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Ready Mixed.`- Paints. Alabastine and Kalsomine, j Piint and Whitewash Brushes. And get yourjpapering done before the rush. We mjske a specialty or Medium Price Papers. Best value obtainable` . . . . . BARRIE AND STROUD. emory. in a continu- !0 hours: and; later, not to be outdone by l. recited the` whole in St.` Mart-i_m s town _.-- -'_-A-Ail.` REDUCED PRICES cull l.Vcl'VOlI8ll8I curea qulcluy uy ., .V HIHHLE83 HEIDICHE IND` NCUIILGIA CURE _`_ 'Gnutatcureeverdiscovered- llldasc. Alldealetiordirecgfroili hack 3? 60` V -""' ""`-I vysuqou 9,00!) Uyacul-7 -" _2 -`hunts 16, 3-4 minutes; and J. M. ?M8ski1191ty. a dnuscul-ar Auatra.lia!1- -`out Athvrquqh a_ tree 4 feet 8 inches _in '8il'th ~ in 7101.. s_eoonds.--Exchan39- C-.. wonwrn-.3 :~\r I-nnnlnvnahvpn \n\I\IlL-In In the famous case of Bush. ex- ecuted for the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Jermy and (their son. Stani- -`field Hall, -the assassin endeavored to establish an alibi by means of `his housekeeper. `Upon the night of 1the murder, `Rush slipped out of "the house. in "disguise, effected `the -horrible design a.ndi_returned.i His housekeeper declared at` first, upon examination`. that Bush had come home `to tea at 6 `o'clock and had `then `taken off his boots for the night. -About 9 o'clock the had left "the room in which they had been sitting. and was absent about ten "minutes. After that he. went out no --more. Under a severe cross-exam- ination she broke down and. admit"- =ted that the statement she had made had been dictated to her by Rush himself. The alibi `was adse. She burst into tears and;-._sobbing. described -to the court how Bush A .had been absent from the farm- *house just a.t the time of the `mur- de r. 7 . --.. -.v. T......, ....,a, U]. v. .. _-Baker. Who disposed of six quart; of beans in 40 minutes? G. A. Blixf. `Put in 4.329 panes of glass in 7 ~'.h1`3 3 minutes: John Watkins, of /`Baltimore. made 922 bricks in 55 ;mint3- 1-ild 8. Lynn shoemaker. with '3 single helper, dusted 433 :DAaib1`.s of shoes ip 8 hours '20 minutes. ."I'om Oanfieldwdistinguished him- '-_s_elf `at th8' Point of Pines :1 few ,-3931'-3" 3'80 by r,umiin~g a mile, swim- =.-ming" Emile. walking a male, nnd ~-roller skating at mile within 60 mm ;.ut.es: John-P. Thiers -played the piano for 21 `hours 19 minutes with- '._wit-` a A`-g.0>oiIId's.`Arest. `Iin Philadelphia. fI.W~~Ya l".a.*go; Frank Barrett. of Naw -Y011 - >'V` dnd 2,500 oysters in , , J I! 1.9-`flinnai-n" IR 9 h"`_._2_.__.__, 1' 9?"! d'a'.V `for -thirty days; no `unit ..'.I_ - .1- '1' I-j! Nervousneu cured quickly by `N... " Llnnnn pp- an-no.-out 0 not let agents just as good as a good WPPIY '1"-he alibi` has always -been a fav- orite defence with calculating crim-1 i'na'ls. It has, on the other hand, in =h~un\dneds of-cases extricated the innocent. from the meshes of a net of circumstantial evidence which - must otherwise have inevitablyA-drag- ged them 10 unmerited doom. this is the IIUVBI` Trav'.s Not 11 ? his don 0011!? C + `G~`.ie.- chai` The proof that an accused pefsoni is somewhere else- at the time that` a cnime is committed has always been a defence in which advocates {have taken special delight. No- thing can be more satisfactory, provided that the alibi. is a good one. ' T an F011 'I`d(3( yanks- which, Sir Gil `G 9. am the` W`. `and In I he tin Favorite Defense of Criminals Not cluse DO 1:!