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* ' a man was building a stable of cotton- Taking Chances. TIIE WIDOW'S PREPARATION FOR THE NEXT COMING. On a branch of the Niobrara River, almost on the state line between Kansas and Nebraska, I came to a place where MILLINERY MILLINERY .4173. Harley lid: :2 splatdzd stock of fililtinery for Me Spring trade, to w/zit/z t/ze attention of intending pur- r/uzsers is invited. WALL PAPER WALL PAPER At t/ze Lowest Prices. WINDOW PAPER FANCY GOODS wood poles and limbs. After we had passed the time of day he pulled out an old brier root pipe, scratched a match on his leg and lighted it, and then look ed up at me between the puffs and said: “ Stranger, yer a little off about my bein' a man. I've em on the old man’s clothes, boots and all, but I'm the Wid- der Webster when I’m in the house." ‘° And where is Mr. Webster?” I asked. “Dead,: of course, or I couldn’t be his widdcr. Yes, he gin up the tar- moils of this life six months ago, jest as we took up this claim.- He lies on that knoll over tliar and I’m runnin’ the hizness alone.” MATERIALS “ You've done a good bit of work for Fun: FANCY WORK a woman." TOYS " Yes, purty fair, but I can’t put the spirit into it I used to.” “ Health giving out ?" “ Oh, no. Health is all right. A woman who kin lift that yaller mule out .thar can’t complain about health.” " It is only natural that you should 'fecl lonely, I0 far from neighbors.” “ It isn’t nayburs, altogether," she said as she yanked open my horse’s jaws to look at his teeth and judge his age. “ Stranger, might you be lookin’ for anything in pertickler out this way ?” “ Well, yes, I am." “ Suthin’ purty pcrtickler ?" “ Yes, quite particular." “‘ “ Stranger, is that party pertickler thing ye ar’ lookin’ fur out in this kentry a healthy, hefty widder not a day over 40â€"a widder with the best claim on this river and an ambishun to make the grass fly ?” “ Well, you recâ€"you know, I ” “ Spit it right out, stranger l" she ex- claimed as she removed the old straw hat to reVeal her face. “ Well, the fact is I’m already linked.” “ I thought you might be, but decided to take the chances. Anybody else comin’ this way that you know of?” ‘- Yes, I met a man in Greenwood yesterday who said he would take this trail to go over into Myer County. “ Married or single ?” “ I think he’s single, and he’s a good looking man, too.” “ I don’t keer for looks, as everything goes out in this kcntry. That's all, stranger. Cross the creek to the right of the tree to avoid the quicksands, and I’ll wash my hands, grease my sun-burn- ed nose and git ready to make a good impression on the next critter that heaves in sight.” IN GREAT VARIETY STAMPING DONE Eggs Taken in Exchange. - MRS. l-IEELEY. MONEY TO LOAN. . I have recently had a considerable, though limited, sum of money placed with me for leaning on farms at Five and a-half per cent. Parties wishing to borrow on these terms should not delay to make application. Large amounts of funds, at slightly higher rates, according to security. In most cases solicitor work is done at my office, insuring speed and moderate expenses. Allan S. Macdonell, Barrister &c., Lindsay. LINDSAY ' Marble Works. as R. CHEEBERS as is prepared to furnish the people of' Lind- say and surrounding country with MONUMENTS AND HEADSTONES, both Marble and Granite. Estimates promptly given on all kinds of cemetery work. Marble Table Tops, Wash Tops, Mantel Pieces, etc., a specialty. WORKSâ€"In rear 0 the market on Cam- bridge street, opposite Matthews’ pasking M. QUAD. house. _ '*‘ Being a practical workman all should Astronomy. see his designs and compare prices before purchasing elsewhere. ROBT. CHAMBERS. North of the Town Hall. Little ’Rastus was entirely too fond of asking questions, so his father said, and in order to shift the burdens which he found too great for his uneducated shoulders to bear, old ’Rastus sent the boy to school, where the following col- loquy is said to have taken place: Little ’Rastusâ€"W’y am dc sun bright- er’u dc moon, ’Fessuh ? Professor Johnsonâ€"We dun’no’ fo' TTRAD s C 0 PYRI G HTS. m. CAN I onram A A 81mg}: dat‘ he an}, honey'. You age; d8 Biomppt answer and an hogect'liilngaggwrito to moon 3 not de night tcr light up, an de U Ndacouwho have had nudge tyyem' .. , experiencointhe patent busincu. inniunicap sun has any got dc day. Dot 3 a power nous strictly confidential. Aflnndbookotln- formation concernl Patents and how to ob- tain them sentrree. lsoacatalosneotmschan- tool and scientific books sent flee. Patents taken through admin & 00. receive a notice in the Scientific Amcrlcnn. and t. on are brought widely before the public with- out cost to the inventor. This splendid aper. issued weekly.eleirantlyillusmted hash iii-the largest circulation or an scientific work in the world. 88 spear. 8am e co lessentrrce. Bni Ed tion men y. Mayan. Single co lec,‘2 cents. Every num contains beau- tlxiii plates. in colors. and hotogra ha of new houses. with plans. enabling nilders show the latest deal a and secure contracts. Address MUNN 00.. NEW YORK. 36]. BROADWAY. David Chambers, General Blacksmith, Francis-st, Fenelon Falls ful sight of diffrunce, I tells yc. Mebbe, if dc sun dun tackle do big job dut de moon‘s got on his hands, he couldn’t do -ez well.