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Everybody a Weather Prophet. . , One of the most serviceable and use 'ful- articles about the farm is a good l barometer which will foretell nearly all the changes in the weather. There "is no reason why we should be without such a useful instrument when we can procure a rst-class one at a cost of about `30 cents. Many of the so-called bsrometers are of littleuse on account of the"poor quality of the chemicals If webuy the chemicals our- selyee we will -be more apt to get-a_ bet- tei-V_V i'nstrumen`t. ' Buy" the f following r{9!n a good: hmi6:-9 Wave of L camphnr, `one? `ounce of :,saltpetre,._joneA ounce of am_oupiaA' of,_a.d1t_Il A.ll`_;ld d_iscol_ye__ mot '" the mixture _?tIl_d.i pour in` at L @P*iElit`!r;cit5B`? '1-3-re-a.'v-e_`]Ee1n_p"en7felt is gone ; ' His last sea ght is fought, His work of glory done. It was not in the battle ; . No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak ';_ She ran upon no rock. His sword was in his sheath, , T His ngers held the pen, V When Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred men. Weigh the vessel up, V Once dreaded by our fees ! And mingle with our cup The tear that England owes. Her timbers yet are sound,` And she may oat again, Full charged with England s thunder, And plough the distant main. But Kempenfelt is gone ; . Her victories are o er; And he and his `eight hundred Shall plough the wave no more. THE-1iORTE;l:11`..ADYANOE building, or am .pl|oe not expoged to `the .ann, and the folloxvihg wig be your Illll, Iuu. jut su_uu.wuc 'Wlll pm vu| weather lindicitions :-Aheol:t_e, clear- ness of the liquid nieone feirfweother. Threedlike objects at the top of the bottle indicated high wind. x If the liquid become roily it in a sign of rain. Little intern in the liquid` moon a herd storm. If.dowuy' masses form the bot- tom of ' the bottle it ivill be cold ; the more these meeeea rise to the top the colder it will beooxne.-J.' Taylor, Waterloo. V V _ The Le.te.A1-chbishop Oleary. 4 Most Rev. James Vincent Cleary, sixth Bishop and first Archbishop of Kingston, died last Thursday in` his palace in -c that city. He was born on the 18th day of September, 1828, in Dnngarvan, a seaport town in the County of Waterford. He was a son of Thomas Cleary and Margaret n-us - priesthood. O Brien, both natives of Dungarvan. James Vincent received his elementary education in a select private school of his native town. At fteen years of age, having completed the English and classical curriculum of studies in the Dungarvan school, he was sent by his parents to Rome for his ecclesiastical education. Pope Gregory XVI then wore the tiara, and Dr. Cullen, subse quently Cardinal, Archbishop of Dub- lin, was rector of the Irish college in Rome, to which the future Archbishop was admitted as an aspirant to the An 1 9 Q `I. l_----..__- - W- Dr. Cleary came to Canada in the year 1880, as` Bishop of Kingston." On his arrival he was the recipient of an ovation in which Protestants and Cath- olics alike joined. Never did. no num- erous an assembly of bishops and priests appear at the installation of any prelate as on this occasion. He" was made Archbishop of Kingston in March, 1889. Dr. Cleary was a very learned man, conversant in Latin, Greek and .Hebrew, and beside English , was familiar with Italian, Spanish and French. Orillia Postmaetership. Post Oice Inspector Henderson was in town on Tuesday and gave it out unofficially that thepresent postmaster would be suspended in a day or two. It is understood that this action was taken yesterday, and that Mr. Willet Hern is appointed acting postmaster. He will hold this position till the Gov- ernment makes a permanent appoint-T ment, and in the nature of things this will in all probability be done in the very near future. ` The Lon-- knd. Securr 3 1 4 ! 