` \ _ ru- their listen young the w pd. years" cent re ma.nlAy gladde The The r were both 'mont Jack s. fir; Vsceme earsh the di es at .love fallen closer were oxcha st;ick long suffer hi: 8601118 `Th: The quality never v_ariesT---you can rely 'on getting exactly the same quality of tea as long as you use it. :'.'lV'!.'/S`. "She T118 M`TV_}1.` ';'I`fh4 `The `In Red Rose,Tea this `serious diiculty has been overcome by scientically blending several teas together,_ so to always obtain uniform avor and strength, and this has been one of the greatest triumghs of Red Rose Tea. she goo The Eastern ` climate changes `very rapidly, liifor this reason tea planters nd it impossible to produce the` same quality from month to month-two lots`from the same garden are seldom the same_ quality. This is probably the reason why the tea you got the second time was not as good as the first. ' V t Because the quality ineyer varies. F T I Did you ever use a pound of good__tea_, and .._gfter ordering more of the same brand, nd it rucheinferie? ` T. H. ESTABROOKS, st. John, N.B. Imucmss: TORONTO. wmuu-E6. , ' `way YOU SHO`ULD us`: -__-v-A.n one of `those little oversights .tha'.t | even the most cunning 'rogues,wili {fall into. and the ingenious -twins -oame.toet'hei-r deserts. The Gor't-one wre criminals of `the kind that. as Ithat clever dete,ctive, .Littleohi`ld. once remarked. make detectives gray before they . are" old.--Ne`w` Ybrk Sum ` -thia-tv York An ingenious system of proving an } alibi was that of a man named Got. 1 ton-7at least, that was one of his twenty names-convicted of vario s clever frauds fin 'the_ northgof Eng,- lamd. He had a -twin brother. and" while he was engaged in a robbery the twin kept himself .in prominent evidence -in another far-removed place. ,When Gotten was arrested. the persons who had met the twin troopeld i-nto t-he witness box tore.- late `how they had met and con- ,versed with him elsewhere at the hour of the crime. . . l Their evidence was, ofcourse. giv- en in all `honest belief =th_a.t it was perfectly correct, for they had not the slightest suspicion of Gorton having a double. The arraingement broke -down at -last. however, through `one of `those that iV01!i the mac} nu.'..:.._ ~----4 ""- From the description of the man given by three of the bank clerks,` suspicion attach`ed_itse.lf to the ac- cuseti. the son 1.01` an admiral. and the clerks identified him out of other naval officers as the presenter of the forged cheque`. Fortunately for; the accused,~he was able `to bring! forward a small army of his com- rades to prove most positively that` at the hour jn,am_ed he was in their psocietty; and that he could by no possibility ha-ve been at the bank as the clerks described. Justice Crompton found the exculpating e vt- dence so conclusive that he sug- gested to the counsel conducting the prosecution that it was useless to proceed, and the charge `was with- draiwn. In this case the realty -guilty presenter of the_ forged order must. by some strange chance. "borne n salrribinn. -......_.I.I- _ - - , ' ,,`.~ -v--no-av vuudVUp UUI`u'V a striking resemblance to the jun-1 fortunate officer. charged. `_o n l A remarkable ease of innocence be- ing vindicated occurred at Exeter some years ago, when a young naval officer was charged with having presented at at Plymouth bank a forged order for payment in the name of `the paymaster-guepierat. The oz`.der was`cashed and ,the pre- senter disappeared. , The witness fumes! ghastly `pale, scratched his head, gasped. "and was silent. He could not `tell/ the time.