold Leaf. Fingers were made in the year five, and the first free lunch disappeared in the year ate.â€" iV^ew York News. Nature was wise when it ordained that chickens should not have teeth. If it were possible to look into a chicken's mouth and tell its age, like that of a horse, by its teeth it would be a square give away on the farm- er who was trying to palm off an old hen as a young pullet. The pistol which a Cincinnati woman said was the one her husband threatened to shoot her with proved to be a beer faucet. Any man who will carry a beer faucet about his person is a dangerous cha- racter and should be watched. A beer faucet, when loaded, is about as dangerous as a pistol. ^_p_ ^25 THE GREAT GERMAN REMEDY FOR PAIN. Believes and cures RHEIMATISM, NeuralRla, Sciatica, Lumbago, BACKACHE, HEADACHE, TOOTHAGHB, SORE THROAT, QUINSY, SWELLTNGS, SPBAIHS, Soreness, Cu te, Bru ises, FBOSTHTTKa, nvmHs, scAiJMm And sUotborbodUyacdiea and pains. HFH cars « BOTTLL langoago- mCfcarlM A. Vogeler C«. 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We shall not attempt the solution of tbe question, but answer one of far greater individual importance than the ques- tion of Ins and Outs.â€" Bow can T get rid of my tormenting corns I The answer is, use Put- nam's Painless Corn and Wart Cure, the great com cure. Alwajs sure, safe and painless. Putnam's Extractor. Use it and no other. Frauds are in the market. Don't run the risk of ruiniDG! your feet with such caustic applica- tions. N. C. Poison Co., Kingston, proprie- tors. .leems says his boarding-house is too slow. He told the old lady recently that hereafter he'd like to dynamite earlier. $5 PER DAY can be made by agents, ma e or female. C. VV. DENNIS, Toronto. Catarrh â€" A New Treatment whereby a Permanent Cure is eflfected in from one to three applications. Particulars and treatise free on receipt of stamp. A. H. Dixon Son, 303 Kinsc-st. West, Toronto, Canada. A Para rubber corner, according to a dispatch is •' dead." Let it be given a stretcher. Vegetine was looked upon as an experi- merrt for some time by "ome of our best phy- sicians, but these most incredulous in regard to its merit are now its most ardent f lends and suppor.ers. A terrible " frame" of mind incloses the "picture" cf despair. Important. When you visit or leave New York C'ty .save Baggage Expressage and Carriage Hire, and stop at Grand Uniox Hotel, opposite Grand Central Depot. 450 elegant rooms, fitted up at a cost of one million dollars, reduced to Si and upwards per day. European plan. Elevator. Itestaiu-ant supplied with the best. Horse cars, stages and elevated railroads to all de- pots. Families can live better for less money at the Grand Union Hotel than at any other first-class hotel in the citv. If a man shoots a wig does he bring down a hare A Fine Hit. When the proprietors of 'Burdock Blood Bitters put this renowned medicine on the market, they hit it exactly. They hit dyspepsia, indigestion, and the liver and kidney complaints a hard blow, from v hich they will never recover. (19) Dealers in antiquities will pay a big price for the last straw which broke the camel's back. An Excellent Report. Hon. Jos. G. Goodridge, of Brooklyn, N Y.. writes: "I cannot express myself in sufficiently praisewortliy terms of Burdock Blood Bitters which I have used for the past two years with great benefit." (22) Gold thistles are now being used for bon- net trimmings. Thistles make new bonnets more expensive than ever. First Kate Evidence. "Often unable to attend business, being subject to serious disoraer of the kidneys. After a long siege of sickness, tried Bur- dock Blood Bitters and was relieved by hal a bottle." Mr. B. Turner, cf Rochester, N. Y., takes the pains to write. (24) A blush is modesty's headlight but a good many trains are run without head- liiihts. BBMiCiS' eEXlJIXE RLECTBIC Oil,. 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Thev are a thoufand times belter than -he bpgns jewellery and brass mbbisli wilh which the countrv is floode^. and are just the thing for evening wear for a party as welt as smiable for the Send for the sample set, and if yon are not satisfied yon can return it and we will refund the money. Price by- Mail, Post-paid, Only $1.26. Any one iwnding n» S5.00 for four will receive one free. Club. t Get up a J. LEE CO., [MeotiDn Paper.] 517 Lagauehetiere Street, Montreal, Que. '4 i§ SI- • f I .id " •' S .â- ;J«" ?• • R f 'B. Hi' '-ym :j-*fc.- o w' â-  • 1#^; "iJ^^