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,rv I .m- . .m. .-~.~ «- a -W-â€" ‘ -mva-‘u ‘I The Polar Night. I l THOSE WHO HAVE NOT wrrxzssnn IT} CANNOT APPRECIATE ITS TERBOBS. l â€"â€" l Constantine Nossilofi’, reporting hisg scientific researches in Nova Zembla,l furnishes an interesting description of, his sensations and experiences during' the long arctic night, which began in; November and ended January 20th.E September was pretty comfortable, he says; then, suddenly, snow covered the mountains. The Samoyedes, his only companions, put on their winter cloth- ing, the fishing boats set sail for‘Arch- angel, the ground froze, the sun lost its warmth and heavy snows fell. Winter had come in earnest. On the day when the sun showed itself for the last time, ! all hands went out of doors to bid itl farewell. It remained in sight for half" an hour only. For a few days longer there was a morning twilight. Then this faded and gave placo to black night. The stars shone the whole twenty-four hours. The buts ot the colony were buried under the snow, of which thick whirlwinds filled the air. The winds shook the huts to their foundations. Sometimes for days together the in- mates of different huts could hold no communication with each other, though the buts were side by side. If any one went out he was seized by the wind, and bad to be dragged back by means of ropes. In this darkness and desolation the aurora borealis did much to enter- tain and cheer them. It lasted some- times for five days in succession, with splendor of color that Mr. Nossilofi‘ tries in vain to describe. To enjoy the spec- tacle he used to remain for hours in a hole in the snow, sheltered irom the wind. “I have never seen anything more terrible than a tempest during a polar night,” says Mr. Nossilofl'. “ Man feels himself overwhelmed in immensi- ty.” When there came a lull in the storm the men ventured out to breathe the air and purge their lungs of the ex- halations of the smoking lamps fed with seal oil. Twilight appeared again in the middle of January, and on the 20th the sun rose above the horizon, while the members of the little colony sto -l in line facing it and fired a salute. No one had died or been seriously ill, b it all had the look of corpses and were as feeble as convalescents after a long sick- ness. Health returned with the ap- pearance of the sun. Great Power Prom Culm. One of the most interesting and im- portant economical problems of the co tury is about to be solved, and a practi cal solution of what seemed a hopeless- ly stubborn mechanical difliculty prom- ises to give a source of power no way inferior to Niagara Falls. Two or thre- years ago the State of Pennsylvania ap pointed a commission to investigate th possible uses of the enormous quantity of who or coal dirt that has been accu- mulating in the anthracite regions since first the mines began to be worked. This commission lately reported that the accumulation of calm amounted to 35 per cent. of the total output of th coal mines, making nearly 315,700,00ll tons of apparently waste material. It is estimated that from this tremendous pile of coal dust, that has kept on grow- ing since the coal mines have been in operation, there could easily be evolved annually 1,100,000 horse power. The Pennsylvania commission has been con- vinced by actual tests that this culm can be transformed into a portable and convenient lorm of fuel called aggettos by the manufacturers; and, of course, once this part of the problem is solved, the rest is easy. By a process. probably patented, the coal dirt is easily com- bined with crude petroleum. pitch, and some other material, and the resulting product makes an excellent heat pro- ducer, which is readily converted into electric energy. The Pennsylvania commission recommends that the state acquire the rights for putting the calm to the valuable uses of the aggette pro- cesses, and points out that in the Scran- ton district alone the annual contribu- tion to the oulm bank, now regarded as clear waste, can be turned into 75,000 horse-power every year, an energy nearly equal to that supplied by the famous electrical works whose motive power is furnished by Niagara Falls.â€"-Illus(rated American. -___.a_.-‘.