` The alibi bubble was burst. The `prisoner was condemned. ' You [see -that clock." he` sziid, `pointing `to the clock in the court. What is "the time by it ? f A "How are you so-sure about it ?" `asked `the ba I_'1`_i8t8I'. "We were in the -Bear public house. and I saw the time by the: clock in :the bar." replied the wit ness. "It was 27 zpinutes past 9.".1 You saw that time yourseln": asked `the counsel. ' uYeS.' One of the detectives engaged in! thetease here whispered something to. the barrister, and he turned to the witness once more. CJex4tain. replied the witness. Bcar ttime bar. wit.- S 9.". 14% , The lumbermen were strivingtto -"surround the circus men and -drive . them into a huddled mass. {Ind then ; --woe,beti.de the-ml" The force of the . onslaught. the impact: of thefurious ,` assault.`drove "the circus men back 1 to -the side of the big ite.-nt.`s.o that ; when the lumbermesu beat themvin 1 on `three sides they had the tent" L behind them. There were mjghtjy deeds" of daring done `that day. . Shanty Donald, it istold. took lfive cracks on the skull a'nd4l=aid Ithree . circus-men out inn struggle where they had him three to one. Big MoG_regor seized an acrobat by the neck. and flung `him sky-ward. and when healivghted he wildly begged for mercy. _',l`he -stron-ghman. i_.n\./the side show seized` little. Joe Sumas. A and, when `they fell apart. the j. strong man's [left arm hung- limp } and` .usel'o_ss,ysnapp.ed_ below._ the ed`-. 4 t:_i>w.,, One irevplver ".flea`hed. zindhbeo .1 fore it banged again. `the `circus-man 1 y;_ho`:held it lay.;sene1eas.;. with-h'i's L: ff;_aoe't1 r'a_x1pleI 'ele'aver'e`d beef`-' -.: t '1 an 'Vf_i t.~.aati:-I '{ajz-mehf retreatedrunder the i. ' `-Tithe tenxws. jch-e-;1\i:iti`berxn .e` _V my ta V. _V.. ....... _y.yA|vu un uutp, am: out of `the big` tent swarmed canvas- men. helpers, acrobats in `tights. gymnasts in tinsel, clowns in paint and powder-_every man the show could muster._l1`h,ey were needed, too. The lumberm-en had -formed in long open lines like fire fighters, gnd they moved into the thick bf the tangle of men and -ropesound ca-hvas, boating right and left .:with thetr long clubs. The weapons rose and `fell. whack, whack. whack. fall- ing with: terrlifilc force. smniting ,_wha.t.ev~er was within reach. When a man` in the line fell. anothe-,r -stbpr ped forward` into his place. . -`Hm-A -n......n u-_A u- I. avv {AIS PIGUVI ':II<;z: them P` was the cry. ' ' ` " A roar burst "from the line of lumberm-en. a roar like that of the entire circus menagerie if` the beasts had howled in. unison- The _.line quivered. swayed and broke. `In a wild rush the lumbermen sprang forward, seizing clubs, tearing up tent stakes, jerking` out poles and pins and stanohions. The four cir- ouus men yiefled for help. and out ifhn H: 19" cin -n---A --- - J i i A shout at the other side of the b g` tent -steadied the line. It was theory of a Giengarry man. Fol- lowing it came the crack. crack. crack of agieavy blows. and around the side of the tent appeared one of -their men, backing away. and whirling a long tent `stake as he came. Pursuing him were three circus men. each with a club. Blood gushedfrom a big slash across the Glengarry s face. He was shaking iit off as he swung the heavy stake. He dared vnot.tu1-n his headvto look qfor `heip,`but with eyes set and arms `waving. he waved his weapon so` that `the `three circus "men were held at bay. A flap in the big tent was raised as 'he passedga `fourth circus man -crept out behind the Glen,-. .