'i`hree names are mentioned in con- nection with the position, Messrs. Mel- ville Miller, J. 0. Rose and W. M. Harvey, with present appearances very much in favor of the former gentleman. In addition to a strong inuence at Ottawa, it is understood that the local Reform executive committee, who have a say in a matter of this kind, favor Mr. Miller as the best man for the position. On the other hand a street rumor is current that if defeated in next Tuesday's election Mr. Harvey is to get the postmastership, but if he is elected the position is to go to Mr. Millar.-News Letter. ` C ultiva.tion of the La.nd`fo1f spring Crops. To ascertain the different modes of preparing the land for spring crops the following question was sent to a large number of farmers in all parts of the province: .What mode of cultivation for spring wheat, oats, and barley has, given the best satisfaction? " - --L: -- -nL L1. a"'- '-' '--~ -- -~--~-.~--- - The replies to this qnestion show that good results are obtained when the land is prepared in a great variety of ways, and the secret of success seems to lie` in careful and thorough work, early seeding, and keeping the land in good heart. Fall plowing is recommended fromrone end of the pro- Vince to the other. In fact it is sum- med up in one reply, Spring plowing, except in the case of sod for peas or corn, is bad practice in this section." Early `seedingis advocated almost as strangely. The _one is the means of the - other.-Farming. _ Y junotu Young Charlie Piloher, aged 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Pilcher, of Baker et., Owen Sound, was 9. -seamen on the United States battleship Maine,` blown up last week in Havens harbor. It is not known yet whether he was killed or escaped, but ran, a ' list of the Gena-A diana who .we1.lo_sb in` the disaster has appeared andhis name is not in it. the preaumjition` is "that `he in; all right. However." no _`word has i been received- lihe` teijrible` end u`ho home me gnlarly]before,; SCOTT S A Our Stock of Scribblers and Exercise Books `Cannot be Equalled for Value. All Sizes in Dierent Bindings of the new Presbyterian Book of Praise with or without Music. To cleargcut, will sell Balance of Baby Car- % rlages at Gas! Price. SCOTT S BOOKSTORE, BARBIE. All kinds of Blank Books ruled to any pattern and bound at reasonable rates. Magazines and Music bound in splendid style and cheaper than city prices. ' Let us quote prices on your work before sending it out of town. BARRIE COMPLETE STOCK or SCHOOL % _BOOKS AND SUPPLIES. 1 - BOOK ROBT. CRISTOE, sIMco:-s PIONEER NEWSPAPER. BARRII-:'s LEADING JOB PRINTING OFFICE. Easy to digest.-"Flake Barley is an ideal breakfast food for children and those of weak digestion. Served with cream or sugar as porridge it literally melts in the mouth. Unlike the ordinary breakfast 8 foods, it is sold by the pound like i: :`11f9::.a1id wholesome and F I a k e willdoyou good. ...-... ...-. - ...--.' .-mu n_.s._; -rn cnunnnn. nun` EASY TO SAY , -.. ..,_, 7 THE TILLSON CO'Y, Limited. TILSONBURG. ONT? ADVANCE N0. 5 DIINLDP 8T., TIIP FLUUB. PROPRIETOR. BINDERY Often the cheapest. Always the Best. LARGEST CIRCULATION, MOST NEWS---MOST ADS. ONE ISSUE A WEEK, ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. F100, Ont.` knee Com-= vital. $850-'.- larlin. Ftore, P mpmg t0!