â€"Ilurper’s Magazine. a- noted. Light The professor of the chair of political economy had talked to the class an hour and a half. “ I have tried to make this whole question of the tariff perfectly plain to . you," he said, wiping the perspiration from his glowing face, “ and I trust I have succeeded. Still, if there should be some among you who desire further light on this matter, I am ready to answer any question you may ask." “ I think I understand the most of Bliicksmithingm all its difl'erentbranches done on short notice and at the lowest living prices. Particular attention paid to horse-shoeing. Give me a call and I will your lecture, professor," spoke up a deep- guarantee satisfaction. 45-ly. ly interested young man in the front 50!", “ but I’d like to know whether this Ad Valorotn you've been talk‘ ing about was a man or a woman.” l ”"'"""”9" T’lf‘fi‘i' .. â€"â€", ....SADDLES. . .. ’ What She Said. â€" ----VALISES-m He was a small boy, and he was very much interested in the telephone. The pretty telephone girl at the Fifth Avenue Hotel put him upon a tall chair, and calling up a chum on the long distance wire placed the receiVer to his car. He was so delighted that the first thing be told his mamma was that he had talked with a lady in Boston. “ And what did you tell her, dear ?" “ I told her ‘ hello,’ and then I told In r my name." *- What did she say ?" ‘~ She said ‘ split, sput, split, spot! A caretaker on one of the Earl of Cork's farm: has been murdered. l â€"AT-â€" l --~LINDS.A.Y---u EVERYTHING BELONGING TO THE , SADDLERY AND HARNESS TRADE CONSTANTLY KEPT .IN STUCK. ‘ l I REPAIRING nose or saonrssr series. I WHY GO TO LINDSAY WHEN YOU CAN DO BETTER BY DEALING AT HOME I? I AM . . OFFERING A FIRST~CLASS TOP BUGGY GUARANTEED BEST GRADE THROUGHOUT, WITH THE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS, FOR THE LOW PRICE OF $75.00. ITS DURABILITY TURNS INFERIOR MAKES “ ABOUT FACE ” TO THE REAR. INSPECTION INVITED. The Improved “ BUCK-EYE ” Phaeton Curt $30.00. NEXT DOOR TO KNUX’S BLACK- SMITH snor, FENELON FALLS. S. S. GAINER. KERR it Go. NEW BASH STORE, OPPOSITE BENSON HOUSE. LINDSAY. New Fall and Winter Jackets, New Dress Goods, New Underwear for Ladies and Children, New Trimming Braids, New Corsets and Gloves, New Handkerchiefs, New Frillings and Ties, New Flannels and Flannelettes, New Towellings, Cottons and Shirtings, Gentlemen’s Furnishings Complete. . We cordiallyinvite you to call and examine our new Fall Stock. One price to everybody. 33 KENT-ST.,I NDSAY. Opposite the Benson House. SEASiNAi suoszs, PICKS, FORKS, BACILAGAIN. HENRY PEARCE respectfully informs his numerous old cus- tomers and the public generally that he has returned to Fenelon Falls and resumed The Boot and Shoe Business in the store lately occupied by Mr. S. Nevi son on the east side of Colborne street, and hopes by turning out GOOD WORK AT LOW PRICES to obtain a fair share of‘ patronage. 38" Drop in, leave your measure and be convinced that he can do as well for you as any boot or shoemaker in the county. All kinds of liEPAillS EXECUTED with neatness and despntcb. J. Neelands, Dentist. Beautiful sets of Artificial Teeth inserted 1 for $10,$l2 and $14. according to quality.i of' teeth and kind of plate. Imitation gold; filling insrrted in artificial teeth fru of charge. Gas (viiaiized air) and local antes- thclics used vi iih great streeess for painless extraction. Vistts the IleAi-ihur House, Fenelon Falls, the third Tuesday of every. month. Office in Lindsay nearly opposite the Simp. Call in the (women. if possible.l sonHonu. KERR & GO. IE SPRNE 620098. .Pat. new. 19. 1&9. MNRMMIMM THE HATHAWAY PATENT FENCE WIRE. Most Attractive in Design, and will stand a Test Breakage or 2,500 lbs. FULL STOCK BUILDING HARDWARE, PAINTS, OILS, AND WHITE LEAD, A FULL ASSOBTMENT 0F TIIIWARE, ALL OF WHICH WILL BE SOLD AT ROCK BOTTOM PRICES FOR CASH. BABY CARRIAGES $5.00 AND UP. To the Patrons: Lana-SIEEâ€"GIOO and $7.00 Per Ton IN OAR LOTS- J0 S. HEARD. NO'I‘ICE. To the residents of Fenelon Falls. Take notice that any person or persons removing from any village'or district in- fected with diphtheria to Fenelon Falls will be quarantined for a period of 14 days or longer, a the discretion of the Board of Health. The citizens of Fenelon Falls who do not wish to be so inconvenienced will govern themselves accordingly. By order of the Board of Health. A. WILSON, M. D., . .lleili'cal Ilcriltli Uflicer Fenelon Falls, Fcb'y 22nd, 1803. I-t. f. The “ Fenelon Falls Gazette” is printed every Friday at the office, on the corner of May and Francis streets. SUBSCRIPTION 81 A YEAR IN ADVANCE, or one cent per week will be added as long as itremains unpaid. Advertising- Rates. Professional or business cards, 50 cents per line per annum. CflsUHI advertisements, l 8 cents per line for the first insertion, and 2 cents per line for every subsequent inser- tion. Contracts by the year, half year or less, upon reasonable terms. JOB PRINTING of all ordinary kinds executed neatly, cor. ' rcctly and at moderate prices. I E. D. BAND, 1 'repn'ohr. The Rabbit Pest. TIIIRST IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WEA- PON TO USE AGAINST THEM. i l Those who had begun to fear that the rabbit pest might become in Cali- fornia as dire a scourge as in Queens- land will be reassured by the accounis of the progress that is beingY made in rabbit destruction in that country. It is well known there the ureat armies of‘ bunnies have come to nuinher millions and tens of millions. 