______._ The largest country in one body and under one Government is the Russian Empire. It comprises 8,539,136 square miles. Corpse once meant a body, whether living or dead. Many Old writs are extant in which the sheriff or his deputy is commanded to bring hither the corpse at such a man into court. About 250,000 canarics are raised every year in Germany, and, besides the 100,000 birds that are sent to America, the English market takes about 50.0120, the next best customers being Brazil. China, the Argentine Re- }:ulnfic and Austria, to which countries $.1lt‘blllt‘." are sent with large numbers of birds yearly. Why Bother Looking Anywhere Else? For Hardware, Stoves and House Furnishings, W'hite= o o o . s . o n..-a....-.-.-.-- o...sun-noo-oo-.oo-uoaooouooo IOOC00O0.u-onccoolIva-IIIICOIOOOOIII Lead, Paint, Oils, and the best assortment of Lamps, the nonunion-outletouaoauoolcooIoO-aonoo n n o a u c cocoa-inc biggest combined stock of any one store between Fcnelon Icoouooouooaool .e... cocoa-cocoons...vulIlIIOQID‘OOIOOI-n solo-ooInI-o-auoll-cotton-Io once-no- Falls and Toronto, and the lowest prices. coupooIoIOoloyooolelluoolononbloc-Ila.Incl..-oooooouoocn-o-ccol - JGSEPH HEARD. ’ A Fifi NEW STOW 0F seams. sun summer: READY-MADE CLOTHING- JUST RECEIVED AT ios. MoFARLAN la- ’S. Are you going to buy If so, it will be MSW __ to your advantage to consult Repairing and Rte-painting promptly attended to. Next door to Knox’s blacksmith shop on Francis Street, . . FEREMN HMS. .. R'I'P'A'N'S The modern stand- ard Family Medi- Cures the _ common every-day cine : ills of humanity. LL' Lu 3 Lil 04 0') DJ > O DJ Z O RK . 7‘; COPYRIGHTS. ' ‘ CAN I OBTAIN A PATENT I m a prompt answer and an honest opinion. write to l [ANN do (20.. who have had pearl i‘lfty you-3' experience in the patent business. minimum. tions strictly confidential. A H nndbooia or In- formation concerning: Patents and bow to ob. t-‘dn them sent tree. Also a catalogue of mechan- ical and scientch books sent flee. Patents taken :brpnxh Mann A: 00. receive s al notioein the hciontlflc American. and us are brought widely before the pnbliowith- out cost to the inventor. This splendid apex. Lwed weekly. elegantly illustrated. has b - the lamest circulation of any scientific w in the world. 83 ayear. Swine on res sent free. Building Edition monthly. so: year. Slnglo corp! .. 25 ants. . cry mun 1- contains beau- ti ui plates, in colors. and ghotogmgps of new houses. with plans. enabling under-s show the latest doolrns and secure contracts. Adar-es: IUNN a: 00.. HIV You. 361 Bnowwa‘r. W If you have n’t got money to pay what you owe for the “ Gazette,” almost any kind of farm produce will be taken at market prices. 1 door In Mr. Robson‘s store, nearly LINDSAY Marble Works. aid R. CHAMBERS {its is prepared to furnish the people of Lind- say and surrounding country with MONUMENTS AND HEADSTONES, both Marble anti Granite. Estimates promptly given on allkinds of cemetery work. Marble Table Tops,Wnsh Tops, Mantel Pieces, etc., a specialty. WORKSâ€"In rear 0 the market on Cam- bridge street,oppusitc Mutthews‘ pasking house. Being a practical workman all should Emily see hisdcsigns and compare prices before purchasingelsewhere. ROBT. CHAMBERS. North of the Town Hall‘ ~â€" SdliiETlilliG NEW TO THE LADIES 0F FENELON FALLS AN D VICINITY. A New and Improved System of Garment Cutting, known as the De La Morton French Per fection Tailor System,acknnwledgcd by all leading tailors and dressmukers who have tried it to be the best in the world. It can be adapted to any style of dress, from a tailor made costume to the daintiest even- ing gown. Seamless waists cut by same system. Ensures a perfect tit. Dress- making done in all its branr-bvs. -chnrgc for new system. MRS. J. A. CALDER, l KcArthur’s Block, n stairs. Entrance next P opposite the Post-0dioc. l l SOCIETIES. 'NlGllTS OF TESTED MACCABEES. 1‘ Diamond 'l‘cut No.2t18. Meets in the True Blue hall in .\lc.~\rthur's Block on the first and third Tuesday in each month. C. \Y. BL‘liGt‘i’NB, R K. 2nd and 41h Wednesday in each month. i Hall in )leArthnr’s Block. I JOHN .‘lCGllA'RAY. Master. S. llcCUrcnsos, Deputy Muster. G20. JEWELL, Secretary. Meet in luck on Trent Valli-y Lodge No. 71. the True Blue hall in )chrthur's the first and third Mondays in each month. , Wu. MCKEUWN, N G. R. M. Biases, V. 8., Sec ‘stonc. as I understand it, .