=garry, and -as -the stake swung around; the newcomer dealt him a heavy. blow with a club. and he went down like a -log. \ . John O- B-rien..of Philadelphia, was A the owner of the -`circus. It was travelling through Canada, and , pitched its tents in `Cornwall. -the 7 county seat of three count'es-Glcne |.`-garry. Stormont and Dvundas, fifty ' miles west of `Montreal. The lum- bermen and shantymen had come out of the woods with their win- `ter"s 'wa.-ge i:n their "pockets. The-y_ "ga.t~here*d -_ from -far and near . to see the circus in. Cor-.1w.-111. They "strode the -streets in` gorge-ous id :or rainbow shirts. They saw t_e '_gra.nd parade in the morning,_ and ' iokal about the freak pictures that caiuight their eye. There was no talk of trouble. no premonition of :1 rdw. The men of -the W00da8. were out for a jolly day, expecting` to bother nobody, and expecting nobody to bother them. They form-- ed in a lor-H3 line by the tickert ,_w.ag'on to buy the red pasteboarda `for admission to the tent. Some fell out of `line to wrestle or spar good- naturedly, but all. were .w,ait-.i::1+g itheir turn; - ' - ` . formed` `then "ripened into friend-` i Glengarry where old men sit in the .` The men from Glengarrry met Mu:--V ray -for the first time" in `the sum- mer of 1877. and the `acquaintance shit`). and has` strengthened through-`. out the .years.- The Glengarry lads were famous fighters in the bygone, days, and it was through a fight. that lives"to this day in the,-his-A tory of the oountythat Murray went among them. 'l}here are firesides in ,-winter evenings and spin,` among their'tales of prowess, _the yarn -of the -great, battle of 1877. when the men of Glengarry fought the travel- ling circus,'and drove it. beasts and A 0.11. out of Cornwall. Many :1 scar ' is gherished as a souvenir of that fray; A thousand times beyond count have the children heard how Danny McLeod..seized the `lion by the tail and twisted it until the big beast roared, h. s. {Ir"fs'-F2. ' my Joh`t:iWilao`x:-ellurtayi) ' In the _'`Memoirs of. a Great De-.q ite'ctiv`e," by`-John '-Wilson Murray." chief of the` Ontario detective force; is an interesting tale of the ex- perience bf a circus" crew which landed in Cornwall in the summer A an-- X/-ihibirhyn K530 U asp. _ ll x.a9v?%~hs# ,, .._- _ .-- I 7 ad mass. of wt: men 1.2.. -I--`--L ' ' NORTHERN Anvmcz -....vga.\rs\A In U_ `l.lU|uIl'u V V A few months ago M. Jules Cohen and M. Pierre Janssaud played bil- liards for 24 -donaeoutive abuljs. jgqrhng atogether ;FirA!1ki'3 ""`. :7|t;hi.1`*?i*:;i #33193 5 bib u`.:.,l2t_MiI7If; 1' _...__.-, ,..... .....v...uu cuuu J.uuc.. D0116!`- ion danced. without a ' `muovmente p3.u.se for 6 3-4 hours} beating their nearest rivals by the narrow mar-. gin of a. `minute's swhinlitng. But perhaps a more remarkable Ifeat still was .=-that of William Kemp. .am oil~d-time ,actor. who "danced a-kl "t'he`_wa y from 'Londxm to 'Nprwj:ch. `covering the ten miles between l3.u-Try `V 1 .13.... _..._LL- v a.td`TheI;ford. in _l_1ours._` ..--....r_.. wuvv uyunAu" G lllllllk ` _-At_ a Waltzing iouurnamevnt heuld two years ago in the S-alle W'~.fzgram,. `Paris. M. Vincent and Mlle.; Scher- :n.n .(|nnnn.vI ,....:LI_-__A. ~ . , V -_--v--. ~ v:VllL\IVl4lV\`Ila. 