'l‘liev moved over the stilemeiits in such masses as to devastate the farms, deplete the fields and lay wasio whole disll‘li‘ls. The grass on the plains was eaten up and the pastumgo destroyed ; the track of the devastating hosts was left as bar~ reu as a desert, no Sprig of ul‘ass nor blade of herbage remaining. The cattle were driven away into other provinces or starved on the naked plains, and the flocks died-unless they were promptly removed from the pathway ofthedc- vouring plague. The history of' the various methods by which the despair- ing colonists sought to rid themsclves of this dire visitation is still fresh in memory, and within seven yearsâ€"1883 to ESQâ€"$5,000,000 was spent in push. ing the crusade. One hundred million acres of territory were overrun by the animals, and although the raiders killed 2,528,000 rabbits each year and reel-ir- ed a bounty from the Government for each of the scalps, the rabbits remained in full force. . But the great drouth of 1888 proved in one respect a blessing in disguise, as it was virtually the turning point in ihe solution of this vexed problem. The lakes. and watercourses were fenced in by wrre screens, and the animals died by millions from thirst. Shutting out the water from rabbits has been found the most successful weapon in all the arsenal of' destruction. Wire fences were the final resort of the colonists, who now regard the rabbit problem as solved. Fences are being constructed for this purpose all over the country, and one, shortly to be completed, will be 900 miles long. When the main fences are run subdivisions will be made, the rub- bits will be surrounded, aud their ex- termination rcduced to a system well within the ability of the colonists to carry out.â€"â€" Chicago Tribune. 0-0â€". Reducing Vibration in Railway Oars. â€"_ I}. new invention embodies a principle which will commend itselfto all railway travellers. It is sought to lessen the discomfort and annoyance of cxccssivo Vibration by the construction ofa pneu- matic car “ which embraces the appli- cation of an elastic fluid as an absorbent for vibration and oscillation." Au'aii‘ cushion is arranged on the cellular prin- frame, and as there is an equal distribu- tion of' air under varying pressures all oscillation is prevented. This elastic medium is said to completely absorb all yibratiou resulting from rough tracks, yornting of rails, excessive speed or any other cause, and the car is carried smoothly and steadily along. This pneumatic system can be equally well applied to street cars, and instances are not hard to find in which it unquestioa- ably should be.â€"-.E'a:chanqc. e-o To Keep One’s Youth. A distinguished English scientist, Mr: Wm. Kinnear, in a magazine article insists that the secret of perennial youth is to be found in the use of' disâ€" tilled water and , phosphoric acid. He says that death. or disease that produces death, is caused by the deposit in the human system of calcareous or carihl matter, and that the drinking of distilled water, which is itself a great dissolvent, and the use also of from ten to fifteen drops of'diluted phosphoric acid in each tumblcrf'ul will remove such deposits and prolong human life to the Very latest limit. In several of the great hotels in New York, distilled Water is provided at the table and for the use of the guests ’in their rooms, and the ad- vertisement of the fact attracts many patrons. - Why Rats Gigâ€"Continually. Have you any idea why it is that rats, mice and squirrels are continually gum-ring at something? They do not do this for “ pure devilment," as people generally imagine, but because they are forced to. Animals of that class, especi- alls the rats, have teeth which continm to grow as long as their owners live. In the human species the teeth are develop- ed from pulps, which are absorbed and disappear as soon as the second set are full_grown, but in the case of the much maligned rat the pulp supply is perpet- ual and is continually secreting materials by _which the incisors gain in length. This being the case, the poor creature is obliged to keep up his regular gnaw ing operations in order to keep his teeth ground of} to a proper length. " "-O - .- â€"â€". So far this month an average of fifteen new cases of smallpox each day haVe been reported in Chicago. cipal between the car body and the truck ’ -â€"-â€"â€".â€"â€".â€"_____..... L. . ..-.._.. .._..