___._ 9 man. Maudie” TRUE awn LUDGE No.‘ l «12. Regular meetings held on the. O. L. No. 996. MEET IN THE ORANGE l Râ€" A Suitable sputum. “You want a plain. unpretentious “ said the dealer in [Dillbsluili-S,:irlvl‘ the ohair~ man of the delegation has i'xpininod that a late ar'i\:\l from Kansas had been acciilcuiziilv killed _ ll. At'srrx, Cum. - ‘ “ Right vou are," replied the chair- “ Tlierc ain't nothin' in the case that (‘ililr for an) ihin' gaudy or initiosiu‘, but the boys feels that the deceased didn't mean no harm nu' in couscqticht‘o his remains is entitled to Coilsiilt'l‘uliou." “ llicd suddenly, did he 7" u~kcd the dealer. " Well, he wasn't jest cxpectiu' death CANADIAN ORDER OF 0DDI’ELI.0'WS. l at the time he shuffled «id. ll :hat'swi.1t you‘re driving at," returned the chair- innu, “ but there ain't no need of goin' into particulars, it' it's all the same to you." " Oh, l've no desire to pry into any ScCi‘cls,"explt\iucd the dealer hastily: . . , ., . hall on Francis~St. West on the second “ l was merely thinking of the epitaph. Tuesday in every month. strs DRYMAN, W. M. J. T. THOUI‘SON, Jn., Rec-Sec. ' NDEPENDENT ORDER of FORESTERS. Court Phumix No.182. Meet on the last Monday of each month, in the True Blue hall in lchthur's Block. T. AUSTIN, Chief Ranger. llsnnsitr SANDFORD, R. S. ‘lANADIAN HOME CIRCLES. FENE- LON Falls Circle No. 127, meets in the True Blue hall in McArthur’s Block the first Wednesday in every month. P. C. holiness, Leader. R. B. Svtvssran, Secretary. F. AND A. M., G. R. C. THE SPRY . Lodge No.406. Meets 0n the first Wednesday ofcach month,on or before the full of the moon, in the lodge room in Cunningham‘s Block. E. F11zor:a.tt.n,W. M. an. W. FARNCOMB, Secretary CIâ€"IU1%CI-IIQS. BAPTIST CHURCHâ€"QUEEN-ST.â€"REV. James Fraser, Pastor. Service every Sunday morning at 10.30. Sunday School every Sunday at 2.30. p. tn. R, ETHODIST CHURCH â€"- COLBORNE Streetâ€"Reverend T. 1’. Steel, Pastor. Sunday service at 10.30 a. m. and 7 p. m. Sabbath School at 2.30 p. m. Epworth League of Christian Endeavor, Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. Prayer meeting on Thursday evening at 7.30. T. ANDREW'S CHURCHâ€"COLBORNE Streetâ€"Reverend M. McKinnon, Pas- tor. Services cvery Sunday at 10.30 a. m. and 7 p in. Sunday School every Sunday at 2 30 p. m. Christian Endeavor meeting every Tuesday at 8 p.111. Prayer meetng every Thursday at 7.30 p. m. "iALVATION ARMY â€"- BARRACKS ON Bond St. Westâ€"Capt. and Mrs. Wynn. Service every Tuesday, Thursday and Sat- urday evenings, and on Sundays at 7 a. m., 10 a. m., 3 p. m. and 8 p. m. T. ALOYSIUS R. C. CHURCHâ€"LOUISA Streetâ€"Rev. Father Nolan, Pastor. Services every alternate Sunday at 10.30 a. in. Sunday School every Sunday at 2 p. m. T. JAMES’S CHURCHâ€"BOND STREET Eastâ€" Rev. Wm. Farncotnb, Pastor. Service every Sunday at 10.30 a. m. and 7 p. in. Sunday School every Sunday at 11.30 a. m. Bible class every Thursday evening at 7 o’clock. 3363” Seals free in all churches. Everybody invitcdto attend. Strangers cordially welcomed. LIISCELLIXNIBZOUS. V ECHANICS' INSTITUTEâ€"P. KELLY, l Librarian. Open daily, Sunday exceptâ€" ed. from 10 o’clock n. m. till 10 p. in. Books exchanged on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 12 n.1n. till 3 p. m. and in the evening from 7 to 9. Reading room in connection. I)OST OFFICEâ€"F. J. KERR, POSTMAS- TER. Oilice hours from 7.40 a. m. to 8 p. in. Mail going south closes utS a.m. Mail going north closes at 3 p. m. COUNTY COUNCIL. WARDENâ€"JOHN CHAMBERS, FBNELON. Ilexlcy. . . . . . . . Geo. E. Laidluw . Reeve Bobcuygcon . . .J. L. Read . . . . . . Reeve Cnrdcu . .. . . A. Jacob. . . . . . lleerc Dalton . . . . .. Jos. Thompson . . . Reeve , Dr.J.W.Wood Reeve Eldon ' "' ‘ " ' C. McDonald Deputy W. C. Switzer Reeve T. McQuude. .Depnty IJilO.ClillllllJCl’b“('Cl'f' " (Wm. Ilatll Deputy Fenelon Falls. .Jas. Dickson. . . Reeve Laxton, Digby and Longi‘ord John Bailey. . . . Reeve Richard Kylie Reeve Geo. Crnndell lstDcputy W. M. Rbson. .2nd Deputy W.Lownsbr0ugh Reeve llariposa {F.Shnver.....lstDepnty Robert Adam 2nd Deputy Omemee . . . . .. T.A. :‘ilCPllCl‘Stln Reeve Johnston Ellis Reeve Ops""'° "" {Samuel Fox..Depnty John Howie. . Reeve A. Morrison . . Deputy Jus. I.ithgow.Reeve John Kelly .. Deputy Woodville ....