'VV smoked "fifty cigars in eleven hours. without once taking a drink. .Al- (I ...._I.L_:._.. AV; Ax: astonishing `feat of skill and exnd.uranae was ~t-hat of the principal carver` at a Paris boulevard cafe. w-ho mot1'long ago. for at wager. out 2,000 lham sandwiches in 19 hours 40 `minutes, usi-n{;_ up_ 22 `hams in "the process. Less to be qommended. per- haps...was the feat. of A. G. Lee`. pf` Litohfield. ..(`,6n'nectic1_1t. '-who ca-;o.`_n.I .D!L_ ,` To take club swinging alone there are probably few `who have any knowledge of E. W. Marga.-n's `feat, performed just seventeen years ago. when he manipulated a pair of 4- pound clubs in 386 different move- ments and combinations, making. a total of 2,311 revolutions in 16 min- utes, 15 seconds. ' J Some_. time -ago, in a. violin competi- tion .-`held in Berlin. a dextefrous fiddler played a piece by Pagan-irni, gnnHiStl~n.2' of 4.800 notes. in 4 1`-4 minutes. his nimble fingers ra.ttli_n.g off the notes at thedavera-ge rate of nineteen to a seoond, " ~ The `struggle between Tom Bur- rows and Charles Spinch for the long-distance club swinging champ- ionship of (the world reminds one of many curious feats which one would look 301` in vain"i'n tables of `re- cords, and yet which are full of'i-n- tetest. ` In the `tale as it-is toid,: forward sprang Danny McLeod and faced the king of beasts.` Even the men `of Glengarry paused. The lion shook `his massive head and tawny mane. Danny suddenly struck -the keeper full in the pit of the stomach with _his boot. and seized the lion by the tail and twisted it around and around. \Vith a roar of range "and pain, the king of beasts wheeled and fled, galloping pell-mell back to -his cage, and clamberinga into it. But the elephants won the giays. Both sides drew off,` and the circus tleft Cornwhll. Kenotty-O'Brien was bur- ied. and the lumbermen sat `them down to -nurse their wounds and heal their -scars. > The lions! The lions! shouted the circus-men. and it is related that sure enough, a big `beast .came Stouching forward with a keeper at his side. V T V ' " Tis like smitang :1 inountain! qeuoth Big McGregor, asihe `drove his stake against the towering hulk. The next instant Big McGregor was flying skyward -higher than, he .ha_.d tussed `the tinselled acrobat. He came down with a `thud. -and plunged in again. i cull` -. canvas side of the `tent with mighty blows. ripping it to shreds, and as it tore away they saw O'Brien gasp, half rise, choke. and dial! back fdead. None spoke. none shouted. as they beat before `them. It was"lik_e a battle ofmutes. Slowily they fought their way into the tent, when from -the menagerle came the keepers with the elephants, and rushed the great beastslo the front.` and ran` them to and fro.- "S. H. REYNBLIJSH } CHOICE GROCERIES1 FOR- A Keep tho bowoloro , In with '0 Plus, just one pf!` ouch Some % Ama;n;}eats. - v v "Are Q51: n;~ui.t.;.a cgrtaivxi offthe ex? `act time ?" asked` the counsel for; the prosecution. 3 - ` ' ` lsarsavarilill ,. . and Right Prices . . . -- CALL ON - . `ale and yam-"blood isuun. ` out-`doctor says you are . threatened with .1 nu-vane breakdown. . He order: this grand old family medicine. 53.. -..... LI.-- m....'.. I I..'... ....4.A....n_ IBVOIIE IIIIO 'C`."" -"- ""'."`.'c *""""'."' . -to ` nun ` ~ I--"nah-rIIInII,.= ann a _ nnblnl. -13.0. `oi. .'lo_bob. . are _ev%emhln _ wont. ~ toad % are the tune. easily? nervous. and. Y'our cheeks: "me Weak"N1 -Fe? Corner of Mary and Elizabeth Sts. ._,f w =~3e*. "?"' t "`" ` V` days; of 0h.ufIes.Pears- -' ;l1"#;f:?:;alIowedV ` sixty ,S(0'9t`bi`d .