`0Df:01 00,000. ftgages. INsURANel' - Inset-` 53 1-3.... snighg-1 3ARRIE IREY um for such ` ce not in any cem eni eek {'01- A LLY. ` and: H1-H9" ACCI I repeat it, said Jacquo d Ebl\i-1 gnaw, with an emphasis so curious that all turned to look at him; it gavo me the fright of a lifetime." A sedan chair? Yes. Linton, if you would know all about it. And he told us the following story: U1. y . A love ta1e, said he, of the city of Lille, of my twentieth year, and my pastry cook's daughter, a mere child, but so pretty, so sweet, so adorably co- quettish; moreover, so admirably skill- ed in all pertaining to her father's busi- ness. Nowhere else could I buy such cake, such buns, such sugared almonds. And the stacks and stacks or rich con- fections that I devoured each day to prove my devotion! semi... 61-75 at -mv 1nvA__whinh also Iva. se their ` d their y. do so uch ad- UVO ILIJ \.Avv\fuav-c The 11 of my lovo-whieh she re- turned be ween the smiles bestowed upon her father : customers-alone saved me from gastritis by consuming the heaviness of my stomach. A1fl1I_:_. ___-_ LL- _A._L- A` LL:-`nun -uuknuu IIHU uuuvauvun van on; uuvauuuuu This was the state of things, when, one day, I chanced to nd the pans kei of `le pere, who spent half hi time in the wineshop across the way and the other half gosiping at his door with his equally id'le neigh-bore. ul\..a........:....A L.-. -|\Iu\`f he 4-In ninnn nf Gillian} LIIIV IJUISIIIJUI-Do Determined to prot by this piece of luck, I managed to speak a word to Vio- toire, my little sweetheart, and to. pro- pose to her a visit to the theater that evening, if she could elude the vigi- lance of her mother and join me unseen. She could easily re-enter by means of the pass key. u1T.'..L..:.... u--5 nlnnunnnn cm`!-H -rnu 11- THAT SEDAN CHAIR. IAIU yum: luv} u Viotoire was charmed with my in- spiration, and six hours after I had con- ceived the project we had carried it into execution. Although it was the middle` of the winter the night was superb, 0 late rising moon, but thousands of. bril- liant stars shining from every quarter of the heavens. Viotoire trembled like a leaf in the wind, but I was lled with such burning ardor that it mounted to my head like a. drink of wine. IIITVA u.-A-n unnnn syn-n ann- flan than- any uuuu. All\U an uncanny V. VI 4--nu We were young, you see; the thea- ter for us a scene of enchantment, in love with each other and more than happy. Our hearts, like the strings of some delicately tuned instrument, vi- brated to the slightest toueh. In fact, we forgot everything but each other and never thought of moving when at last the nal curtain tell until the lampiet appeared to turn out the lights. u13 ......uln.- I-Fann in flan nisrnnt `En "rxw--`N W ---- v-- --- --u---- Hurrying then to the street, we found that the night had changed. The stirs were gone, the moon hidden under a canopy of clouds, n cold, penetrating rein beginning to fall and all the sedan chairs gone with the stern. [17. 1 ---1utu ---anus:-n Ann 111- Ulla`-ID `U119 VVIUK UDIV -IJGIDO No. I was wrong; one was left standing by the roadside a little way below us. At night of it a fatal idea popped into my brain. It was not yet very late, and I had still no man beau- tiful things to say to Viotoiro. by not A.L-L -L_l.. _ -.-`...-A J-1;-up `Lg DILIII Ill-Ill-lab UV Did] IV V IVIIUICCI V get into that chair, a rain 0 126;! chilly rain, and talk ovoryt "in: all our ,...... The clock at the corner we: just striking 18 as we slipped into our mov- able aparnent, rather cramped, to -be, sure, but both at us were light and thin; no, drawing close and `snag like birds in a neat, we awaited the passing of the shower-oheerfnlly awaited it, too-when all at once something very strange ocoured. `CTFLA Jnnu 4`. `kg I-en:-nun manna Inhgnk II Uh Iduulev VVUCJIQ Vault The door of the house near which the chair was standing opened noise- lossly, as if hung on velvet, and_two man looked out, evidently desiring neither to -be soon nor hoard. 