‘Arch. Campbell Reeve Fcnelon . .. . Lindsay . . . . . Somerrille Vernlatn , David ' Chants... the! General Blacksmith, so um. l Francis-st, Fonelon Falls Blacksmithingin allitsdit'l‘crenibrancbes done on short notice and at the lowest living nrices. Particularattvnti’on paid to lhmsmshoeinpz. Giro me a callnnd i will iguarantteutiai‘actioa . (é-ly. “ The what ‘(i' “The epitaph. You want something engraved on the stone, I suppose. It‘s customary to have something in rcl'cr~ ence to the most. notable qualities of the deceased on the headstone." “ I reckon you're right about that,” said the chairman thoughtlully. “ but there ain't much knowed about the fuller out here, ’ccpt that he was a reformer, ’cordin to his own story. l"r'nps you'd better jest put a line on somethin’ like this: 'llo tried to vote the Prohibition ticket in Red Gulch.’ That seems to fit. the case better'u anythin’ olse."-â€"-â€" Chicago I’ost. *â€"'â€"â€".-C Preparing a Prescription. “ I noticed,” said the druggist to his assistant, “that a geuilmnan came in with a prescription, and that you took it and gave him the stuff in about three minutes. What do you mcan by that ?” " It wasorily a little eurbnlic acid nntl water,” replied the assistant. “ I simply had to pour a few drachms of acid into the bottle and fill it up with water.” “Never mind if you had only to do that,” the druggist declared. “ Don’t you know that every pcrscription mast take at least half an hour to dispense, or the customer will think he isn‘t get- ting anything for his money? , “ When the prescription for salt and water or peppermint. and cough syrup is handed to you, you tnust look at it donbtfully as if it were very hard to make up. Then you must take it to me and we will both read it and shake our heads. After that you go back to the customer and ask him if he wants it to day. When he says he does, you answer that you'll make a special cflort. “Now, a patient appreciates a pre- scription that there has been so much trouble over, and when he takes it he derives some benefit from it. But don't you do any more of that three minute prescription, my boy, it' you want to be a first-class druggist.” “;Mâ€"â€"-â€"â€"â€" A Well-Hesiod Tramp. Probably there wasn’t another person in Maine so well prepared for emergen- cies as a tramp who has just visited Saco and Biddel‘ord. He had no overcoat, but as he wore two coats, two vests, two pairs of trousers and plenty of under- clothing he didn’t miss one much. When he wandered into the police station he bore a big bundle consisting of a heavy comforter rolled in a piece of oilcloth. lu his pockets were found several dozens of loose matches, a big roll ofneivspupers, two dozen railroad time-tables, a box of salve, a bottle of insect pewdcr, two harmonious, u lot of cards, a handful of tootlipicks, a shoestring, a wire nail, a collar button, a load pencil and a car- penter's pencil, a box of indelible lead, an illustrated catalogue of rubber shoes, a purse with six cents and an old copper. three broken clay pipes, at new pocket- book, a piece of silk hut lining. two pieces of castile soup. three sea shells, a broken clam shcll,‘a plug of tobacco, some fishing tackle, a spool of thread, a piece of wood, a paper of needles. a roll of birch-bark, a suspender buckle, a. I package of cigarette pictures, a now book containing several sketches ol Bar Harbor aml vicinity, a chestnut. a whet- stone, a dozen pieces of rock, a new whisk broom, a pocket comb and a big pewter spoon. â€"];’os!on Ilcrulcl. 9-0... Bobby was told that descendants were those who come after us; and promptly {applied the name to his sister's beau, ' who came to take her for a drive. “ llasn't she wonderful dreamy eyes ?" “Y-a-n-s," replied Willie Wibblcb, " she has, indeed. L:le evening when Icnllt-d on her she could lm’hdly keep from goin to sleep \right in my pwesencc." With her sweet, pensive face she came 3 and sat beside her father. l “ Papa," she whispered, “ Alfred and it are two scale with but a single thought.” l The old man stroked the goldon’hair. l “ My child," he said, rt-assuringly, , “ do not be discouraged; " that's one ‘more than your mother and I had when we were married,” .‘Iyisgl\.,ly-v/___..._.,. I - i“. .M.. ..~. m-..â€" ._.â€"...._...a- _...