{%%d9r#:A % J v.--- auvvl -Witnesses who come forward `to prove alizbis by the clock sometimes `prove very unsatisfactory. In a -muvder case at "the central criminal court` two witnesses swore mostper-j esistently to the.. prisoner having been in -their oompaxilysat the hour when the -prosecution .oon.tend_e'd he was engaged in the crime. V uA..h "A" .......:L. -__.A I A1114 V +Wh1t`.+Is_I1all weV my of the I eaust ronomio iaqhievenient 2 cm; aha,-193 .'W`.'?.- `W119. ~93: 30. ~89es-`yveiguing .rom_;a 11 ppu.ndgj__.g39h_;,- `in an Innmu Rm... .4 .n1..:`_.-` Comedy -from memory oussittimg of 20 an `En-glishman.vnot this Italian rival. the whole} of Paradise Lost St. Ma'rtizn`s `hall. ' Last year a New Zealand farmer and his -wife milked 79 `cows daily for months: Patrick Fitzgerald. in 1883. aroused the envy of t he world s butchers by. dressing ttean sheep in 33 minutes. following this feat by dressing a 36-poumd ilainb in 2 minutes-36 second-s. John Malone ..won his =laurels by killing a~nd,tiress- in; a`bu'llook in 3 -minutes 40 se- oondss; George H. Fisher. of Detroit. my Jdressing _ 200` chickens rfor the .-market in 44_ mi-nutes- -a chicken -for every -13 -seconds. ` agpproximately : `and George` Randall. of Tmnnton.` Ma8s., 7_m,;ude .a yg-reat"ri9pwta3t.ion' by killing . dryi-,piok_iaT-g.;103,geese in 9 hour's ` ,i55lytniwites.* J -- - Qieanl Worksand Shot hoom.vG6lii"o;;i..Barrie Coffins Gaskets of all kinds in stock or mid to order. Robes, Grape and all Funeral Requisite s furnished Orders by Telegraph or otherwise promply attended to. J G. O.`DOL1lL1GE, Manager, Strand. Scott's Bookstore, Barr 12. -5- - T4 I Dooi! West Barrie Hotel. 'l-!'!!-+-!~!-i'-!~f!-----+-!-+-E~+++++---:- `H-+ HAMBLY 3 BAKER. - ...... ........, uuu uuvbv was nu UIIU inthc.house -but the servant.` Put- tin-g the clock in the ball back two 'hours, the man went to bed. and rising shortly afterward. awoke,the "servant and ordered her_ to :go down- stairs and see what was the time. The. girlrdid -so. and once more re.- `tired to her room. when the mur-_ deter. stealing softly downstairs in his bare feet. once more put the clock right. The unsuspecting girl's evidence that the prisoner was -in bedat the time when the crime" was committed, secured his acquittal onhis trial. The truth was made known by "a deathbed confession some years later. `YYI I SEE scorrs NEW DESIGNS. PREPARE For-2. - -j I TICTT` Sih Hnusecleaningi Our stock of Builders Hardware and Mechanics` tnols largest `am! best :we have ever had. j We keep avfull stock of `Bee supplies. ' - Highest market price paid for Bees Wax. If you contemplate using wire fencing of any kind -you willnavgmoney by consulting us. of. ; , i ' yjo`n_wi-Int a: money making machine this is your op; -It mayganeyerjceme " ' ` _ ' Beniember. ve sell the genuine machine. Do 'nog1et deceive you by telling you they {have __an imitation as go Sharplea. V L No. 3, $45.00. House cleaning time has come once _ more. We have a. Clocks hove piayed an important part in these defences. Lives have depended on` `their `accuracy or in- accuracy. In the case of a` man named Hardy, who was ;'mc,u`-sed of having taken part in a. murder with others, one of the murderers. after the crime wascommit-ted. made his way home as fast -as possible. It was night, and there was no one :.-.`-4-].... 1.-.--- I_-_L LI _