1:4 aunvn av v was 6- was who Assured of solitude and a clear ooast, they descended to the street, hear- ing in their arms a. heavy burden. Just at that instant the moon slid from un- der the clouds, and we distinctly law that this burden was 3 human being wrapped in a long cloak closely muled about the face and shoulders. `I wliliilvmur wlvsv wu- Who lived up in e tows: ` nned Ptolemy Oops:-nieu llnninuion lloowor. le snidr-,l onn pregnostiosie With estinntes correct. And when the skies I oenternplsie I know what to enpeet. . Wlfon an-rains clouds obscure mysigln. I think pet -hops `twill rein, And when the stars are shining bright I know `us clear n1 ." And then abstracted y ho scanned The heavens hour by hour, Old Ptolemy Copernicus _ Flunmsrion Mceower. ' A - T -Cnrolyn Wells in St. N icholll. ` `This was startling enough, but fancy our. horror when the beaten or -this strange load moved straight to the chair where we crouched in terror, and one 0! them already had his hand on the door when Victoire uttered astied shriek, answered by a frightful oath, and quick as a ash the men were gone as they had come, and the door reolosed lilo- Iy as it had opened. CIYHL- ...I.-`- LLC_4- Ln` -major` I`-lIII:IIL, I 13 III LIIIII TPXVII ` ` The whole thin; had passed oquicl:- ly that we might have believed it some tearful vision, only doubt wss not pos-. sible-we had seen it--hoth of us had distinctly seen the same thing, and without a spoken syllable were lled with the same blood -freezing thought-- snui-der-a murder doubtless cominitted in this very house, from which the qur-- desers were now seeking to carry away And to conceal all traces of the crime with the victim s body. . ll 6(\L IAL __ '..- I..L ..._ __ II ....'.-AJ VI- vxw -vs:-Q - UV `_`0h, int us "go, I0; :3 col .Viq_te`tre tromblingly. `Lot `II `go at once, Jacques. I am so frightcnoll 6611.`! K7... 1 _...-- ._IIl.... _....._1. Ln! v---vv, won up u an. xvi:-V1: Go? vfesv.-I w-3; wi'lIi;g enough, but how? For an Viotoiro npoko, two nun` emerged from the durknou around us- we could barely distinguish them, I_I the moon had gone behind`: cloud again --oa.ught up` tho duh` and van hosting in away into the dfimul IMHO. Hm1.:.. ._-- _ .._.-_-::_..._...4.. 1. "" `VJ II ? 'II- CI)`. 15.1.! This was a predicament. We were ` Ctnmed. What `want we do?: 017 out, and make a dreadful Ioendelf Beta Vlctoi-re, and expoee nyeelf to the ri of discovery? Never! It wee" amt tohe thought an It mince to` be e taught .01! It was one of then times when in chance wee the can reeeufe0.- :3 mm to `nonl-to L litre Mann 3, `1%s91._ wed per on rates A MAnvI_:L an 1 an aaomnah mun. tl|"js_ l>s.Itq_z_-,. 5 yrs was both so frightened Ghstgivs `had saith, the strength not the oafuysuto Mitolnpt anything; Wotan. uucon-` Ioiously thrown herself into my arms. not warm hrosth fannsd-my qhaok. Her little hand hold fast to mins. No matter what threatened us, it was .sometbing, `at least. to have gained this happiness; we would die together, her last sigh on . my lips. 6`l'.._ LLAAA -.4-. nu; nunuvn -nun A if: 3| Anya, . For these men-we were sure of it -were acoomplioeah! the rlt two, and by a previous arrangement they` had been engaged for the carrying of and concealing of the dead body, Deoeived by our joint weight, they believed they had it. and we, instead of the murdered victim, were hurrying away through the shadowyjloom. lfI'1_..- _- ._- ....-_- In-L Q-vknuun `rennin j iuu aunuJw_y_;1uuu.I. True, so we were, but where were we hurrying? Where were we heading, ' as the men -trotted on with _swi:tt, untit- ing steps, attimes almost a run? What were they going" to do with us-their sinister burden? UIIIIBIUL UIIA uvllr Presently we saw that we were passing one of the city gate leading into the distant oonntry. Again I was tempted to cry out, to call to the senti-, nel, but fear for Victoire deterred me, Viotoire, whose mother believed her `alumbering sweetly under her little white curtains. - ,__13 I 3,0: 1'l'1I.-A. -_._I."I f VV Iuuu Ulu. uuauuc What should I do? What could I I do? I was nearly distracted. un__ L'I..:.-. L:...- _... .......... ..`l.-...- .0 GI... U5 alu Vvua uvubai uauuauvuvuu By this time we were clear of the suburbs, but still swept onward. An-. other lightening of the sky, and I saw ahead of us listening sheet of water, the river D le. I knew it we11-a deep, rapid stream, the running of whose current we even now could hear. 1 zxv-I -I 1 , , ,, _ ___A.-l.-_ .....-...._ ..... VVLJUDO Vllsavnlv vvv Vvvaa -Iv r Inc --v..-. Undoubtedly the wretohe; were go- ing to ing us into this seething vortex. llfI'1I_... Am...` I ----1.'I lsnivts n1I'At` l\I1+ IH5 IV This time I would have cried out, but V-ictoire, mad with fright, clung ea tightly to my neck, clasping me with IJII-`Ia IR? IIJIILI Ill. LIVJVUQIQI-D vsaovuuuu such force that my voice died in my, throat, my eyes closed and the ory was strangled. * * * tau... 1...... .. 68...... nlnnun `I -nnvnr HUI (ll-I55`)!-lo How long a time elapsed I never ` knew. I was brought" back to conscious- ness by the chair striking the ground. They had set it down preparatory to-- yes, but where, where? Decidedly not b in the river. It was a room, on the con- trary, the dirty, grimy chamber of a A low country wineshop, where a crowd ` of rough, coarse men were drinking, swearing and rolling about a lot. of ` boxes, barrels and packages, like mer- l ehand_i_se. 'r__4_-_:_- 11...- 1'........:-- II Uuuuu LIV: `Mme. Jervaise, Mme. Jervaise ! they shouted in chorus, as our bearers let us down. `Have you brought us Mme. Jervaise? `She is here, the bearers replied. `To work, to work, then! We have no time to lose. ` ` And the chair door was thrown open. I But scarcely had they caught sight of Viotoire and me, crouching half dead in the bottom of the chair, when awild f[ stampede took place, a helter skelter rush for, the outside. The light were f extinguished, the thud of feet was heard ` pounding away into the night, and then I a deep, bloodcurdling stillness. I` We were alone in black darkness. | Luckilyxl had noticed th'e direction , of the door. To leap from the chair, g seize Viotoire e hand and make rny way i to it was the work of a second. The ` cloud-s had not deepened, the rain had " ceased, and by the purest miracle we found the road back to the city. By . . daylight we were safe at home. ' II A `-n.L-:n1-L In`-nun onnuknnn \I'I Ilyllal-III 110 V1 vac nusu uv nvnuvn ` A fortnight later perhaps an article , in a morning paper gave me the key to it the mystery cd that hideous night in 1 which we (Victoire and I) had been so I strangely involved. The article an- nounced the capture by the police of a band of smugglers who had installed '5 themselves in an old, abandoned wine- shop in the outskirts of Lille'-a regular magazine, as it turned out, of contra- :1 band goods, which they had smuggled,` in and . out of the city by means of a , manikin representing a sick old woman, partly paralyzed, and which, muied in wraps and placed in aisedan chair, they ` % carried back and forth under .the very , nose of the gendarmes without the i slightest fear of detection. It I A- .._-'I.`I nun-AA I-up Olen Anni-his -IIBIIIUUU LWIII UL \AU vvvvv van: `_An invalid ordered by the doctor to take the steam baths, they told the ocers of the law, `by name Mme. Jer- vaiae. n: nun G o _gg 1g__ _______ `__" Y IDUe `Mme. Jervaise! -The name. told ` me all and explained everything that hitherto had seemed mysterious and in- A explicable in our midnight adventure. Happily for us our nocturnal escapnde V had never been suspected, and Victoire and I escaped a summons to appear as ' "witnesses before the court of assizes. \ All the same from that day to this the V thought of a sedan chair gives me goose. esh down the spine.-From the French in Cincinnati Enguirer. i When the xant was introduced, about 1840, it was only the small daisylike ower, now only seen as` a rule in cot- tage gardens, which was highly prized as a novelty, The taste for growing and showing it began early, and before 1860 there were many chrysanthemum socie- ? ties in existence, among them the Stoke Newington; which `formed the nucleus of the Nationpl society-. Yetit wasnot until 1859, when the plants suffered se- verly from early frosts, that there was my idea.-of, growing it-n'n_der glass. l The Japanese variety ` was noticed in 1864 as a novelty, very_ curious and interesting, but v scarcely ornamental. How little did the author of these re: merkssuspect what a. future washefore the plant he so summarily set ' aside! Three years later, however, we `nd Jap- `snese vairietiesirecommended with pom- \ pom and ' incurved, and since then the have ever increased in favor. ` 1 _-I-.....A ` A-__.___-_...`I_. ...-..II_- ' ne. ' v;o.1Tg:c:;;lvy` _`-c<;.>i'<)'r"e- moplike blooms -now exhibited every autumn '-would certainly aatonish thatawritbr of IO year; ago. The golden and bronze Ihadai bf thoohrysan themum suit th taste of the promotersqf the `fhig-h art A hithitio movement of atw year! ago, :4 jL~I._-J ...' _`l`.I.-.. ... 4.-.31. "in"-4~J ` `IIIIUIIIU IHUVVZIVIAU vs II Av vv Jwuiuw u-av. whigh, it ithud no other merit, helped bring this lower more forward and % ruivod tho culture of sunowers, which- at bdooning. extinct in out an -:I.0T`g`I--V-7:1- 0.II%iIII I'II;`I3;1!lIIl0`IIiI.I0,s" v V f T This Iihrysanhemum. _ otfthe Amerieanv ' in the English ohannel, Aug`. 29,, 1732. battleship l[aine~,.in whioh'253segmen- lost their `lives, reoalls'the more oalag. tons to the VRoyal George The eight hnndred men lost on thatoo oasion included the British. Admiral- Kempenfelt,` William Cowper, l im- mortalized the terrible event in the following stanzas :e- A Toll tor the brave ! . ` Thebrave that are no more ! l l All sunk beneath the wave. ._ Fast by their native shore! ' ' _ Eight hundred of the brave, Whose courage well was tried, Had made the vessel keel, _ And laid her on heraide. A land breeze shook the shrouds, And she, was overset, A, Down went the Royal George, With all her crew complete. ' _ Toll for the brave ! lshop Mottoes; or Advertising Nuggets. T Old goods go at your price. Our customers are our drummers. Our ambition is not to be outdone. We are not satised unless you are. .' We carry nothing beyond its season. Good goods do not need a. loud voice. Give us a call whether you buy or not. We try to study the interests of our fpatrona. I 1'1 ? 0. III `I . I , _ , 1g___Lg_ `I Cheap goods are the dearest. you ican buy. -_ u .1 ll. .I' '`w ` vve c;.a.n t afford to have you dissatis- _ed. 'WYou' share the prots in buying lgooda from no. -u-. 'I\ 'I. 1 `t3 avvv--1 -- -- .-_- } Don't hurry. Don t: buy until ybui `_ are convu1ced,. want tb sell you just the goods you want to buy. i 9.1, :1` J 1 We ask your attention without fear Eof the verdict. `I sixop service has mde ua`thou- `sanda of fxfienda. age Such; ` property tc. , etc., and will `- er word," er word nted at per word nsertiona . Your money shouts ; here is yours `if we can not please you. ' Qhazlity is I-matter Zhan mere cheap- inesa. We keep the beat. _ AI,_L It is` the interest of our patrons that makes this store successful. 1 I Bankrupt sales and Fire sales are mostly Bunco " sales. ` ' Without beinge Columbus you can make-great discoveries here. % Our `advice will be given when asked. Yours ie -always welcome. - We ;'oZuld ;aHer pleas you at a loss than disappoint. you at a prot. V I If you ;l`qn t se what y.ou waht, per- Ihaps you may want what you see. no 1., A ,,__ ___ Wecanvv often afford to `give you ten cents to make ve. or to make nothing. We stgind Behind our. sales. _If ygu are not `suited we will undo the bar- gain. A c 1 . II . !._,,,___ ____ I'\( lanai: Jvnn vs:-v--J: The_ last year s bird : neat the bird discards: ' That's what we do with last year : goods.-5 Printer s Ink. Q clerks are told to inform you when you ask for ;informa.t.1_on-but not to urge you to.buy. ' II . AI _ 1.S-,J n every bases.